On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 10:51:06PM -0700, Peter Collingbourne wrote: > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S > index ff34461524d4..19d24666b529 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S > @@ -214,6 +214,18 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif > > ptrauth_keys_install_kernel tsk, x20, x22, x23 > > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH > +alternative_if ARM64_HAS_ADDRESS_AUTH If we get too many instructions, we might as well do (same further down): alternative_if_not ARM64_HAS_ADDRESS_AUTH b 1f alternative_else_nop_endif > + /* Enable IA for in-kernel PAC if the task had it disabled. */ > + ldr x0, [tsk, THREAD_SCTLR] > + tbnz x0, SCTLR_ELx_ENIA_SHIFT, 1f > + mrs x0, sctlr_el1 > + orr x0, x0, SCTLR_ELx_ENIA > + msr sctlr_el1, x0 I now realised that this is missing an ISB. Writes to system registers in general are not visible until the context is synchronised. I suggest you change the line above your hunk to ptrauth_keys_install_kernel_nosync followed by an explicit isb here. Note that this ISB may affect your benchmark results slightly. I think you only used MSR without ISB. > +1: > +alternative_else_nop_endif > +#endif > + > scs_load tsk, x20 > .else > add x21, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE > @@ -332,6 +344,21 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif > /* No kernel C function calls after this as user keys are set. */ > ptrauth_keys_install_user tsk, x0, x1, x2 > > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH > +alternative_if ARM64_HAS_ADDRESS_AUTH > + /* > + * IA was enabled for in-kernel PAC. Disable it now if needed. > + * All other per-task SCTLR bits were updated on task switch. > + */ > + ldr x0, [tsk, THREAD_SCTLR] > + tbnz x0, SCTLR_ELx_ENIA_SHIFT, 1f > + mrs x0, sctlr_el1 > + bic x0, x0, SCTLR_ELx_ENIA > + msr sctlr_el1, x0 That's correct, no need for context synchronisation here as we are soon doing an ERET. > +1: > +alternative_else_nop_endif > +#endif > + > apply_ssbd 0, x0, x1 > .endif > [...] > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c > index 05a9cdd0b471..7fb28ccdf862 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c > @@ -552,6 +552,37 @@ static void erratum_1418040_thread_switch(struct task_struct *prev, > write_sysreg(val, cntkctl_el1); > } > > +#if defined(CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH) || defined(CONFIG_ARM64_MTE) > +static void update_sctlr_el1(u64 sctlr) > +{ > + /* > + * EnIA must not be cleared while in the kernel as this is necessary for > + * in-kernel PAC. It will be cleared on kernel exit if needed. > + */ > + sysreg_clear_set(sctlr_el1, SCTLR_TASK_MASK & ~SCTLR_ELx_ENIA, sctlr); > + > + /* ISB required for the kernel uaccess routines when setting TCF0. */ > + isb(); > +} > + > +void set_task_sctlr_el1(u64 sctlr) > +{ > + /* > + * __switch_to() checks current->thread.sctlr as an > + * optimisation. Disable preemption so that it does not see > + * the variable update before the SCTLR_EL1 one. > + */ > + preempt_disable(); > + current->thread.sctlr = sctlr; > + update_sctlr_el1(sctlr); > + preempt_enable(); > +} > +#else > +static void update_sctlr_el1(u64 sctlr) > +{ > +} > +#endif /* defined(CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH) || defined(CONFIG_ARM64_MTE) */ > + > /* > * Thread switching. > */ > @@ -577,6 +608,10 @@ __notrace_funcgraph struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev, > */ > dsb(ish); > > + /* avoid expensive SCTLR_EL1 accesses if no change */ > + if (prev->thread.sctlr != next->thread.sctlr) > + update_sctlr_el1(next->thread.sctlr); > + > /* > * MTE thread switching must happen after the DSB above to ensure that > * any asynchronous tag check faults have been logged in the TFSR*_EL1 > @@ -631,6 +666,8 @@ unsigned long arch_align_stack(unsigned long sp) > void arch_setup_new_exec(void) > { > current->mm->context.flags = is_compat_task() ? MMCF_AARCH32 : 0; > + if (current->thread.sctlr != init_sctlr) > + set_task_sctlr_el1(init_sctlr); init_sctlr may not have the full information when initialised in setup_arch(). We probably get away with this for the current features but it may have unexpected behaviour in the long run. I think we could start from the existing current->thread.sctlr and just set the PAC enable bits via ptrauth_thread_init_user(). Similarly, we could call a mte_thread_init_user() (just rename flush_mte_state() and move its call place) which sets the current->thread.stclr bits that we need. Since we set the bits explicitly within the SCTLR_TASK_MASK, I don't think we need any init_sctlr. > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c > index 77c4c9bad1b8..91932215a6dd 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c > @@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ u64 cpu_logical_map(int cpu) > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_logical_map); > > +u64 init_sctlr; > + > void __init __no_sanitize_address setup_arch(char **cmdline_p) > { > init_mm.start_code = (unsigned long) _text; > @@ -370,6 +372,14 @@ void __init __no_sanitize_address setup_arch(char **cmdline_p) > init_task.thread_info.ttbr0 = __pa_symbol(empty_zero_page); > #endif > > + /* > + * Stash a task's initial SCTLR_EL1 per-task bits, which is the same as > + * the value that it was set to by the early startup code. > + */ > + asm("mrs %0, sctlr_el1" : "=r"(init_sctlr)); We have a read_sysreg(sctlr_el1) but I don't think we need it. > + init_sctlr &= SCTLR_TASK_MASK; > + init_task.thread.sctlr = init_sctlr; At this point we have the full SCTLR_EL1. The cpufeature framework may turn on additional bits when SMP is fully operational. Also, a user thread is not interested in bits that are specific to the kernel only. As I mentioned above, if we set the bits explicitly when creating a user thread, we can just leave init_task.thread.sctlr to 0. Also, I'd rename thread.sctlr to sctlr_user so that it's clearer that it doesn't affect the kernel settings. -- Catalin