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From: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
To: Deepak Gupta <debug@rivosinc.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 20/39] arm64/gcs: Context switch GCS state for EL0
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 20:02:24 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b2a717a7-e6d3-4fa9-921e-156c17ad5424@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKC1njQVB71A8fQBLmBnx++agM12XDLhS=7iL7-A4NTXSqUM+A@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 11:59:45AM -0800, Deepak Gupta wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 1:45 AM Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> wrote:

> > +       if (task->thread.gcs_el0_mode & PR_SHADOW_STACK_ENABLE)
> > +               gcscre0_el1 |= GCSCRE0_EL1_RVCHKEN | GCSCRE0_EL1_PCRSEL;

> If the intent is to disable, is the GCS stack freed or kept around?
> I expect if libc is taking the decision to disable, kernel should free it up.
> Is it freed in some other flow?

Kept around and freed on thread exit.  There is a potential race between
for example disabling in a signal handler and something trying to walk
the stack so we err on the side of caution.

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-12-13 20:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-22  9:42 [PATCH v7 00/39] arm64/gcs: Provide support for GCS in userspace Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 01/39] arm64/mm: Restructure arch_validate_flags() for extensibility Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 02/39] prctl: arch-agnostic prctl for shadow stack Mark Brown
2023-12-12 19:17   ` Deepak Gupta
2023-12-12 19:22     ` Mark Brown
2023-12-13  0:50       ` Deepak Gupta
2023-12-13 13:37         ` Mark Brown
2023-12-13 19:43           ` Deepak Gupta
2023-12-13 19:48             ` Mark Brown
2023-12-12 20:17   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2023-12-12 20:26     ` Mark Brown
2023-12-12 21:22       ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2023-12-13 13:49         ` Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 03/39] mman: Add map_shadow_stack() flags Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 04/39] arm64: Document boot requirements for Guarded Control Stacks Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 05/39] arm64/gcs: Document the ABI " Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 06/39] arm64/sysreg: Add new system registers for GCS Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 07/39] arm64/sysreg: Add definitions for architected GCS caps Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 08/39] arm64/gcs: Add manual encodings of GCS instructions Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 09/39] arm64/gcs: Provide put_user_gcs() Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 10/39] arm64/cpufeature: Runtime detection of Guarded Control Stack (GCS) Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 11/39] arm64/mm: Allocate PIE slots for EL0 guarded control stack Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 12/39] mm: Define VM_SHADOW_STACK for arm64 when we support GCS Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 13/39] arm64/mm: Map pages for guarded control stack Mark Brown
2023-12-04  3:01   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 14/39] KVM: arm64: Manage GCS registers for guests Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 15/39] arm64/gcs: Allow GCS usage at EL0 and EL1 Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 16/39] arm64/idreg: Add overrride for GCS Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 17/39] arm64/hwcap: Add hwcap " Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 18/39] arm64/traps: Handle GCS exceptions Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 19/39] arm64/mm: Handle GCS data aborts Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 20/39] arm64/gcs: Context switch GCS state for EL0 Mark Brown
2023-12-13 19:59   ` Deepak Gupta
2023-12-13 20:02     ` Mark Brown [this message]
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 21/39] arm64/gcs: Allocate a new GCS for threads with GCS enabled Mark Brown
2023-12-06 20:22   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 22/39] arm64/gcs: Implement shadow stack prctl() interface Mark Brown
2023-12-06 21:27   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 23/39] arm64/mm: Implement map_shadow_stack() Mark Brown
2023-12-06 21:44   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 24/39] arm64/signal: Set up and restore the GCS context for signal handlers Mark Brown
2023-12-09  3:15   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2023-12-09 13:09     ` Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 25/39] arm64/signal: Expose GCS state in signal frames Mark Brown
2023-12-09 22:28   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 26/39] arm64/ptrace: Expose GCS via ptrace and core files Mark Brown
2023-12-09 23:49   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2023-12-10 14:22     ` Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 27/39] arm64: Add Kconfig for Guarded Control Stack (GCS) Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 28/39] kselftest/arm64: Verify the GCS hwcap Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 29/39] kselftest/arm64: Add GCS as a detected feature in the signal tests Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 30/39] kselftest/arm64: Add framework support for GCS to signal handling tests Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 31/39] kselftest/arm64: Allow signals tests to specify an expected si_code Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 32/39] kselftest/arm64: Always run signals tests with GCS enabled Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 33/39] kselftest/arm64: Add very basic GCS test program Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 34/39] kselftest/arm64: Add a GCS test program built with the system libc Mark Brown
2023-12-15  2:50   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2023-12-15 14:59     ` Mark Brown
2023-12-17  2:18       ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2024-01-18 19:58     ` Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 35/39] kselftest/arm64: Add test coverage for GCS mode locking Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 36/39] selftests/arm64: Add GCS signal tests Mark Brown
2023-12-17  2:12   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2024-01-18 21:10     ` Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 37/39] kselftest/arm64: Add a GCS stress test Mark Brown
2023-12-13  2:45   ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 38/39] kselftest/arm64: Enable GCS for the FP stress tests Mark Brown
2023-11-22  9:42 ` [PATCH v7 39/39] kselftest/clone3: Enable GCS in the clone3 selftests Mark Brown
2023-12-20  4:13 ` [PATCH v7 00/39] arm64/gcs: Provide support for GCS in userspace Thiago Jung Bauermann

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