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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:46:37 +0100
From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@...aro.org>,
	kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 7/7] arm64: Enable CONFIG_ARM64_SW_TTBR0_PAN

This patch adds the Kconfig option to enable support for TTBR0 PAN
emulation. 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@....com>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
---
 arch/arm64/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index bc3f00f586f1..3640f9ffcc1e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -785,6 +785,14 @@ config SETEND_EMULATION
 	  If unsure, say Y
 endif
 
+config ARM64_SW_TTBR0_PAN
+	bool "Emulate 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

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