On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 04:39:41PM +0000, Vincenzo Frascino wrote:

MTE provides a mode that asynchronously updates the TFSR_EL1 register
when a tag check exception is detected.

To take advantage of this mode the kernel has to verify the status of
the register at:
  1. Context switching
  2. Return to user/EL0 (Not required in entry from EL0 since the kernel
  did not run)
  3. Kernel entry from EL1
  4. Kernel exit to EL1

If the register is non-zero a trace is reported.

Add the required features for EL1 detection and reporting.

Note: ITFSB bit is set in the SCTLR_EL1 register hence it guaranties that
the indirect writes to TFSR_EL1 are synchronized at exception entry to
EL1. On the context switch path the synchronization is guarantied by the
dsb() in __switch_to().
The dsb(nsh) in mte_check_tfsr_exit() is provisional pending
confirmation by the architects.

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>

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