[+Cyrill Gorcunov for CRIU stuff] On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 12:15:43PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 09:47:44AM +0100, Kristina Martsenko wrote: > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pointer_auth.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pointer_auth.h > > new file mode 100644 > > index 000000000000..2aefedc31d9e > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pointer_auth.h > > @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > > +#ifndef __ASM_POINTER_AUTH_H > > +#define __ASM_POINTER_AUTH_H > > + > > +#include <linux/random.h> > > + > > +#include <asm/cpufeature.h> > > +#include <asm/sysreg.h> > > + > > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH > > +/* > > + * Each key is a 128-bit quantity which is split across a pair of 64-bit > > + * registers (Lo and Hi). > > + */ > > +struct ptrauth_key { > > + unsigned long lo, hi; > > +}; > > + > > +/* > > + * We give each process its own instruction A key (APIAKey), which is shared by > > + * all threads. This is inherited upon fork(), and reinitialised upon exec*(). > > + * All other keys are currently unused, with APIBKey, APDAKey, and APBAKey > > + * instructions behaving as NOPs. > > + */ > > I don't remember the past discussions but I assume the tools guys are ok > with a single key shared by multiple threads. Ramana, could you ack this > part, FTR? > > (and it would help if someone from the Android and Chrome camps can > confirm) FWIW: I think we should be entertaining a prctl() interface to use a new key on a per-thread basis. Obviously, this would need to be used with care (e.g. you'd fork(); use the prctl() and then you'd better not return from the calling function!). Assuming we want this (Kees -- I was under the impression that everything in Android would end up with the same key otherwise?), then the question is do we want: - prctl() get/set operations for the key, or - prctl() set_random_key operation, or - both of the above? Part of the answer to that may lie in the requirements of CRIU, where I strongly suspect they need explicit get/set operations, although these could be gated on CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE=y. Will