Re: [PATCH 3/4] arm64/entry-common: Make Aarch32 syscalls' availability depend on aarch32_enabled()

[Mark Rutland]

On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 01:13:21PM +0200, Andrea della Porta wrote:
> Another major aspect of supporting running of 32bit processes is the
> ability to access 32bit syscalls. Such syscalls can be invoked by
> using the svc instruction.
> 
> If Aarch32 emulation is disabled ensure that calling svc results
> in the same behavior as if CONFIG_COMPAT has not been enabled (i.e.
> a kernel panic).

It's not "emulation" it's directly supported by the hardware.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrea della Porta <andrea.porta@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
> index 69ff9b8c0bde..32761760d9dd 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
> @@ -802,6 +802,11 @@ asmlinkage void noinstr el0t_64_error_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> +UNHANDLED(el0t, 32, sync_ni)
> +UNHANDLED(el0t, 32, irq_ni)
> +UNHANDLED(el0t, 32, fiq_ni)
> +UNHANDLED(el0t, 32, error_ni)

IRQ, FIQ, and SError are not syscalls, so the commit title is bad.

> +
>  static void noinstr el0_cp15(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long esr)
>  {
>  	enter_from_user_mode(regs);
> @@ -821,6 +826,11 @@ static void noinstr el0_svc_compat(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  
>  asmlinkage void noinstr el0t_32_sync_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
> +	if (!aarch32_enabled()) {
> +		el0t_32_sync_ni_handler(regs);
> +		return;
> +	}

Why do we have to do this at all?

If we don't have AArch32 tasks, these paths are unreachable. Why do we need to
check that they aren't called?

Mark.

> +
>  	unsigned long esr = read_sysreg(esr_el1);
>  
>  	switch (ESR_ELx_EC(esr)) {
> @@ -865,17 +875,26 @@ asmlinkage void noinstr el0t_32_sync_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  
>  asmlinkage void noinstr el0t_32_irq_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
> -	__el0_irq_handler_common(regs);
> +	if (!aarch32_enabled())
> +		el0t_32_irq_ni_handler(regs);
> +	else
> +		__el0_irq_handler_common(regs);
>  }
>  
>  asmlinkage void noinstr el0t_32_fiq_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
> -	__el0_fiq_handler_common(regs);
> +	if (!aarch32_enabled())
> +		el0t_32_fiq_ni_handler(regs);
> +	else
> +		__el0_fiq_handler_common(regs);
>  }
>  
>  asmlinkage void noinstr el0t_32_error_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
> -	__el0_error_handler_common(regs);
> +	if (!aarch32_enabled())
> +		el0t_32_error_ni_handler(regs);
> +	else
> +		__el0_error_handler_common(regs);
>  }
>  
>  bool __aarch32_enabled __ro_after_init = true;
> -- 
> 2.35.3
>