[PATCH 3.13.y-ckt 23/48] arm64: errata: add module build workaround for erratum #843419

From: Kamal Mostafa
Date: Tue Oct 27 2015 - 17:43:39 EST


3.13.11-ckt29 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>

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@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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 239635b..a29f98a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -129,6 +129,22 @@ menu "Bus support"
config ARM_AMBA
bool

+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

menu "Kernel Features"
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 2fceb71..0ab1a34 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ 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 e2ad0d8..373c208 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c
@@ -393,12 +393,14 @@ 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;
--
1.9.1

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