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[7/7] arm64: Enable CONFIG_ARM64_TTBR0_PAN

Message ID 1471015666-23125-8-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com
State Superseded
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Catalin Marinas Aug. 12, 2016, 3:27 p.m. UTC
This patch adds the Kconfig option to enable support for TTBR0 PAN. The
option is default off because of a slight performance hit when enabled,
caused by the additional TTBR0_EL1 switching during user access
operations or exception entry/exit code.

Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>

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 arch/arm64/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)


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diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 69c8787bec7d..e7d5d0a7f6b4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -784,6 +784,14 @@  config SETEND_EMULATION
 	  If unsure, say Y
 endif
 
+config ARM64_TTBR0_PAN
+	bool "Priviledged Access Never using TTBR0_EL1 switching"
+	help
+	  Enabling this option prevents the kernel from accessing
+	  user-space memory directly by pointing TTBR0_EL1 to a reserved
+	  zeroed area and reserved ASID. The user access routines
+	  restore the valid TTBR0_EL1 temporarily.
+
 menu "ARMv8.1 architectural features"
 
 config ARM64_HW_AFDBM