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[3.12,41/84] arm64: errata: add module build workaround for erratum #843419

Message ID 86230818ac7bb48f7821d9c41d96a1233c4535c3.1443792303.git.jslaby@suse.cz
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Jiri Slaby Oct. 2, 2015, 1:24 p.m. UTC 
From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>

3.12-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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commit df057cc7b4fa59e9b55f07ffdb6c62bf02e99a00 upstream.

Cortex-A53 processors <= r0p4 are affected by erratum #843419 which can
lead to a memory access using an incorrect address in certain sequences
headed by an ADRP instruction.

There is a linker fix to generate veneers for ADRP instructions, but
this doesn't work for kernel modules which are built as unlinked ELF
objects.

This patch adds a new config option for the erratum which, when enabled,
builds kernel modules with the mcmodel=large flag. This uses absolute
addressing for all kernel symbols, thereby removing the use of ADRP as
a PC-relative form of addressing. The ADRP relocs are removed from the
module loader so that we fail to load any potentially affected modules.

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
---
 arch/arm64/Kconfig         | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/Makefile        |  4 ++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/module.c |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index b07f9f356b87..c6ab435557b2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -269,6 +269,22 @@  config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
 	def_bool y
 	depends on COMPAT && SYSVIPC
 
+config ARM64_ERRATUM_843419
+	bool "Cortex-A53: 843419: A load or store might access an incorrect address"
+	depends on MODULES
+	default y
+	help
+	  This option builds kernel modules using the large memory model in
+	  order to avoid the use of the ADRP instruction, which can cause
+	  a subsequent memory access to use an incorrect address on Cortex-A53
+	  parts up to r0p4.
+
+	  Note that the kernel itself must be linked with a version of ld
+	  which fixes potentially affected ADRP instructions through the
+	  use of veneers.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 endmenu
 
 source "net/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index d90cf79f233a..4148c05df99a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@  comma = ,
 
 CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__aarch64__
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_843419), y)
+CFLAGS_MODULE	+= -mcmodel=large
+endif
+
 # Default value
 head-y		:= arch/arm64/kernel/head.o
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c
index ca0e3d55da99..9589a92f6332 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c
@@ -390,12 +390,14 @@  int apply_relocate_add(Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
 			ovf = reloc_insn_imm(RELOC_OP_PREL, loc, val, 0, 21,
 					     INSN_IMM_ADR);
 			break;
+#ifndef CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_843419
 		case R_AARCH64_ADR_PREL_PG_HI21_NC:
 			overflow_check = false;
 		case R_AARCH64_ADR_PREL_PG_HI21:
 			ovf = reloc_insn_imm(RELOC_OP_PAGE, loc, val, 12, 21,
 					     INSN_IMM_ADR);
 			break;
+#endif
 		case R_AARCH64_ADD_ABS_LO12_NC:
 		case R_AARCH64_LDST8_ABS_LO12_NC:
 			overflow_check = false;