[PATCH for 4.16 10/11] membarrier: arm64: Provide core serializing command

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Mon Jan 29 2018 - 15:23:57 EST


Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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---
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index c9a7e9e1414f..5b0c06d8dbbe 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ config ARM64
select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
select ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE if (MEMORY_ISOLATION && COMPACTION) || CMA
select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
+ select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE
select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index 6d14b8f29b5f..5edde1c2e93e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -302,6 +302,10 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
ldp x28, x29, [sp, #16 * 14]
ldr lr, [sp, #S_LR]
add sp, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE // restore sp
+ /*
+ * ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE rely on eret context synchronization
+ * when returning from IPI handler, and when returning to user-space.
+ */
eret // return to kernel
.endm

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2.11.0