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Message-ID: <CAKv+Gu9u-yO1SRTaT4TfdtckmPT0+JnHR6R=RPYRGfm9AACvCw@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:19:23 +0200 From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> To: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>, clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>, Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/18] arm64: kvm: stop treating register x18 as caller save On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 at 18:10, Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com> wrote: > > From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> > > In preparation of using x18 as a task struct pointer register when > running in the kernel, stop treating it as caller save in the KVM > guest entry/exit code. Currently, the code assumes there is no need > to preserve it for the host, given that it would have been assumed > clobbered anyway by the function call to __guest_enter(). Instead, > preserve its value and restore it upon return. > > Link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9836891/ > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> > Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com> You might want to update the commit log to drop the reference to the task struct pointer. > --- > arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S | 12 +++++------- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S > index e5cc8d66bf53..20bd9a20ea27 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S > @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ > .pushsection .hyp.text, "ax" > > .macro save_callee_saved_regs ctxt > + str x18, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(18)] > stp x19, x20, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(19)] > stp x21, x22, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(21)] > stp x23, x24, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(23)] > @@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ > ldp x25, x26, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(25)] > ldp x27, x28, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(27)] > ldp x29, lr, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(29)] > + ldr x18, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(18)] > .endm > > /* > @@ -87,12 +89,9 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif > ldp x14, x15, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(14)] > ldp x16, x17, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(16)] > > - // Restore guest regs x19-x29, lr > + // Restore guest regs x18-x29, lr > restore_callee_saved_regs x18 > > - // Restore guest reg x18 > - ldr x18, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(18)] > - > // Do not touch any register after this! > eret > sb > @@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ ENTRY(__guest_exit) > // Retrieve the guest regs x0-x1 from the stack > ldp x2, x3, [sp], #16 // x0, x1 > > - // Store the guest regs x0-x1 and x4-x18 > + // Store the guest regs x0-x1 and x4-x17 > stp x2, x3, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(0)] > stp x4, x5, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(4)] > stp x6, x7, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(6)] > @@ -123,9 +122,8 @@ ENTRY(__guest_exit) > stp x12, x13, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(12)] > stp x14, x15, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(14)] > stp x16, x17, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(16)] > - str x18, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(18)] > > - // Store the guest regs x19-x29, lr > + // Store the guest regs x18-x29, lr > save_callee_saved_regs x1 > > get_host_ctxt x2, x3 > -- > 2.23.0.866.gb869b98d4c-goog >
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