From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 905B1C52D7C for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:42:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=C3enDMuInf9LLnRgN1buD4CnoI1cx3jwYJ4LWhfhZX0=; b=Imp8V5Mm9jF3oiy947/uDdcUtj i+A9spq7LHoRhJTZvwYfQUojPEtnjQL+Q0pCxcMtrJJpWepWspWH89tVWtWBxotayGTjR10/nsEBL 8tDavEKmNiSvTnDHR7+Jw11kn1sfpeoePUOHqhEFajbcECt6xrKzjKv8Lrrub3rUGH+0C0pAYmsww s0dadIQBykJEkG60Ok/B7YW6TCxHfyxnRPdA0nkCQRP34ssNlU3OwScCeRFXOS9HUvbXU7QMjiaFg D2ew0IA6sT0PvwNW2ANhcpUV7+jW0jfp85vCAxjmw8AUOdDCHGc7k4togCoKgz+VzCfRxgoWIK3nG /mQF5MVw==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.97.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1shZEO-00000000JqT-12VO; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:41:52 +0000 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org ([139.178.84.217]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.97.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1shZDZ-00000000JlX-3GvK for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:41:06 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (transwarp.subspace.kernel.org [100.75.92.58]) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01FE161343; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:41:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E84C5C32786; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:40:54 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:40:52 +0100 From: Catalin Marinas To: Will Deacon Cc: Joey Gouly , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, nd@arm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, aneesh.kumar@kernel.org, aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com, anshuman.khandual@arm.com, bp@alien8.de, broonie@kernel.org, christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, hpa@zytor.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, maz@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au, naveen.n.rao@linux.ibm.com, npiggin@gmail.com, oliver.upton@linux.dev, shuah@kernel.org, skhan@linuxfoundation.org, szabolcs.nagy@arm.com, tglx@linutronix.de, x86@kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 06/30] arm64: context switch POR_EL0 register Message-ID: References: <20240822151113.1479789-1-joey.gouly@arm.com> <20240822151113.1479789-7-joey.gouly@arm.com> <20240823144531.GH32156@willie-the-truck> <20240823170835.GA1181@willie-the-truck> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20240823170835.GA1181@willie-the-truck> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20240823_114101_907324_15DFE23F X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 19.70 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 06:08:36PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote: > On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 05:41:06PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 03:45:32PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 04:10:49PM +0100, Joey Gouly wrote: > > > > +static void permission_overlay_switch(struct task_struct *next) > > > > +{ > > > > + if (!system_supports_poe()) > > > > + return; > > > > + > > > > + current->thread.por_el0 = read_sysreg_s(SYS_POR_EL0); > > > > + if (current->thread.por_el0 != next->thread.por_el0) { > > > > + write_sysreg_s(next->thread.por_el0, SYS_POR_EL0); > > > > + /* ISB required for kernel uaccess routines when chaning POR_EL0 */ > > > > > > nit: typo "chaning". > > > > > > But more substantially, is this just to prevent spurious faults in the > > > context of a new thread using a stale value for POR_EL0? > > > > Not just prevent faults but enforce the permissions from the new > > thread's POR_EL0. The kernel may continue with a uaccess routine from > > here, we can't tell. > > Hmm, I wondered if that was the case. It's a bit weird though, because: > > - There's a window between switch_mm() and switch_to() where you might > reasonably expect to be able to execute uaccess routines I don't think we can have any uaccess between these two switches (a uaccess could fault, that's a pretty weird state between these two). > - kthread_use_mm() doesn't/can't look at this at all No, but a kthread would have it's own, most permissive, POR_EL0. > - GUP obviously doesn't care > > So what do we actually gain by having the uaccess routines honour this? I guess where it matters is more like not accidentally faulting because the previous thread had more restrictive permissions. -- Catalin