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authorLinus Torvalds2021-04-26 10:25:03 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds2021-04-26 10:25:03 -0700
commit31a24ae89c92d5533c049046a76c6a2d649efb72 (patch)
tree59a0414ace944cd63a68eb15add10884e6cbaa99 /Documentation
parent6a713827cece73136bca63a93e7f9a35dd009d3e (diff)
parenta27a8816568964fcef62a3ae5f9d2228ec1ebc68 (diff)
Merge tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux
Pull arm64 updates from Catalin Marinas: - MTE asynchronous support for KASan. Previously only synchronous (slower) mode was supported. Asynchronous is faster but does not allow precise identification of the illegal access. - Run kernel mode SIMD with softirqs disabled. This allows using NEON in softirq context for crypto performance improvements. The conditional yield support is modified to take softirqs into account and reduce the latency. - Preparatory patches for Apple M1: handle CPUs that only have the VHE mode available (host kernel running at EL2), add FIQ support. - arm64 perf updates: support for HiSilicon PA and SLLC PMU drivers, new functions for the HiSilicon HHA and L3C PMU, cleanups. - Re-introduce support for execute-only user permissions but only when the EPAN (Enhanced Privileged Access Never) architecture feature is available. - Disable fine-grained traps at boot and improve the documented boot requirements. - Support CONFIG_KASAN_VMALLOC on arm64 (only with KASAN_GENERIC). - Add hierarchical eXecute Never permissions for all page tables. - Add arm64 prctl(PR_PAC_{SET,GET}_ENABLED_KEYS) allowing user programs to control which PAC keys are enabled in a particular task. - arm64 kselftests for BTI and some improvements to the MTE tests. - Minor improvements to the compat vdso and sigpage. - Miscellaneous cleanups. * tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (86 commits) arm64/sve: Add compile time checks for SVE hooks in generic functions arm64/kernel/probes: Use BUG_ON instead of if condition followed by BUG. arm64: pac: Optimize kernel entry/exit key installation code paths arm64: Introduce prctl(PR_PAC_{SET,GET}_ENABLED_KEYS) arm64: mte: make the per-task SCTLR_EL1 field usable elsewhere arm64/sve: Remove redundant system_supports_sve() tests arm64: fpsimd: run kernel mode NEON with softirqs disabled arm64: assembler: introduce wxN aliases for wN registers arm64: assembler: remove conditional NEON yield macros kasan, arm64: tests supports for HW_TAGS async mode arm64: mte: Report async tag faults before suspend arm64: mte: Enable async tag check fault arm64: mte: Conditionally compile mte_enable_kernel_*() arm64: mte: Enable TCO in functions that can read beyond buffer limits kasan: Add report for async mode arm64: mte: Drop arch_enable_tagging() kasan: Add KASAN mode kernel parameter arm64: mte: Add asynchronous mode support arm64: Get rid of CONFIG_ARM64_VHE arm64: Cope with CPUs stuck in VHE mode ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/perf/hisi-pmu.rst54
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/booting.rst13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/tagged-address-abi.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst9
6 files changed, 109 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 0136cdf7e55d..9b3c086d4266 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2279,8 +2279,7 @@
state is kept private from the host.
Not valid if the kernel is running in EL2.
- Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support and
- the value of CONFIG_ARM64_VHE.
+ Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support.
kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/hisi-pmu.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/hisi-pmu.rst
index 404a5c3d9d00..546979360513 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/hisi-pmu.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/hisi-pmu.rst
@@ -53,6 +53,60 @@ Example usage of perf::
$# perf stat -a -e hisi_sccl3_l3c0/rd_hit_cpipe/ sleep 5
$# perf stat -a -e hisi_sccl3_l3c0/config=0x02/ sleep 5
+For HiSilicon uncore PMU v2 whose identifier is 0x30, the topology is the same
+as PMU v1, but some new functions are added to the hardware.
+
+(a) L3C PMU supports filtering by core/thread within the cluster which can be
+specified as a bitmap::
+
+ $# perf stat -a -e hisi_sccl3_l3c0/config=0x02,tt_core=0x3/ sleep 5
+
+This will only count the operations from core/thread 0 and 1 in this cluster.
+
+(b) Tracetag allow the user to chose to count only read, write or atomic
+operations via the tt_req parameeter in perf. The default value counts all
+operations. tt_req is 3bits, 3'b100 represents read operations, 3'b101
+represents write operations, 3'b110 represents atomic store operations and
+3'b111 represents atomic non-store operations, other values are reserved::
+
+ $# perf stat -a -e hisi_sccl3_l3c0/config=0x02,tt_req=0x4/ sleep 5
+
+This will only count the read operations in this cluster.
+
+(c) Datasrc allows the user to check where the data comes from. It is 5 bits.
+Some important codes are as follows:
+5'b00001: comes from L3C in this die;
+5'b01000: comes from L3C in the cross-die;
+5'b01001: comes from L3C which is in another socket;
+5'b01110: comes from the local DDR;
+5'b01111: comes from the cross-die DDR;
+5'b10000: comes from cross-socket DDR;
+etc, it is mainly helpful to find that the data source is nearest from the CPU
+cores. If datasrc_cfg is used in the multi-chips, the datasrc_skt shall be
+configured in perf command::
+
+ $# perf stat -a -e hisi_sccl3_l3c0/config=0xb9,datasrc_cfg=0xE/,
+ hisi_sccl3_l3c0/config=0xb9,datasrc_cfg=0xF/ sleep 5
+
+(d)Some HiSilicon SoCs encapsulate multiple CPU and IO dies. Each CPU die
+contains several Compute Clusters (CCLs). The I/O dies are called Super I/O
+clusters (SICL) containing multiple I/O clusters (ICLs). Each CCL/ICL in the
+SoC has a unique ID. Each ID is 11bits, include a 6-bit SCCL-ID and 5-bit
+CCL/ICL-ID. For I/O die, the ICL-ID is followed by:
+5'b00000: I/O_MGMT_ICL;
+5'b00001: Network_ICL;
+5'b00011: HAC_ICL;
+5'b10000: PCIe_ICL;
+
+Users could configure IDs to count data come from specific CCL/ICL, by setting
+srcid_cmd & srcid_msk, and data desitined for specific CCL/ICL by setting
+tgtid_cmd & tgtid_msk. A set bit in srcid_msk/tgtid_msk means the PMU will not
+check the bit when matching against the srcid_cmd/tgtid_cmd.
+
+If all of these options are disabled, it can works by the default value that
+doesn't distinguish the filter condition and ID information and will return
+the total counter values in the PMU counters.
+
The current driver does not support sampling. So "perf record" is unsupported.
Also attach to a task is unsupported as the events are all uncore.
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst b/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst
index 7552dbc1cc54..4fcc00add117 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst
@@ -202,9 +202,10 @@ Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met:
- System registers
- All writable architected system registers at the exception level where
- the kernel image will be entered must be initialised by software at a
- higher exception level to prevent execution in an UNKNOWN state.
+ All writable architected system registers at or below the exception
+ level where the kernel image will be entered must be initialised by
+ software at a higher exception level to prevent execution in an UNKNOWN
+ state.
- SCR_EL3.FIQ must have the same value across all CPUs the kernel is
executing on.
@@ -270,6 +271,12 @@ Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met:
having 0b1 set for the corresponding bit for each of the auxiliary
counters present.
+ For CPUs with the Fine Grained Traps (FEAT_FGT) extension present:
+
+ - If EL3 is present and the kernel is entered at EL2:
+
+ - SCR_EL3.FGTEn (bit 27) must be initialised to 0b1.
+
The requirements described above for CPU mode, caches, MMUs, architected
timers, coherency and system registers apply to all CPUs. All CPUs must
enter the kernel in the same exception level.
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst b/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst
index 30b2ab06526b..f127666ea3a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst
@@ -107,3 +107,37 @@ filter out the Pointer Authentication system key registers from
KVM_GET/SET_REG_* ioctls and mask those features from cpufeature ID
register. Any attempt to use the Pointer Authentication instructions will
result in an UNDEFINED exception being injected into the guest.
+
+
+Enabling and disabling keys
+---------------------------
+
+The prctl PR_PAC_SET_ENABLED_KEYS allows the user program to control which
+PAC keys are enabled in a particular task. It takes two arguments, the
+first being a bitmask of PR_PAC_APIAKEY, PR_PAC_APIBKEY, PR_PAC_APDAKEY
+and PR_PAC_APDBKEY specifying which keys shall be affected by this prctl,
+and the second being a bitmask of the same bits specifying whether the key
+should be enabled or disabled. For example::
+
+ prctl(PR_PAC_SET_ENABLED_KEYS,
+ PR_PAC_APIAKEY | PR_PAC_APIBKEY | PR_PAC_APDAKEY | PR_PAC_APDBKEY,
+ PR_PAC_APIBKEY, 0, 0);
+
+disables all keys except the IB key.
+
+The main reason why this is useful is to enable a userspace ABI that uses PAC
+instructions to sign and authenticate function pointers and other pointers
+exposed outside of the function, while still allowing binaries conforming to
+the ABI to interoperate with legacy binaries that do not sign or authenticate
+pointers.
+
+The idea is that a dynamic loader or early startup code would issue this
+prctl very early after establishing that a process may load legacy binaries,
+but before executing any PAC instructions.
+
+For compatibility with previous kernel versions, processes start up with IA,
+IB, DA and DB enabled, and are reset to this state on exec(). Processes created
+via fork() and clone() inherit the key enabled state from the calling process.
+
+It is recommended to avoid disabling the IA key, as this has higher performance
+overhead than disabling any of the other keys.
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/tagged-address-abi.rst b/Documentation/arm64/tagged-address-abi.rst
index 4a9d9c794ee5..cbc4d4500241 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/tagged-address-abi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/tagged-address-abi.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ space obtained in one of the following ways:
during creation and with the same restrictions as for ``mmap()`` above
(e.g. data, bss, stack).
-The AArch64 Tagged Address ABI has two stages of relaxation depending
+The AArch64 Tagged Address ABI has two stages of relaxation depending on
how the user addresses are used by the kernel:
1. User addresses not accessed by the kernel but used for address space
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
index ddf4239a5890..6f6ab3ed7b79 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
@@ -161,6 +161,15 @@ particular KASAN features.
- ``kasan=off`` or ``=on`` controls whether KASAN is enabled (default: ``on``).
+- ``kasan.mode=sync`` or ``=async`` controls whether KASAN is configured in
+ synchronous or asynchronous mode of execution (default: ``sync``).
+ Synchronous mode: a bad access is detected immediately when a tag
+ check fault occurs.
+ Asynchronous mode: a bad access detection is delayed. When a tag check
+ fault occurs, the information is stored in hardware (in the TFSR_EL1
+ register for arm64). The kernel periodically checks the hardware and
+ only reports tag faults during these checks.
+
- ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables alloc and free stack
traces collection (default: ``on``).