From: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>
To: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Kevin Brodsky" <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Ard Biesheuvel" <ardb+git@google.com>,
"Andy Lutomirski" <luto@kernel.org>,
"Catalin Marinas" <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
"Dave Hansen" <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>,
"Jann Horn" <jannh@google.com>, "Jeff Xu" <jeffxu@chromium.org>,
"Joey Gouly" <joey.gouly@arm.com>, "Kees Cook" <kees@kernel.org>,
"Linu Cherian" <linu.cherian@arm.com>,
"Linus Walleij" <linusw@kernel.org>,
"Marc Zyngier" <maz@kernel.org>,
"Mark Brown" <broonie@kernel.org>,
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"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
"Pierre Langlois" <pierre.langlois@arm.com>,
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"Quentin Perret" <qperret@google.com>,
"Rick Edgecombe" <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
"Ryan Roberts" <ryan.roberts@arm.com>,
"Vlastimil Babka" <vbabka@kernel.org>,
"Will Deacon" <will@kernel.org>,
"Yang Shi" <yang@os.amperecomputing.com>,
"Yeoreum Yun" <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
x86@kernel.org, "Ira Weiny" <iweiny@kernel.org>,
"Lorenzo Stoakes" <ljs@kernel.org>,
"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v10 08/22] arm64: Context-switch POR_EL1
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:58:33 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261109-kpkeys-v10-8-aa6c4d9603bc@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109-kpkeys-v10-0-aa6c4d9603bc@arm.com>
POR_EL1 is about to be used by the kpkeys framework, modifying it
for (typically small) sections of code. If an exception occurs
during that window and scheduling occurs, we must ensure that
POR_EL1 is context-switched as needed (saving the old value and
restoring the new one). An ISB is needed to ensure the write takes
effect, so we skip it if the new value is the same as the old, like
for POR_EL0.
Reviewed-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Linu Cherian <linu.cherian@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
index 481f1999f7c1..18424d91d8b2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
u64 svcr;
u64 tpidr2_el0;
u64 por_el0;
+ u64 por_el1;
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_GCS
unsigned int gcs_el0_mode;
unsigned int gcs_el0_locked;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
index 42b15b0c069f..a3984aedfebe 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
#include <asm/exec.h>
#include <asm/fpsimd.h>
#include <asm/gcs.h>
+#include <asm/kpkeys.h>
#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
#include <asm/mpam.h>
#include <asm/mte.h>
@@ -446,6 +447,9 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, const struct kernel_clone_args *args)
ptrauth_thread_init_kernel(p);
+ if (system_supports_poe())
+ p->thread.por_el1 = POR_EL1_INIT;
+
if (likely(!args->fn)) {
*childregs = *current_pt_regs();
childregs->regs[0] = 0;
@@ -698,6 +702,12 @@ static void permission_overlay_switch(struct task_struct *next)
* of POR_EL0.
*/
}
+
+ current->thread.por_el1 = read_sysreg_s(SYS_POR_EL1);
+ if (current->thread.por_el1 != next->thread.por_el1) {
+ write_sysreg_s(next->thread.por_el1, SYS_POR_EL1);
+ isb();
+ }
}
/*
--
2.56.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-09 16:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-09 15:58 [PATCH RFC v10 00/22] pkeys-based page table hardening Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 01/22] mm: Introduce kpkeys Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 02/22] set_memory: Introduce set_direct_map_pkey() stub Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 03/22] arm64: Introduce por_elx_set_pkey_perms() helper Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 04/22] arm64: Implement asm/kpkeys.h using POE Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 05/22] arm64: set_memory: Implement set_direct_map_pkey() Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 06/22] arm64: Disable EL2 trapping of POR_EL1 Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 07/22] arm64: Initialize POR_EL1 register on cpu_resume() Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` Kevin Brodsky [this message]
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 09/22] arm64: mm: Enable overlays for all EL1 indirect permissions Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 10/22] arm64: Enable kpkeys Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 11/22] mm: kpkeys: Introduce kpkeys_hardened_pgtables feature Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 12/22] mm: kpkeys: Protect regular page tables Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 13/22] mm: kpkeys: Protect early kernel " Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 14/22] mm: kpkeys: Protect vmemmap " Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 15/22] arm64: kpkeys: Implement arch_supports_kpkeys_early() Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 16/22] arm64: kpkeys: Support KPKEYS_CTX_PGTABLES Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 17/22] arm64: kpkeys: Ensure the linear map can be modified Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 18/22] arm64: kpkeys: Guard page table writes Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 19/22] arm64: kpkeys: Batch KPKEYS_CTX_PGTABLES switches Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 20/22] arm64: kpkeys: Enable kpkeys_hardened_pgtables support Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 21/22] arm64: mm: Map kernel image alias of init_pg_dir read-only Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 22/22] mm: Add basic tests for kpkeys_hardened_pgtables Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-09 19:28 ` Mark Brown
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