[PATCH 24/45] arm64: Move BP hardening to check_and_switch_context

From: Alex Shi
Date: Thu Mar 01 2018 - 07:59:01 EST


From: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>

commit a8e4c0a919ae upstream.

We call arm64_apply_bp_hardening() from post_ttbr_update_workaround,
which has the unexpected consequence of being triggered on every
exception return to userspace when ARM64_SW_TTBR0_PAN is selected,
even if no context switch actually occured.

This is a bit suboptimal, and it would be more logical to only
invalidate the branch predictor when we actually switch to
a different mm.

In order to solve this, move the call to arm64_apply_bp_hardening()
into check_and_switch_context(), where we're guaranteed to pick
a different mm context.

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/mm/context.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/context.c b/arch/arm64/mm/context.c
index afc9266..36416e4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/context.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/context.c
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ void check_and_switch_context(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned int cpu)
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_asid_lock, flags);

switch_mm_fastpath:
+ arm64_apply_bp_hardening();
cpu_switch_mm(mm->pgd, mm);
}

@@ -231,8 +232,6 @@ asmlinkage void post_ttbr_update_workaround(void)
"ic iallu; dsb nsh; isb",
ARM64_WORKAROUND_CAVIUM_27456,
CONFIG_CAVIUM_ERRATUM_27456));
-
- arm64_apply_bp_hardening();
}

static int asids_init(void)
--
2.7.4