533b220f7b
- Branch Target Identification (BTI)
* Support for ARMv8.5-BTI in both user- and kernel-space. This
allows branch targets to limit the types of branch from which
they can be called and additionally prevents branching to
arbitrary code, although kernel support requires a very recent
toolchain.
* Function annotation via SYM_FUNC_START() so that assembly
functions are wrapped with the relevant "landing pad"
instructions.
* BPF and vDSO updates to use the new instructions.
* Addition of a new HWCAP and exposure of BTI capability to
userspace via ID register emulation, along with ELF loader
support for the BTI feature in .note.gnu.property.
* Non-critical fixes to CFI unwind annotations in the sigreturn
trampoline.
- Shadow Call Stack (SCS)
* Support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack feature, which reserves
platform register x18 to point at a separate stack for each
task that holds only return addresses. This protects function
return control flow from buffer overruns on the main stack.
* Save/restore of x18 across problematic boundaries (user-mode,
hypervisor, EFI, suspend, etc).
* Core support for SCS, should other architectures want to use it
too.
* SCS overflow checking on context-switch as part of the existing
stack limit check if CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK=y.
- CPU feature detection
* Removed numerous "SANITY CHECK" errors when running on a system
with mismatched AArch32 support at EL1. This is primarily a
concern for KVM, which disabled support for 32-bit guests on
such a system.
* Addition of new ID registers and fields as the architecture has
been extended.
- Perf and PMU drivers
* Minor fixes and cleanups to system PMU drivers.
- Hardware errata
* Unify KVM workarounds for VHE and nVHE configurations.
* Sort vendor errata entries in Kconfig.
- Secure Monitor Call Calling Convention (SMCCC)
* Update to the latest specification from Arm (v1.2).
* Allow PSCI code to query the SMCCC version.
- Software Delegated Exception Interface (SDEI)
* Unexport a bunch of unused symbols.
* Minor fixes to handling of firmware data.
- Pointer authentication
* Add support for dumping the kernel PAC mask in vmcoreinfo so
that the stack can be unwound by tools such as kdump.
* Simplification of key initialisation during CPU bringup.
- BPF backend
* Improve immediate generation for logical and add/sub
instructions.
- vDSO
- Minor fixes to the linker flags for consistency with other
architectures and support for LLVM's unwinder.
- Clean up logic to initialise and map the vDSO into userspace.
- ACPI
- Work around for an ambiguity in the IORT specification relating
to the "num_ids" field.
- Support _DMA method for all named components rather than only
PCIe root complexes.
- Minor other IORT-related fixes.
- Miscellaneous
* Initialise debug traps early for KGDB and fix KDB cacheflushing
deadlock.
* Minor tweaks to early boot state (documentation update, set
TEXT_OFFSET to 0x0, increase alignment of PE/COFF sections).
* Refactoring and cleanup
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Merge tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux
Pull arm64 updates from Will Deacon:
"A sizeable pile of arm64 updates for 5.8.
Summary below, but the big two features are support for Branch Target
Identification and Clang's Shadow Call stack. The latter is currently
arm64-only, but the high-level parts are all in core code so it could
easily be adopted by other architectures pending toolchain support
Branch Target Identification (BTI):
- Support for ARMv8.5-BTI in both user- and kernel-space. This allows
branch targets to limit the types of branch from which they can be
called and additionally prevents branching to arbitrary code,
although kernel support requires a very recent toolchain.
- Function annotation via SYM_FUNC_START() so that assembly functions
are wrapped with the relevant "landing pad" instructions.
- BPF and vDSO updates to use the new instructions.
- Addition of a new HWCAP and exposure of BTI capability to userspace
via ID register emulation, along with ELF loader support for the
BTI feature in .note.gnu.property.
- Non-critical fixes to CFI unwind annotations in the sigreturn
trampoline.
Shadow Call Stack (SCS):
- Support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack feature, which reserves
platform register x18 to point at a separate stack for each task
that holds only return addresses. This protects function return
control flow from buffer overruns on the main stack.
- Save/restore of x18 across problematic boundaries (user-mode,
hypervisor, EFI, suspend, etc).
- Core support for SCS, should other architectures want to use it
too.
- SCS overflow checking on context-switch as part of the existing
stack limit check if CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK=y.
CPU feature detection:
- Removed numerous "SANITY CHECK" errors when running on a system
with mismatched AArch32 support at EL1. This is primarily a concern
for KVM, which disabled support for 32-bit guests on such a system.
- Addition of new ID registers and fields as the architecture has
been extended.
Perf and PMU drivers:
- Minor fixes and cleanups to system PMU drivers.
Hardware errata:
- Unify KVM workarounds for VHE and nVHE configurations.
- Sort vendor errata entries in Kconfig.
Secure Monitor Call Calling Convention (SMCCC):
- Update to the latest specification from Arm (v1.2).
- Allow PSCI code to query the SMCCC version.
Software Delegated Exception Interface (SDEI):
- Unexport a bunch of unused symbols.
- Minor fixes to handling of firmware data.
Pointer authentication:
- Add support for dumping the kernel PAC mask in vmcoreinfo so that
the stack can be unwound by tools such as kdump.
- Simplification of key initialisation during CPU bringup.
BPF backend:
- Improve immediate generation for logical and add/sub instructions.
vDSO:
- Minor fixes to the linker flags for consistency with other
architectures and support for LLVM's unwinder.
- Clean up logic to initialise and map the vDSO into userspace.
ACPI:
- Work around for an ambiguity in the IORT specification relating to
the "num_ids" field.
- Support _DMA method for all named components rather than only PCIe
root complexes.
- Minor other IORT-related fixes.
Miscellaneous:
- Initialise debug traps early for KGDB and fix KDB cacheflushing
deadlock.
- Minor tweaks to early boot state (documentation update, set
TEXT_OFFSET to 0x0, increase alignment of PE/COFF sections).
- Refactoring and cleanup"
* tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (148 commits)
KVM: arm64: Move __load_guest_stage2 to kvm_mmu.h
KVM: arm64: Check advertised Stage-2 page size capability
arm64/cpufeature: Add get_arm64_ftr_reg_nowarn()
ACPI/IORT: Remove the unused __get_pci_rid()
arm64/cpuinfo: Add ID_MMFR4_EL1 into the cpuinfo_arm64 context
arm64/cpufeature: Add remaining feature bits in ID_AA64PFR1 register
arm64/cpufeature: Add remaining feature bits in ID_AA64PFR0 register
arm64/cpufeature: Add remaining feature bits in ID_AA64ISAR0 register
arm64/cpufeature: Add remaining feature bits in ID_MMFR4 register
arm64/cpufeature: Add remaining feature bits in ID_PFR0 register
arm64/cpufeature: Introduce ID_MMFR5 CPU register
arm64/cpufeature: Introduce ID_DFR1 CPU register
arm64/cpufeature: Introduce ID_PFR2 CPU register
arm64/cpufeature: Make doublelock a signed feature in ID_AA64DFR0
arm64/cpufeature: Drop TraceFilt feature exposure from ID_DFR0 register
arm64/cpufeature: Add explicit ftr_id_isar0[] for ID_ISAR0 register
arm64: mm: Add asid_gen_match() helper
firmware: smccc: Fix missing prototype warning for arm_smccc_version_init
arm64: vdso: Fix CFI directives in sigreturn trampoline
arm64: vdso: Don't prefix sigreturn trampoline with a BTI C instruction
...
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