[PATCH 03/15] arm64: implement thread identity handoff
From: Jens Axboe
Date: Fri Sep 11 2026 - 12:12:47 EST
Implement the arch_thread_handoff_*() hooks and select
ARCH_HAS_THREAD_HANDOFF.
The source is inside a syscall, so only the FPSIMD view of the vector
registers needs to move. Tasks with SME streaming mode or ZA enabled,
compat tasks, tasks with a guarded control stack and tasks trapping
counter-timer access are refused.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 109 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 110 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index b5a51b0ef944..a919570c80cd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ config ARM64
select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
select ARCH_HAS_HW_PTE_YOUNG
select ARCH_HAS_SETUP_DMA_OPS
+ select ARCH_HAS_THREAD_HANDOFF
select ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP
select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
select ARCH_HAS_FORCE_DMA_UNENCRYPTED
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
index 581f80e9b9b7..e669a2717106 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <linux/elf.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/thread_handoff.h>
#include <linux/sched/debug.h>
#include <linux/sched/task.h>
#include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
@@ -1003,3 +1004,111 @@ int set_tsc_mode(unsigned int val)
return do_set_tsc_mode(val);
}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_HANDOFF
+/*
+ * Thread identity handoff. The source is inside a syscall, so only the FPSIMD
+ * view of the vector registers needs to move. SME state is refused.
+ */
+static bool thread_handoff_task_ok(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ if (is_compat_thread(task_thread_info(tsk)))
+ return false;
+ /* the GCS is per-thread and would have to move along */
+ if (task_gcs_el0_enabled(tsk))
+ return false;
+ /* counter-timer trapping doesn't move, see update_cntkctl_el1() */
+ if (test_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_TSC_SIGSEGV))
+ return false;
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool arch_thread_handoff_allowed(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ return thread_handoff_task_ok(tsk);
+}
+
+bool arch_thread_handoff_compatible(struct task_struct *src,
+ struct task_struct *dst)
+{
+ return thread_handoff_task_ok(dst);
+}
+
+/* sync the live user state, fpsimd_syscall_enter() guarantees FPSIMD format */
+bool arch_thread_handoff_prepare(void)
+{
+ struct thread_struct *thread = ¤t->thread;
+
+ fpsimd_preserve_current_state();
+ tls_preserve_current_state();
+ if (system_supports_poe())
+ thread->por_el0 = read_sysreg_s(SYS_POR_EL0);
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(thread->fp_type != FP_STATE_FPSIMD))
+ return false;
+ /* ZA and streaming mode state doesn't move, for now */
+ if (thread_sm_enabled(thread) || thread_za_enabled(thread))
+ return false;
+ return true;
+}
+
+/* copy the user register state over, load what the return to user won't */
+int arch_thread_handoff_finish(struct task_struct *src, bool leader)
+{
+ struct task_struct *dst = current;
+ struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(dst);
+ struct frame_record_meta stackframe = regs->stackframe;
+
+ /* the syscall frame, this is what the return to userspace restores */
+ *regs = *task_pt_regs(src);
+ regs->stackframe = stackframe;
+
+ /*
+ * Marks our FP state foreign so nothing saves over what's copied in
+ * below, and frees the SVE/SME buffers, the vector lengths may differ.
+ */
+ fpsimd_flush_thread();
+
+ preempt_disable();
+
+ dst->thread.uw = src->thread.uw;
+ dst->thread.fp_type = FP_STATE_FPSIMD;
+ memcpy(dst->thread.vl, src->thread.vl, sizeof(dst->thread.vl));
+ memcpy(dst->thread.vl_onexec, src->thread.vl_onexec,
+ sizeof(dst->thread.vl_onexec));
+ dst->thread.svcr = src->thread.svcr;
+ dst->thread.tpidr2_el0 = src->thread.tpidr2_el0;
+ dst->thread.por_el0 = src->thread.por_el0;
+ dst->thread.sctlr_user = src->thread.sctlr_user;
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MTE
+ dst->thread.mte_ctrl = src->thread.mte_ctrl;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH
+ dst->thread.keys_user = src->thread.keys_user;
+#endif
+ update_tsk_thread_flag(dst, TIF_SVE_VL_INHERIT,
+ test_tsk_thread_flag(src, TIF_SVE_VL_INHERIT));
+ update_tsk_thread_flag(dst, TIF_SME_VL_INHERIT,
+ test_tsk_thread_flag(src, TIF_SME_VL_INHERIT));
+ update_tsk_thread_flag(dst, TIF_TAGGED_ADDR,
+ test_tsk_thread_flag(src, TIF_TAGGED_ADDR));
+ update_tsk_thread_flag(dst, TIF_SSBD,
+ test_tsk_thread_flag(src, TIF_SSBD));
+ if (test_and_clear_tsk_thread_flag(src, TIF_MTE_ASYNC_FAULT))
+ set_tsk_thread_flag(dst, TIF_MTE_ASYNC_FAULT);
+
+ /* load what __switch_to() would have, FPSIMD gets restored on exit */
+ write_sysreg(dst->thread.uw.tp_value, tpidr_el0);
+ if (system_supports_tpidr2())
+ write_sysreg_s(dst->thread.tpidr2_el0, SYS_TPIDR2_EL0);
+ if (system_supports_poe())
+ write_sysreg_s(dst->thread.por_el0, SYS_POR_EL0);
+ contextidr_thread_switch(dst);
+ ptrauth_thread_switch_user(dst);
+ mte_thread_switch(dst);
+ update_sctlr_el1(dst->thread.sctlr_user);
+
+ preempt_enable();
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif
--
2.55.0