Re: [PATCH 1/3] arm64: adjust el0_sync so that a function can be called

From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Tue Apr 29 2014 - 05:42:56 EST


On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 08:44:12PM +0100, Larry Bassel wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> index 39ac630..eda7755 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
[...]
> @@ -421,28 +421,30 @@ el0_da:
> /*
> * Data abort handling
> */
> - mrs x0, far_el1
> - bic x0, x0, #(0xff << 56)
> disable_step x1
> isb
> enable_dbg
> // enable interrupts before calling the main handler
> enable_irq
> + mrs x0, far_el1
> + bic x0, x0, #(0xff << 56)
> mov x1, x25
> mov x2, sp
> + adr lr, ret_from_exception
> b do_mem_abort

Reading the far_el1 after enable_dbg and enable_irq is racy, we can no
longer guarantee its value in the original data abort context.

> el0_ia:
> /*
> * Instruction abort handling
> */
> - mrs x0, far_el1
> disable_step x1
> isb
> enable_dbg
> // enable interrupts before calling the main handler
> enable_irq
> + mrs x0, far_el1
> orr x1, x25, #1 << 24 // use reserved ISS bit for instruction aborts
> mov x2, sp
> + adr lr, ret_from_exception
> b do_mem_abort
> el0_fpsimd_acc:

Same here.

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Catalin
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