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From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 06/14] khwasan: enable top byte ignore for the kernel
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On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 3:36 PM, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 08:44:25PM +0100, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
>> KHWASAN uses the Top Byte Ignore feature of arm64 CPUs to store a pointer
>> tag in the top byte of each pointer. This commit enables the TCR_TBI1 bit,
>> which enables Top Byte Ignore for the kernel, when KHWASAN is used.
>> ---
>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-hwdef.h | 1 +
>>  arch/arm64/mm/proc.S                   | 8 +++++++-
>>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Before it's safe to do this, I also think you'll need to fix up at
> least:
>
> * virt_to_phys()

I've already got some issues with it (the jbd2 patch), so I'll look into this.

>
> * access_ok()

This is used for accessing user addresses, and they are not tagged. Am
I missing something?

>
> ... and potentially others which assume that bits [63:56] of kernel
> addresses are 0xff. For example, bits of the fault handling logic might
> need fixups.

I'll look into this as well.

>
> Thanks,
> Mark.