linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 12/15] arm64: exec: Adjust affinity for compat tasks with mismatched 32-bit EL0

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Message-Id: <20201208132835.6151-13-will@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue,  8 Dec 2020 13:28:32 +0000
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: [PATCH v5 12/15] arm64: exec: Adjust affinity for compat tasks with mismatched 32-bit EL0

When exec'ing a 32-bit task on a system with mismatched support for
32-bit EL0, try to ensure that it starts life on a CPU that can actually
run it.

Reviewed-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
index 9a2532d848f0..da313b738c7c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
@@ -633,8 +633,20 @@ void arch_setup_new_exec(void)
 
 	if (is_compat_task()) {
 		mmflags = MMCF_AARCH32;
-		if (static_branch_unlikely(&arm64_mismatched_32bit_el0))
+
+		/*
+		 * Restrict the CPU affinity mask for a 32-bit task so that
+		 * it contains only 32-bit-capable CPUs.
+		 *
+		 * From the perspective of the task, this looks similar to
+		 * what would happen if the 64-bit-only CPUs were hot-unplugged
+		 * at the point of execve(), although we try a bit harder to
+		 * honour the cpuset hierarchy.
+		 */
+		if (static_branch_unlikely(&arm64_mismatched_32bit_el0)) {
+			force_compatible_cpus_allowed_ptr(current);
 			set_tsk_thread_flag(current, TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME);
+		}
 	}
 
 	current->mm->context.flags = mmflags;
-- 
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