From: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v10 07/22] arm64: Initialize POR_EL1 register on cpu_resume()
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:36:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <avNH_AdvK9AqvfF7@e129823.arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <be361be8-c5ad-4ff7-a6db-7b0815bfe1d0@sirena.org.uk>
On Tue, Nov 10, 2026 at 03:53:30PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 09, 2026 at 03:58:32PM +0000, Kevin Brodsky wrote:
> > From: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
> >
> > The POR_EL1 register is reset to an unknown value after cpu_suspend().
> > Since POR_EL1 always holds POR_EL1_INIT when entering cpu_suspend(),
> > initialize POR_EL1 with POR_EL1_INIT before cpu_do_resume().
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_POE
> > +alternative_if_not ARM64_HAS_S1POE
> > + b .Lskip_por_set
> > +alternative_else_nop_endif
> > + mov_q x2, POR_EL1_INIT
> > + msr_s SYS_POR_EL1, x2
> > + /* isb can be skipped since cpu_do_resume() will do it. */
> > +.Lskip_por_set:
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_POE */
>
> cpu_do_resume() will update TCR2_EL1 to enable POE again, a sufficiently
> unhelpful implementation could potentially decide to do that before this
> POR_EL1 value takes effect AFAICT given that there's no barriers.
Thanks. seems required to isb() after initialising SYS_POR_EL1.
--
Sincerely,
Yeoreum Yun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-10 16:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ 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
2026-11-10 14:19 ` Mark Brown
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
2026-11-10 15:29 ` Mark Brown
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 07/22] arm64: Initialize POR_EL1 register on cpu_resume() Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-10 15:53 ` Mark Brown
2026-11-10 16:36 ` Yeoreum Yun [this message]
2026-11-09 15:58 ` [PATCH RFC v10 08/22] arm64: Context-switch POR_EL1 Kevin Brodsky
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
2026-11-10 9:01 ` Kevin Brodsky
2026-11-10 11:24 ` Mark Brown
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