On Wed, Mar 09, 2022 at 09:42:35AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the arm64 tree got a conflict in:
>
> arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
>
> between commit:
>
> 228a26b91228 ("arm64: Use the clearbhb instruction in mitigations")
>
> from Linus' tree and commit:
>
> def8c222f054 ("arm64: Add support of PAuth QARMA3 architected algorithm")
>
> from the arm64 tree.
>
> I fixed it up (see below) and can carry the fix as necessary. This
> is now fixed as far as linux-next is concerned, but any non trivial
> conflicts should be mentioned to your upstream maintainer when your tree
> is submitted for merging. You may also want to consider cooperating
> with the maintainer of the conflicting tree to minimise any particularly
> complex conflicts.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell
>
> diff --cc arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> index d33687673f6b,32aa0eb3ed68..000000000000
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> @@@ -231,7 -226,10 +231,11 @@@ static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_
> };
>
> static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_id_aa64isar2[] = {
> + ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_STRICT, FTR_HIGHER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR2_CLEARBHB_SHIFT, 4, 0),
> + ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE_IF_IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH),
> + FTR_STRICT, FTR_EXACT, ID_AA64ISAR2_APA3_SHIFT, 4, 0),
> + ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE_IF_IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH),
> + FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR2_GPA3_SHIFT, 4, 0),
> ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_NONSTRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR2_RPRES_SHIFT, 4, 0),
> ARM64_FTR_END,
> };
This (and https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220309093832.01585172@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
are due to the surprise spectre mitigations which landed yesterday. Now
that's all public, I'll merge those changes into our for-next/core branch
and these conflicts should all disappear.
Thanks,
Will
