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| author | Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@arm.com> | 2019-01-30 12:02:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> | 2019-02-01 13:56:58 +0000 |
| commit | d0a060be573bfbf8753a15dca35497db5e968bb0 (patch) | |
| tree | 3b584b617217dfcb32ef5b092fc9eed47182e29a /Documentation/arm64 | |
| parent | e2a2e56e40822ab78e304198387f61314af7d7ce (diff) | |
arm64: add ptrace regsets for ptrauth key management
Add two new ptrace regsets, which can be used to request and change the
pointer authentication keys of a thread. NT_ARM_PACA_KEYS gives access
to the instruction/data address keys, and NT_ARM_PACG_KEYS to the
generic authentication key. The keys are also part of the core dump file
of the process.
The regsets are only exposed if the kernel is compiled with
CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE=y, as the only intended use case is
checkpointing and restoring processes that are using pointer
authentication. (This can be changed later if there are other use
cases.)
Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/arm64')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.txt b/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.txt index a25cd21290e9..5baca42ba146 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.txt +++ b/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.txt @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ bits can vary between the two. Note that the masks apply to TTBR0 addresses, and are not valid to apply to TTBR1 addresses (e.g. kernel pointers). +Additionally, when CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE is also set, the kernel +will expose the NT_ARM_PACA_KEYS and NT_ARM_PACG_KEYS regsets (struct +user_pac_address_keys and struct user_pac_generic_keys). These can be +used to get and set the keys for a thread. + Virtualization -------------- |