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SubjectRe: [PATCHv3 04/11] arm64: Don't trap host pointer auth use to EL2
On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 07:37:28PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> To allow EL0 (and/or EL1) to use pointer authentication functionality,
> we must ensure that pointer authentication instructions and accesses to
> pointer authentication keys are not trapped to EL2.
>
> This patch ensures that HCR_EL2 is configured appropriately when the
> kernel is booted at EL2. For non-VHE kernels we set HCR_EL2.{API,APK},
> ensuring that EL1 can access keys and permit EL0 use of instructions.
> For VHE kernels host EL0 (TGE && E2H) is unaffected by these settings,
> and it doesn't matter how we configure HCR_EL2.{API,APK}, so we don't
> bother setting them.
>
> This does not enable support for KVM guests, since KVM manages HCR_EL2
> itself when running VMs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Cc: Christoffer Dall <cdall@kernel.org>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
> Cc: kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu

FWIW: Acked-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@arm.com>

> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> index 89b3dda7e3cb..4d57e1e58323 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
> #include <asm/types.h>
>
> /* Hyp Configuration Register (HCR) bits */
> +#define HCR_API (UL(1) << 41)
> +#define HCR_APK (UL(1) << 40)
> #define HCR_TEA (UL(1) << 37)
> #define HCR_TERR (UL(1) << 36)
> #define HCR_TLOR (UL(1) << 35)
> @@ -86,7 +88,7 @@
> HCR_AMO | HCR_SWIO | HCR_TIDCP | HCR_RW | HCR_TLOR | \
> HCR_FMO | HCR_IMO)
> #define HCR_VIRT_EXCP_MASK (HCR_VSE | HCR_VI | HCR_VF)
> -#define HCR_HOST_NVHE_FLAGS (HCR_RW)
> +#define HCR_HOST_NVHE_FLAGS (HCR_RW | HCR_API | HCR_APK)
> #define HCR_HOST_VHE_FLAGS (HCR_RW | HCR_TGE | HCR_E2H)
>
> /* TCR_EL2 Registers bits */
> --
> 2.11.0
>
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