Use arm64 cpu feature sanitization to TAIN Xen if different DCZID values
are found (ftr_dczid is using only STRICT method).
In this case actual memory being cleaned by DC ZVA operations would be
different depending on the cores which could make a guest zeroing too
much or too little memory if it is merged between CPUs.
We could, on processor supporting it, trap access to DCZID_EL0 register
using HFGRTR_EL2 register but this would not solve the case where a
process is being migrated during a copy or if it cached the value of the
register.
Signed-off-by: Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@arm.com>
---
Change in v3: none
Change in v2: Patch introduced in v2
---
xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c | 14 +++++++++++---
xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c | 2 ++
xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h | 8 ++++++++
3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c
index 61f629ebaa..b1936ef1d6 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c
@@ -329,14 +329,11 @@ static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_mvfr2[] = {
ARM64_FTR_END,
};
-#if 0
-/* TODO: handle this when sanitizing cache related registers */
static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_dczid[] = {
ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_EXACT, DCZID_DZP_SHIFT, 1, 1),
ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, DCZID_BS_SHIFT, 4, 0),
ARM64_FTR_END,
};
-#endif
static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_id_isar0[] = {
ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_ISAR0_DIVIDE_SHIFT, 4, 0),
@@ -592,6 +589,17 @@ void update_system_features(const struct cpuinfo_arm *new)
SANITIZE_ID_REG(zfr64, 0, aa64zfr0);
+ /*
+ * Comment from Linux:
+ * Userspace may perform DC ZVA instructions. Mismatched block sizes
+ * could result in too much or too little memory being zeroed if a
+ * process is preempted and migrated between CPUs.
+ *
+ * ftr_dczid is using STRICT comparison so we will taint Xen if different
+ * values are found.
+ */
+ SANITIZE_REG(dczid, 0, dczid);
+
if ( cpu_feature64_has_el0_32(&system_cpuinfo) )
{
SANITIZE_ID_REG(pfr32, 0, pfr0);
diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c b/xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c
index f600a611bd..113f20f601 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_arm *c)
c->zfr64.bits[0] = READ_SYSREG(ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1);
+ c->dczid.bits[0] = READ_SYSREG(DCZID_EL0);
+
aarch32_el0 = cpu_feature64_has_el0_32(c);
#endif
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h b/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
index 52cb3133e0..5219fd3bab 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
@@ -259,6 +259,14 @@ struct cpuinfo_arm {
register_t bits[1];
} zfr64;
+ /*
+ * DCZID is only used to check for incoherent values between cores
+ * and taint Xen in this case
+ */
+ struct {
+ register_t bits[1];
+ } dczid;
+
#endif
/*
--
2.17.1
On Wed, 25 Aug 2021, Bertrand Marquis wrote:
> Use arm64 cpu feature sanitization to TAIN Xen if different DCZID values
^ TAINT
> are found (ftr_dczid is using only STRICT method).
> In this case actual memory being cleaned by DC ZVA operations would be
> different depending on the cores which could make a guest zeroing too
> much or too little memory if it is merged between CPUs.
>
> We could, on processor supporting it, trap access to DCZID_EL0 register
^ processors
> using HFGRTR_EL2 register but this would not solve the case where a
> process is being migrated during a copy or if it cached the value of the
> register.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@arm.com>
> ---
> Change in v3: none
> Change in v2: Patch introduced in v2
> ---
> xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c | 14 +++++++++++---
> xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c | 2 ++
> xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h | 8 ++++++++
> 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c
> index 61f629ebaa..b1936ef1d6 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c
> @@ -329,14 +329,11 @@ static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_mvfr2[] = {
> ARM64_FTR_END,
> };
>
> -#if 0
> -/* TODO: handle this when sanitizing cache related registers */
> static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_dczid[] = {
> ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_EXACT, DCZID_DZP_SHIFT, 1, 1),
> ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, DCZID_BS_SHIFT, 4, 0),
> ARM64_FTR_END,
> };
> -#endif
>
> static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_id_isar0[] = {
> ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_ISAR0_DIVIDE_SHIFT, 4, 0),
> @@ -592,6 +589,17 @@ void update_system_features(const struct cpuinfo_arm *new)
>
> SANITIZE_ID_REG(zfr64, 0, aa64zfr0);
>
> + /*
> + * Comment from Linux:
I don't know if I would keep or remove "Comment from Linux"
In any case:
Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
Also I gave a quick test of the series on a ZCU102 and it worked fine.
> + * Userspace may perform DC ZVA instructions. Mismatched block sizes
> + * could result in too much or too little memory being zeroed if a
> + * process is preempted and migrated between CPUs.
> + *
> + * ftr_dczid is using STRICT comparison so we will taint Xen if different
> + * values are found.
> + */
> + SANITIZE_REG(dczid, 0, dczid);
> +
> if ( cpu_feature64_has_el0_32(&system_cpuinfo) )
> {
> SANITIZE_ID_REG(pfr32, 0, pfr0);
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c b/xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c
> index f600a611bd..113f20f601 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c
> @@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_arm *c)
>
> c->zfr64.bits[0] = READ_SYSREG(ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1);
>
> + c->dczid.bits[0] = READ_SYSREG(DCZID_EL0);
> +
> aarch32_el0 = cpu_feature64_has_el0_32(c);
> #endif
>
> diff --git a/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h b/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
> index 52cb3133e0..5219fd3bab 100644
> --- a/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
> +++ b/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
> @@ -259,6 +259,14 @@ struct cpuinfo_arm {
> register_t bits[1];
> } zfr64;
>
> + /*
> + * DCZID is only used to check for incoherent values between cores
> + * and taint Xen in this case
> + */
> + struct {
> + register_t bits[1];
> + } dczid;
> +
> #endif
>
> /*
> --
> 2.17.1
>
> On 3 Sep 2021, at 23:49, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2021, Bertrand Marquis wrote:
>> Use arm64 cpu feature sanitization to TAIN Xen if different DCZID values
> ^ TAINT
>
>
>> are found (ftr_dczid is using only STRICT method).
>> In this case actual memory being cleaned by DC ZVA operations would be
>> different depending on the cores which could make a guest zeroing too
>> much or too little memory if it is merged between CPUs.
>>
>> We could, on processor supporting it, trap access to DCZID_EL0 register
> ^ processors
Could those typos be fixed during commit ?
>
>> using HFGRTR_EL2 register but this would not solve the case where a
>> process is being migrated during a copy or if it cached the value of the
>> register.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@arm.com>
>> ---
>> Change in v3: none
>> Change in v2: Patch introduced in v2
>> ---
>> xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c | 14 +++++++++++---
>> xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c | 2 ++
>> xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h | 8 ++++++++
>> 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c
>> index 61f629ebaa..b1936ef1d6 100644
>> --- a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c
>> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c
>> @@ -329,14 +329,11 @@ static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_mvfr2[] = {
>> ARM64_FTR_END,
>> };
>>
>> -#if 0
>> -/* TODO: handle this when sanitizing cache related registers */
>> static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_dczid[] = {
>> ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_EXACT, DCZID_DZP_SHIFT, 1, 1),
>> ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, DCZID_BS_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>> ARM64_FTR_END,
>> };
>> -#endif
>>
>> static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_id_isar0[] = {
>> ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_ISAR0_DIVIDE_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>> @@ -592,6 +589,17 @@ void update_system_features(const struct cpuinfo_arm *new)
>>
>> SANITIZE_ID_REG(zfr64, 0, aa64zfr0);
>>
>> + /*
>> + * Comment from Linux:
>
> I don't know if I would keep or remove "Comment from Linux"
I added that because the comment itself does not really apply to Xen.
I could have rephrased the comment/
Anyway I have no objection to remove that statement.
Do I need to send a v2 for that ?
Cheers
Bertrand
>
> In any case:
>
> Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
>
>
> Also I gave a quick test of the series on a ZCU102 and it worked fine.
>
>
>> + * Userspace may perform DC ZVA instructions. Mismatched block sizes
>> + * could result in too much or too little memory being zeroed if a
>> + * process is preempted and migrated between CPUs.
>> + *
>> + * ftr_dczid is using STRICT comparison so we will taint Xen if different
>> + * values are found.
>> + */
>> + SANITIZE_REG(dczid, 0, dczid);
>> +
>> if ( cpu_feature64_has_el0_32(&system_cpuinfo) )
>> {
>> SANITIZE_ID_REG(pfr32, 0, pfr0);
>> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c b/xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c
>> index f600a611bd..113f20f601 100644
>> --- a/xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c
>> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c
>> @@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_arm *c)
>>
>> c->zfr64.bits[0] = READ_SYSREG(ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1);
>>
>> + c->dczid.bits[0] = READ_SYSREG(DCZID_EL0);
>> +
>> aarch32_el0 = cpu_feature64_has_el0_32(c);
>> #endif
>>
>> diff --git a/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h b/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
>> index 52cb3133e0..5219fd3bab 100644
>> --- a/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
>> +++ b/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
>> @@ -259,6 +259,14 @@ struct cpuinfo_arm {
>> register_t bits[1];
>> } zfr64;
>>
>> + /*
>> + * DCZID is only used to check for incoherent values between cores
>> + * and taint Xen in this case
>> + */
>> + struct {
>> + register_t bits[1];
>> + } dczid;
>> +
>> #endif
>>
>> /*
>> --
>> 2.17.1
On Mon, 6 Sep 2021, Bertrand Marquis wrote:
> > On 3 Sep 2021, at 23:49, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 25 Aug 2021, Bertrand Marquis wrote:
> >> Use arm64 cpu feature sanitization to TAIN Xen if different DCZID values
> > ^ TAINT
> >
> >
> >> are found (ftr_dczid is using only STRICT method).
> >> In this case actual memory being cleaned by DC ZVA operations would be
> >> different depending on the cores which could make a guest zeroing too
> >> much or too little memory if it is merged between CPUs.
> >>
> >> We could, on processor supporting it, trap access to DCZID_EL0 register
> > ^ processors
>
> Could those typos be fixed during commit ?
Yes they can
> >> using HFGRTR_EL2 register but this would not solve the case where a
> >> process is being migrated during a copy or if it cached the value of the
> >> register.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@arm.com>
> >> ---
> >> Change in v3: none
> >> Change in v2: Patch introduced in v2
> >> ---
> >> xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c | 14 +++++++++++---
> >> xen/arch/arm/cpufeature.c | 2 ++
> >> xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h | 8 ++++++++
> >> 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c
> >> index 61f629ebaa..b1936ef1d6 100644
> >> --- a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c
> >> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/cpufeature.c
> >> @@ -329,14 +329,11 @@ static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_mvfr2[] = {
> >> ARM64_FTR_END,
> >> };
> >>
> >> -#if 0
> >> -/* TODO: handle this when sanitizing cache related registers */
> >> static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_dczid[] = {
> >> ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_EXACT, DCZID_DZP_SHIFT, 1, 1),
> >> ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, DCZID_BS_SHIFT, 4, 0),
> >> ARM64_FTR_END,
> >> };
> >> -#endif
> >>
> >> static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_id_isar0[] = {
> >> ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_ISAR0_DIVIDE_SHIFT, 4, 0),
> >> @@ -592,6 +589,17 @@ void update_system_features(const struct cpuinfo_arm *new)
> >>
> >> SANITIZE_ID_REG(zfr64, 0, aa64zfr0);
> >>
> >> + /*
> >> + * Comment from Linux:
> >
> > I don't know if I would keep or remove "Comment from Linux"
>
> I added that because the comment itself does not really apply to Xen.
> I could have rephrased the comment/
> Anyway I have no objection to remove that statement.
>
> Do I need to send a v2 for that ?
No you don't need to resend just for that or the typos. However if you
are going to resend, then an update would be nice :-)
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