Subject: [PATCH v5 09/14] arm64: reserve x18 from general allocation with SCS

From: Sami Tolvanen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 15:56:03 -0800

Reserve the x18 register from general allocation when SCS is enabled,
because the compiler uses the register to store the current task's
shadow stack pointer. Note that all external kernel modules must also be
compiled with -ffixed-x18 if the kernel has SCS enabled.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <[email-masked]>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email-masked]>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[email-masked]>
---
 arch/arm64/Makefile | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 2c0238ce0551..ef76101201b2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ stack_protector_prepare: prepare0
 					include/generated/asm-offsets.h))
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK), y)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -ffixed-x18
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN), y)
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS	+= -mbig-endian
 CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__AARCH64EB__
-- 
2.24.0.rc1.363.gb1bccd3e3d-goog

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