On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 06:00:16PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote: > Having both VHE and non-VHE capable CPUs in the same system > is likely to be a recipe for disaster. > > If the boot CPU has VHE, but a secondary is not, we won't be > able to downgrade and run the kernel at EL1. Add CPU hotplug > to the mix, and this produces a terrifying mess. > > Let's solve the problem once and for all. If you mix VHE and > non-VHE CPUs in the same system, you deserve to loose, and this > patch makes sure you don't get a chance. > > This is implemented by storing the kernel execution level in > a global variable. Secondaries will park themselves in a > WFI loop if they observe a mismatch. Also, the primary CPU > will detect that the secondary CPU has died on a mismatched > execution level. Panic will follow. > > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> > --- > arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++ > arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ > arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c | 3 +++ > 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h > index 9f22dd6..f81a345 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h > @@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ > */ > extern u32 __boot_cpu_mode[2]; > > +/* > + * __run_cpu_mode records the mode the boot CPU uses for the kernel. > + */ > +extern u32 __run_cpu_mode[2]; > + > void __hyp_set_vectors(phys_addr_t phys_vector_base); > phys_addr_t __hyp_get_vectors(void); > > @@ -60,6 +65,18 @@ static inline bool is_kernel_in_hyp_mode(void) > return el == CurrentEL_EL2; > } > > +static inline bool is_kernel_mode_mismatched(void) > +{ > + /* > + * A mismatched CPU will have written its own CurrentEL in > + * __run_cpu_mode[1] (initially set to zero) after failing to > + * match the value in __run_cpu_mode[0]. Thus, a non-zero > + * value in __run_cpu_mode[1] is enough to detect the > + * pathological case. > + */ > + return !!ACCESS_ONCE(__run_cpu_mode[1]); > +} > + > /* The section containing the hypervisor text */ > extern char __hyp_text_start[]; > extern char __hyp_text_end[]; > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S > index 6f2f377..f9b6a5b 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S > @@ -578,7 +578,24 @@ ENTRY(set_cpu_boot_mode_flag) > 1: str w20, [x1] // This CPU has booted in EL1 > dmb sy > dc ivac, x1 // Invalidate potentially stale cache line > + adr_l x1, __run_cpu_mode > + ldr w0, [x1] > + mrs x20, CurrentEL > + cbz x0, skip_el_check > + cmp x0, x20 > + bne mismatched_el > ret > +skip_el_check: // Only the first CPU gets to set the rule > + str w20, [x1] > + dmb sy > + dc ivac, x1 // Invalidate potentially stale cache line > + ret > +mismatched_el: > + str w20, [x1, #4] > + dmb sy > + dc ivac, x1 // Invalidate potentially stale cache line > +1: wfi > + b 1b > ENDPROC(set_cpu_boot_mode_flag) Do we need to wait for the D-cache maintenance completion before entering WFI (like issuing a DSB)? Same for the skip_el_check path before the RET. Otherwise: Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html