The patch titled
Subject: arm64: entry: use stackleak_erase_on_task_stack()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
arm64-entry-use-stackleak_erase_on_task_stack.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/arm64-entry-use-stackleak_erase_on_task_stack.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/arm64-entry-use-stackleak_erase_on_task_stack.patch
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From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Subject: arm64: entry: use stackleak_erase_on_task_stack()
On arm64 we always call stackleak_erase() on a task stack, and never call
it on another stack. We can avoid some redundant work by using
stackleak_erase_on_task_stack(), telling the stackleak code that it's
being called on a task stack.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220425115603.781311-9-mark.rutland@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S~arm64-entry-use-stackleak_erase_on_task_stack
+++ a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(ret_to_user)
ldr x19, [tsk, #TSK_TI_FLAGS] // re-check for single-step
enable_step_tsk x19, x2
#ifdef CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK
- bl stackleak_erase
+ bl stackleak_erase_on_task_stack
#endif
kernel_exit 0
SYM_CODE_END(ret_to_user)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mark.rutland@xxxxxxx are
arm64-stackleak-fix-current_top_of_stack.patch
stackleak-move-skip_erasing-check-earlier.patch
stackleak-rework-stack-low-bound-handling.patch
stackleak-clarify-variable-names.patch
stackleak-rework-stack-high-bound-handling.patch
stackleak-remove-redundant-check.patch
stackleak-add-on-off-stack-variants.patch
arm64-entry-use-stackleak_erase_on_task_stack.patch
