Thread (59 messages) 59 messages, 8 authors, 2018-10-03

[PATCH v5 05/27] arm64: Use daifflag_restore after bp_hardening

From: catalin.marinas@arm.com (Catalin Marinas)
Date: 2018-10-03 15:12:48
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On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 04:51:15PM +0100, Julien Thierry wrote:
For EL0 entries requiring bp_hardening, daif status is kept at
DAIF_PROCCTX_NOIRQ until after hardening has been done. Then interrupts
are enabled through local_irq_enable().

Before using local_irq_* functions, daifflags should be properly restored
to a state where IRQs are enabled.

Enable IRQs by restoring DAIF_PROCCTX state after bp hardening.

Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry <redacted>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <redacted>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Queued for 4.20. Thanks.

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Catalin
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