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From: marc.zyngier@arm•com (Marc Zyngier)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] kvm: arm: Enforce some NS-SVC initialisation
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 14:33:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <57B31643.1000600@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5322cdb9cb397741d15b60c6693ad39dbf74b6d5.1469101945.git.robin.murphy@arm.com>

On 21/07/16 13:01, Robin Murphy wrote:
> Since the non-secure copies of banked registers lack architecturally
> defined reset values, there is no actual guarantee when entering in Hyp
> from secure-only firmware that the non-secure PL1 state will look the
> way that kernel entry (in particular the decompressor stub) expects.
> So far, we've been getting away with it thanks to implementation details
> of ARMv7 cores and/or bootloader behaviour, but for the sake of forwards
> compatibility let's try to ensure that we have a minimally sane state
> before dropping down into it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm•com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> index 0b1e4a93d67e..7de3fe15ab21 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> @@ -142,6 +142,18 @@ ARM_BE8(orr	r7, r7, #(1 << 25))     @ HSCTLR.EE
>  	and	r7, #0x1f		@ Preserve HPMN
>  	mcr	p15, 4, r7, c1, c1, 1	@ HDCR
>  
> +	@ Make sure NS-SVC is initialised appropriately
> +	mrc	p15, 0, r7, c1, c0, 0	@ SCTLR
> +	orr	r7, #(1 << 5)		@ CP15 barriers enabled
> +	bic	r7, #(3 << 19)		@ WXN and UWXN disabled

I think that while you're doing this, you also may want to clear SED and
ITD so that a BE kernel has a chance to survive its first instruction
(assuming it it uses the decompressor...).

> +	mcr	p15, 0, r7, c1, c0, 0	@ SCTLR
> +
> +	mrc	p15, 0, r7, c0, c0, 0	@ MIDR
> +	mcr	p15, 4, r7, c0, c0, 0	@ VPIDR
> +
> +	mrc	p15, 0, r7, c0, c0, 5	@ MPIDR
> +	mcr	p15, 4, r7, c0, c0, 5	@ VMPIDR
> +
>  #if !defined(ZIMAGE) && defined(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER)
>  	@ make CNTP_* and CNTPCT accessible from PL1
>  	mrc	p15, 0, r7, c0, c1, 1	@ ID_PFR1
> 

Otherwise looks good.

Thanks,

	M.
-- 
Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...

  reply	other threads:[~2016-08-16 13:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-21 12:01 [PATCH] kvm: arm: Enforce some NS-SVC initialisation Robin Murphy
2016-08-16 13:33 ` Marc Zyngier [this message]
2016-08-16 14:51   ` Robin Murphy
2016-08-16 17:49 ` [PATCH v2] " Robin Murphy
2016-08-17 10:05   ` Marc Zyngier
2016-08-17 11:16   ` Christoffer Dall
2016-08-17 11:17   ` Christoffer Dall
2016-08-17 11:32   ` Christoffer Dall
2016-09-06 16:41     ` Christoffer Dall
2016-09-06 16:44       ` Robin Murphy
2016-09-06 16:59         ` Christoffer Dall

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