From: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>, Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] kselftest/arm64: Add tests for POR_EL0 save/reset/restore
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:42:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260421144252.1440365-5-kevin.brodsky@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260421144252.1440365-1-kevin.brodsky@arm.com>
POR_EL0 is expected to be:
- Saved in the poe_context record
- Reset to POR_EL0_INIT when invoking the signal handler
- Restored from poe_context when returning from the signal handler
Add a new test, poe_restore, to check that the save/reset/restore
mechanism is working as intended. See commit 2e8a1acea859 ("arm64:
signal: Improve POR_EL0 handling to avoid uaccess failures") for
more details.
This commit did not handle the case where poe_context is missing
correctly. This was recently fixed; add a new test,
poe_missing_poe_context, to check this case.
Note: td->pass is only set to true at the very end, as an unexpected
signal may occur in case of failure (especially in
poe_missing_poe_context if POR_EL0 is restored to an invalid value).
Failures are tracked with a global, failed_check.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>
---
.../testcases/poe_missing_poe_context.c | 73 +++++++++++++++++++
.../arm64/signal/testcases/poe_restore.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 137 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/poe_missing_poe_context.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/poe_restore.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/poe_missing_poe_context.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/poe_missing_poe_context.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abab7400d9df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/poe_missing_poe_context.c
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Arm Ltd
+ *
+ * Verify that the POR_EL0 register is left untouched on sigreturn if the
+ * POE frame record is missing.
+ */
+
+#include <asm/sigcontext.h>
+
+#include "test_signals_utils.h"
+#include "testcases.h"
+
+#define POR_EL0_INIT 0x07ul
+#define POR_EL0_CUSTOM 0x77ul
+
+static bool failed_check;
+
+static bool modify_por_el0(struct tdescr *td)
+{
+ set_por_el0(POR_EL0_CUSTOM);
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+static int signal_remove_poe_context(struct tdescr *td, siginfo_t *si,
+ ucontext_t *uc)
+{
+ struct _aarch64_ctx *ctx = GET_UC_RESV_HEAD(uc);
+ struct _aarch64_ctx *poe_ctx_head;
+
+ poe_ctx_head = get_header(ctx, POE_MAGIC, sizeof(uc->uc_mcontext),
+ NULL);
+ if (!poe_ctx_head) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Missing poe_context record\n");
+ failed_check = true;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Actually removing the record would require moving down the next
+ * records. An easier option is to turn it into an ESR record, which is
+ * ignored by sigreturn().
+ */
+ poe_ctx_head->magic = ESR_MAGIC;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void check_por_el0_preserved(struct tdescr *td)
+{
+ uint64_t por_el0 = get_por_el0();
+
+ if (por_el0 == POR_EL0_INIT) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "POR_EL0 preserved\n");
+ } else {
+ fprintf(stderr, "POR_EL0 unexpectedly set to %lx\n", por_el0);
+ failed_check = true;
+ }
+
+ td->pass = !failed_check;
+}
+
+struct tdescr tde = {
+ .name = "POR_EL0 missing poe_context",
+ .descr = "Remove poe_context record and check POR_EL0 is preserved",
+ .feats_required = FEAT_POE,
+ .timeout = 3,
+ .sig_trig = SIGUSR1,
+ .init = modify_por_el0,
+ .run = signal_remove_poe_context,
+ .check_result = check_por_el0_preserved,
+};
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/poe_restore.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/poe_restore.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f9a61a4214d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/poe_restore.c
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Arm Ltd
+ *
+ * Verify that the POR_EL0 register is saved and restored as expected on signal
+ * entry/return.
+ */
+
+#include <asm/sigcontext.h>
+
+#include "test_signals_utils.h"
+#include "testcases.h"
+
+#define POR_EL0_INIT 0x07ul
+#define POR_EL0_CUSTOM 0x77ul
+
+static bool failed_check;
+
+static bool modify_por_el0(struct tdescr *td)
+{
+ set_por_el0(POR_EL0_CUSTOM);
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+static int signal_check_por_el0_reset(struct tdescr *td, siginfo_t *si,
+ ucontext_t *uc)
+{
+ uint64_t signal_por_el0 = get_por_el0();
+
+ if (signal_por_el0 != POR_EL0_INIT) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "POR_EL0 is %lx in signal handler (expected %lx)\n",
+ signal_por_el0, POR_EL0_INIT);
+ failed_check = true;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void check_por_el0_restored(struct tdescr *td)
+{
+ uint64_t por_el0 = get_por_el0();
+
+ if (por_el0 == POR_EL0_CUSTOM) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "POR_EL0 restored\n");
+ } else {
+ fprintf(stderr, "POR_EL0 was %lx but is now %lx\n",
+ POR_EL0_CUSTOM, por_el0);
+ failed_check = true;
+ }
+
+ td->pass = !failed_check;
+}
+
+struct tdescr tde = {
+ .name = "POR_EL0 restore",
+ .descr = "Validate that POR_EL0 is saved/restored on signal entry/return",
+ .feats_required = FEAT_POE,
+ .timeout = 3,
+ .sig_trig = SIGUSR1,
+ .init = modify_por_el0,
+ .run = signal_check_por_el0_reset,
+ .check_result = check_por_el0_restored,
+};
--
2.51.2
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-21 14:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-21 14:42 [PATCH 0/4] POE sigreturn fix and extra tests Kevin Brodsky
2026-04-21 14:42 ` [PATCH 1/4] arm64: signal: Preserve POR_EL0 if poe_context is missing Kevin Brodsky
2026-04-22 12:19 ` Will Deacon
2026-04-22 14:55 ` Kevin Brodsky
2026-04-23 12:41 ` Will Deacon
2026-04-24 9:24 ` Kevin Brodsky
2026-04-21 14:42 ` [PATCH 2/4] kselftest/arm64: Add POE as a feature in the signal tests Kevin Brodsky
2026-04-21 14:58 ` Mark Brown
2026-04-21 14:42 ` [PATCH 3/4] kselftest/arm64: Add POE helpers to test_signals_utils.h Kevin Brodsky
2026-04-21 15:00 ` Mark Brown
2026-04-21 14:42 ` Kevin Brodsky [this message]
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