Re: [PATCH v3 29/39] arm64: mte: Switch GCR_EL1 in kernel entry and exit

[Vincenzo Frascino]

On 9/25/20 12:34 PM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 12:50:36AM +0200, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
>> index ff34461524d4..c7cc1fdfbd1a 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
>> @@ -175,6 +175,49 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
>>  #endif
>>  	.endm
>>  
>> +	.macro mte_set_gcr, tmp, tmp2
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MTE
>> +alternative_if_not ARM64_MTE
>> +	b	1f
>> +alternative_else_nop_endif
> 
> You don't need the alternative here. The macro is only invoked in an
> alternative path already (I'd be surprised if it even works, we don't
> handle nested alternatives well).
>

Yes, you are right. I forgot to remove it.

>> +	/*
>> +	 * Calculate and set the exclude mask preserving
>> +	 * the RRND (bit[16]) setting.
>> +	 */
>> +	mrs_s	\tmp2, SYS_GCR_EL1
>> +	bfi	\tmp2, \tmp, #0, #16
>> +	msr_s	SYS_GCR_EL1, \tmp2
>> +	isb
>> +1:
>> +#endif
>> +	.endm
>> +
>> +	.macro mte_set_kernel_gcr, tsk, tmp, tmp2
> 
> What's the point of a 'tsk' argument here?
> 

It is unused. I kept the interface same in between kernel and user.
I can either add a comment or remove it. Which one do you prefer?

>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MTE
> 
> Does KASAN_HW_TAGS depend on ARM64_MTE already? Just to avoid too may
> ifdefs. Otherwise, you can always write it as:
> 
> #if defined(CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS) && defined(CONFIG_ARM64_MTE)
> 
> to save two lines (and its easier to read).
> 

It is indeed. I forgot to remove CONFIG_ARM64_MTE.

>> +alternative_if_not ARM64_MTE
>> +	b	1f
>> +alternative_else_nop_endif
>> +	ldr_l	\tmp, gcr_kernel_excl
>> +
>> +	mte_set_gcr \tmp, \tmp2
>> +1:
>> +#endif
>> +#endif
>> +	.endm
>> +
>> +	.macro mte_set_user_gcr, tsk, tmp, tmp2
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MTE
>> +alternative_if_not ARM64_MTE
>> +	b	1f
>> +alternative_else_nop_endif
>> +	ldr	\tmp, [\tsk, #THREAD_GCR_EL1_USER]
>> +
>> +	mte_set_gcr \tmp, \tmp2
>> +1:
>> +#endif
>> +	.endm
>> +
>>  	.macro	kernel_entry, el, regsize = 64
>>  	.if	\regsize == 32
>>  	mov	w0, w0				// zero upper 32 bits of x0
>> @@ -214,6 +257,8 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
>>  
>>  	ptrauth_keys_install_kernel tsk, x20, x22, x23
>>  
>> +	mte_set_kernel_gcr tsk, x22, x23
>> +
>>  	scs_load tsk, x20
>>  	.else
>>  	add	x21, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE
>> @@ -332,6 +377,8 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
>>  	/* No kernel C function calls after this as user keys are set. */
>>  	ptrauth_keys_install_user tsk, x0, x1, x2
>>  
>> +	mte_set_user_gcr tsk, x0, x1
>> +
>>  	apply_ssbd 0, x0, x1
>>  	.endif
>>  
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
>> index 393d0c794be4..c3b4f056fc54 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
>> @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
>>  #include <asm/ptrace.h>
>>  #include <asm/sysreg.h>
>>  
>> +u64 gcr_kernel_excl __ro_after_init;
>> +
>>  static void mte_sync_page_tags(struct page *page, pte_t *ptep, bool check_swap)
>>  {
>>  	pte_t old_pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
>> @@ -116,6 +118,13 @@ void *mte_set_mem_tag_range(void *addr, size_t size, u8 tag)
>>  	return ptr;
>>  }
>>  
>> +void mte_init_tags(u64 max_tag)
>> +{
>> +	u64 incl = GENMASK(max_tag & MTE_TAG_MAX, 0);
>> +
>> +	gcr_kernel_excl = ~incl & SYS_GCR_EL1_EXCL_MASK;
>> +}
>> +
>>  static void update_sctlr_el1_tcf0(u64 tcf0)
>>  {
>>  	/* ISB required for the kernel uaccess routines */
>> @@ -151,7 +160,11 @@ static void update_gcr_el1_excl(u64 excl)
>>  static void set_gcr_el1_excl(u64 excl)
>>  {
>>  	current->thread.gcr_user_excl = excl;
>> -	update_gcr_el1_excl(excl);
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * SYS_GCR_EL1 will be set to current->thread.gcr_user_incl value
>                                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> That's gcr_user_excl now.
> 
>> +	 * by mte_restore_gcr() in kernel_exit,
> 
> I don't think mte_restore_gcr is still around in this patch.
> 

This comment requires updating. I missed it.

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Regards,
Vincenzo