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authorMark Rutland2016-03-15 11:22:57 +0000
committerCatalin Marinas2016-03-21 12:08:50 +0000
commitb90b4a608ea2401cc491828f7a385edd2e236e37 (patch)
tree5776ae101d27c4eb38dd0a09781a8c6ff284ddbd /Documentation
parentb660950c60a7278f9d8deb7c32a162031207c758 (diff)
arm64: fix KASLR boot-time I-cache maintenance
Commit f80fb3a3d50843a4 ("arm64: add support for kernel ASLR") missed a DSB necessary to complete I-cache maintenance in the primary boot path, and hence stale instructions may still be present in the I-cache and may be executed until the I-cache maintenance naturally completes. Since commit 8ec41987436d566f ("arm64: mm: ensure patched kernel text is fetched from PoU"), all CPUs invalidate their I-caches after their MMU is enabled. Prior a CPU's MMU having been enabled, arbitrary lines may have been fetched from the PoC into I-caches. We never patch text expected to be executed with the MMU off. Thus, it is unnecessary to perform broadcast I-cache maintenance in the primary boot path. This patch reduces the scope of the I-cache maintenance to the local CPU, and adds the missing DSB with similar scope, matching prior maintenance in the primary boot path. Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Ard Biesehvuel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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