From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.6.y 1/3] arm64/fpsimd: signal: Mandate SVE payload for streaming-mode state
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:33:48 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260128203350.2720303-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026012703-skintight-tricycle-0f20@gregkh>
From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
[ Upstream commit b465ace42620970e840c7aeb2c44a6e3b1002fec ]
Non-streaming SVE state may be preserved without an SVE payload, in
which case the SVE context only has a header with VL==0, and all state
can be restored from the FPSIMD context. Streaming SVE state is always
preserved with an SVE payload, where the SVE context header has VL!=0,
and the SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM flag is set.
The kernel never preserves an SVE context where SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM is set
without an SVE payload. However, restore_sve_fpsimd_context() doesn't
forbid restoring such a context, and will handle this case by clearing
PSTATE.SM and restoring the FPSIMD context into non-streaming mode,
which isn't consistent with the SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM flag.
Forbid this case, and mandate an SVE payload when the SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM
flag is set. This avoids an awkward ABI quirk and reduces the risk that
later rework to this code permits configuring a task with PSTATE.SM==1
and fp_type==FP_STATE_FPSIMD.
I've marked this as a fix given that we never intended to support this
case, and we don't want anyone to start relying upon the old behaviour
once we re-enable SME.
Fixes: 85ed24dad290 ("arm64/sme: Implement streaming SVE signal handling")
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250508132644.1395904-4-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: d2907cbe9ea0 ("arm64/fpsimd: signal: Fix restoration of SVE context")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
index 425b1bc17a3f6..916207828faaa 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ static int restore_sve_fpsimd_context(struct user_ctxs *user)
unsigned int vl, vq;
struct user_fpsimd_state fpsimd;
u16 user_vl, flags;
+ bool sm;
if (user->sve_size < sizeof(*user->sve))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -285,7 +286,8 @@ static int restore_sve_fpsimd_context(struct user_ctxs *user)
if (err)
return err;
- if (flags & SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM) {
+ sm = flags & SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM;
+ if (sm) {
if (!system_supports_sme())
return -EINVAL;
@@ -305,7 +307,16 @@ static int restore_sve_fpsimd_context(struct user_ctxs *user)
if (user_vl != vl)
return -EINVAL;
- if (user->sve_size == sizeof(*user->sve)) {
+ /*
+ * Non-streaming SVE state may be preserved without an SVE payload, in
+ * which case the SVE context only has a header with VL==0, and all
+ * state can be restored from the FPSIMD context.
+ *
+ * Streaming SVE state is always preserved with an SVE payload. For
+ * consistency and robustness, reject restoring streaming SVE state
+ * without an SVE payload.
+ */
+ if (!sm && user->sve_size == sizeof(*user->sve)) {
clear_thread_flag(TIF_SVE);
current->thread.svcr &= ~SVCR_SM_MASK;
current->thread.fp_type = FP_STATE_FPSIMD;
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-28 20:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-27 13:16 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] arm64/fpsimd: signal: Fix restoration of SVE context" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree gregkh
2026-01-28 20:33 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-01-28 20:33 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 2/3] arm64/fpsimd: signal: Consistently read FPSIMD context Sasha Levin
2026-01-28 20:33 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 3/3] arm64/fpsimd: signal: Fix restoration of SVE context Sasha Levin
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