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authorAlexei Fedorov <Alexei.Fedorov@arm.com>2019-09-13 14:11:59 +0100
committerAlexei Fedorov <Alexei.Fedorov@arm.com>2019-09-13 14:11:59 +0100
commited108b56051de5da8024568a06781ce287e86c78 (patch)
tree71b3c4864bdffb66bcc8e8a8273f484a8acfd05a /readme.rst
parent2fc6ffc451c9af16e03eff51e779c33828e9ab07 (diff)
Refactor ARMv8.3 Pointer Authentication support code
This patch provides the following features and makes modifications listed below: - Individual APIAKey key generation for each CPU. - New key generation on every BL31 warm boot and TSP CPU On event. - Per-CPU storage of APIAKey added in percpu_data[] of cpu_data structure. - `plat_init_apiakey()` function replaced with `plat_init_apkey()` which returns 128-bit value and uses Generic timer physical counter value to increase the randomness of the generated key. The new function can be used for generation of all ARMv8.3-PAuth keys - ARMv8.3-PAuth specific code placed in `lib\extensions\pauth`. - New `pauth_init_enable_el1()` and `pauth_init_enable_el3()` functions generate, program and enable APIAKey_EL1 for EL1 and EL3 respectively; pauth_disable_el1()` and `pauth_disable_el3()` functions disable PAuth for EL1 and EL3 respectively; `pauth_load_bl31_apiakey()` loads saved per-CPU APIAKey_EL1 from cpu-data structure. - Combined `save_gp_pauth_registers()` function replaces calls to `save_gp_registers()` and `pauth_context_save()`; `restore_gp_pauth_registers()` replaces `pauth_context_restore()` and `restore_gp_registers()` calls. - `restore_gp_registers_eret()` function removed with corresponding code placed in `el3_exit()`. - Fixed the issue when `pauth_t pauth_ctx` structure allocated space for 12 uint64_t PAuth registers instead of 10 by removal of macro CTX_PACGAKEY_END from `include/lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/context.h` and assigning its value to CTX_PAUTH_REGS_END. - Use of MODE_SP_ELX and MODE_SP_EL0 macro definitions in `msr spsel` instruction instead of hard-coded values. - Changes in documentation related to ARMv8.3-PAuth and ARMv8.5-BTI. Change-Id: Id18b81cc46f52a783a7e6a09b9f149b6ce803211 Signed-off-by: Alexei Fedorov <Alexei.Fedorov@arm.com>
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@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ Functionality
The use of pointer authentication in the normal world is enabled whenever
architectural support is available, without the need for additional build
flags. Use of pointer authentication in the secure world remains an
- experimental configuration at this time and requires the ``ENABLE_PAUTH``
- build flag to be set.
+ experimental configuration at this time and requires the
+ ``BRANCH_PROTECTION`` option to be set to non-zero.
- Position-Independent Executable (PIE) support. Initially for BL31 only, with
further support to be added in a future release.