linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/15] arm64: kvm: Move __smccc_workaround_1

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Message-ID: <20200511102921.GA18310@willie-the-truck>
Date:   Mon, 11 May 2020 11:29:21 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Cc:     David Brazdil <dbrazdil@...gle.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.kdev@...il.com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/15] arm64: kvm: Move __smccc_workaround_1_smc to
 .rodata

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 11:04:59AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:48:22 +0100
> David Brazdil <dbrazdil@...gle.com> wrote:
> 
> > This snippet of assembly is used by cpu_errata.c to overwrite parts of KVM hyp
> > vector. It is never directly executed, so move it from .text to .rodata.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: David Brazdil <dbrazdil@...gle.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp-entry.S | 6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp-entry.S b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp-entry.S
> > index 5986e1d78d3f..7e5f386c5c2d 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp-entry.S
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp-entry.S
> > @@ -364,6 +364,11 @@ SYM_CODE_END(__bp_harden_hyp_vecs)
> >  	.popsection
> >  
> >  #ifndef __HYPERVISOR__
> > +	/*
> > +	 * This is not executed directly and is instead copied into the vectors
> > +	 * by install_bp_hardening_cb().
> > +	 */
> > +	.pushsection	.rodata
> >  SYM_CODE_START(__smccc_workaround_1_smc)
> 
> I wonder whether we should keep the SYM_CODE_START() annotation or not.
> It feels weird to say "code" in a rodata section, and the alignment
> doesn't matter as we copy it in place, as you noticed.

The BTI patches hook these, but I don't see that being relevant for a
vector entry as PSTATE.BTYPE is zapped to 0.

Will