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<title>arm64: Avoid eager DVMSync reclaim batches with C1-Pro SME erratum</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:20:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Catalin Marinas</name>
<email>catalin.marinas@arm.com</email>
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<published>2026-06-10T10:37:16+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 534eb6940a89ff7ca3f2ab6582f3548ca97674c3 ]

The C1-Pro SME DVMSync workaround currently samples mm_cpumask() from
arch_tlbbatch_add_pending(). It requires a DSB after every batched TLBI
so that the mask read is ordered after the hardware DVMSync, defeating
much of the reclaim batching benefit.

Introduce the sme_active_cpus mask tracking which CPUs run in user-space
with SME enabled and use it for batch flushing instead of accumulating
the mm_cpumask() of the unmapped pages.

Fixes: 0baba94a9779 ("arm64: errata: Work around early CME DVMSync acknowledgement")
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Joshua Liu &lt;josliu@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 534eb6940a89ff7ca3f2ab6582f3548ca97674c3 ]

The C1-Pro SME DVMSync workaround currently samples mm_cpumask() from
arch_tlbbatch_add_pending(). It requires a DSB after every batched TLBI
so that the mask read is ordered after the hardware DVMSync, defeating
much of the reclaim batching benefit.

Introduce the sme_active_cpus mask tracking which CPUs run in user-space
with SME enabled and use it for batch flushing instead of accumulating
the mm_cpumask() of the unmapped pages.

Fixes: 0baba94a9779 ("arm64: errata: Work around early CME DVMSync acknowledgement")
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Joshua Liu &lt;josliu@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>arm64: errata: Work around early CME DVMSync acknowledgement</title>
<updated>2026-04-10T18:46:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Catalin Marinas</name>
<email>catalin.marinas@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-07T10:28:44+00:00</published>
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C1-Pro acknowledges DVMSync messages before completing the SME/CME
memory accesses. Work around this by issuing an IPI to the affected CPUs
if they are running in EL0 with SME enabled.

Note that we avoid the local DSB in the IPI handler as the kernel runs
with SCTLR_EL1.IESB=1. This is sufficient to complete SME memory
accesses at EL0 on taking an exception to EL1. On the return to user
path, no barrier is necessary either. See the comment in
sme_set_active() and the more detailed explanation in the link below.

To avoid a potential IPI flood from malicious applications (e.g.
madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT) in a tight loop), track where a process is active
via mm_cpumask() and only interrupt those CPUs.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ablEXwhfKyJW1i7l@J2N7QTR9R3
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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C1-Pro acknowledges DVMSync messages before completing the SME/CME
memory accesses. Work around this by issuing an IPI to the affected CPUs
if they are running in EL0 with SME enabled.

Note that we avoid the local DSB in the IPI handler as the kernel runs
with SCTLR_EL1.IESB=1. This is sufficient to complete SME memory
accesses at EL0 on taking an exception to EL1. On the return to user
path, no barrier is necessary either. See the comment in
sme_set_active() and the more detailed explanation in the link below.

To avoid a potential IPI flood from malicious applications (e.g.
madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT) in a tight loop), track where a process is active
via mm_cpumask() and only interrupt those CPUs.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ablEXwhfKyJW1i7l@J2N7QTR9R3
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>arm64/efi: Remove unneeded SVE/SME fallback preserve/store handling</title>
<updated>2025-12-15T12:05:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ardb@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-06T19:01:17+00:00</published>
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Since commit 7137a203b251 ("arm64/fpsimd: Permit kernel mode NEON with
IRQs off"), the only condition under which the fallback path is taken
for FP/SIMD preserve/restore across a EFI runtime call is when it is
called from hardirq or NMI context.

In practice, this only happens when the EFI pstore driver is called to
dump the kernel log buffer into a EFI variable under a panic, oops or
emergency_restart() condition, and none of these can be expected to
result in a return to user space for the task in question.

This means that the existing EFI-specific logic for preserving and
restoring SVE/SME state is pointless, and can be removed.

Instead, kill the task, so that an exceedingly unlikely inadvertent
return to user space does not proceed with a corrupted FP/SIMD state.
Also, retain the preserve and restore of the base FP/SIMD state, as that
might belong to kernel mode use of FP/SIMD. (Note that EFI runtime calls
are never invoked reentrantly, even in this case, and so any interrupted
kernel mode FP/SIMD usage will be unrelated to EFI)

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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Since commit 7137a203b251 ("arm64/fpsimd: Permit kernel mode NEON with
IRQs off"), the only condition under which the fallback path is taken
for FP/SIMD preserve/restore across a EFI runtime call is when it is
called from hardirq or NMI context.

In practice, this only happens when the EFI pstore driver is called to
dump the kernel log buffer into a EFI variable under a panic, oops or
emergency_restart() condition, and none of these can be expected to
result in a return to user space for the task in question.

This means that the existing EFI-specific logic for preserving and
restoring SVE/SME state is pointless, and can be removed.

Instead, kill the task, so that an exceedingly unlikely inadvertent
return to user space does not proceed with a corrupted FP/SIMD state.
Also, retain the preserve and restore of the base FP/SIMD state, as that
might belong to kernel mode use of FP/SIMD. (Note that EFI runtime calls
are never invoked reentrantly, even in this case, and so any interrupted
kernel mode FP/SIMD usage will be unrelated to EFI)

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'fpsimd-on-stack-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux</title>
<updated>2025-12-03T02:53:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-03T02:53:50+00:00</published>
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Pull arm64 FPSIMD on-stack buffer updates from Eric Biggers:
 "This is a core arm64 change. However, I was asked to take this because
  most uses of kernel-mode FPSIMD are in crypto or CRC code.

  In v6.8, the size of task_struct on arm64 increased by 528 bytes due
  to the new 'kernel_fpsimd_state' field. This field was added to allow
  kernel-mode FPSIMD code to be preempted.

  Unfortunately, 528 bytes is kind of a lot for task_struct. This
  regression in the task_struct size was noticed and reported.

  Recover that space by making this state be allocated on the stack at
  the beginning of each kernel-mode FPSIMD section.

  To make it easier for all the users of kernel-mode FPSIMD to do that
  correctly, introduce and use a 'scoped_ksimd' abstraction"

* tag 'fpsimd-on-stack-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux: (23 commits)
  lib/crypto: arm64: Move remaining algorithms to scoped ksimd API
  lib/crypto: arm/blake2b: Move to scoped ksimd API
  arm64/fpsimd: Allocate kernel mode FP/SIMD buffers on the stack
  arm64/fpu: Enforce task-context only for generic kernel mode FPU
  net/mlx5: Switch to more abstract scoped ksimd guard API on arm64
  arm64/xorblocks:  Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: sm4 - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: sm3 - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: sha3 - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: polyval - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: nhpoly1305 - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: aes-gcm - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: aes-blk - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: aes-ccm - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  raid6: Move to more abstract 'ksimd' guard API
  crypto: aegis128-neon - Move to more abstract 'ksimd' guard API
  crypto/arm64: sm4-ce-gcm - Avoid pointless yield of the NEON unit
  crypto/arm64: sm4-ce-ccm - Avoid pointless yield of the NEON unit
  crypto/arm64: aes-ce-ccm - Avoid pointless yield of the NEON unit
  lib/crc: Switch ARM and arm64 to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  ...
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Pull arm64 FPSIMD on-stack buffer updates from Eric Biggers:
 "This is a core arm64 change. However, I was asked to take this because
  most uses of kernel-mode FPSIMD are in crypto or CRC code.

  In v6.8, the size of task_struct on arm64 increased by 528 bytes due
  to the new 'kernel_fpsimd_state' field. This field was added to allow
  kernel-mode FPSIMD code to be preempted.

  Unfortunately, 528 bytes is kind of a lot for task_struct. This
  regression in the task_struct size was noticed and reported.

  Recover that space by making this state be allocated on the stack at
  the beginning of each kernel-mode FPSIMD section.

  To make it easier for all the users of kernel-mode FPSIMD to do that
  correctly, introduce and use a 'scoped_ksimd' abstraction"

* tag 'fpsimd-on-stack-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux: (23 commits)
  lib/crypto: arm64: Move remaining algorithms to scoped ksimd API
  lib/crypto: arm/blake2b: Move to scoped ksimd API
  arm64/fpsimd: Allocate kernel mode FP/SIMD buffers on the stack
  arm64/fpu: Enforce task-context only for generic kernel mode FPU
  net/mlx5: Switch to more abstract scoped ksimd guard API on arm64
  arm64/xorblocks:  Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: sm4 - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: sm3 - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: sha3 - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: polyval - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: nhpoly1305 - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: aes-gcm - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: aes-blk - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  crypto/arm64: aes-ccm - Switch to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  raid6: Move to more abstract 'ksimd' guard API
  crypto: aegis128-neon - Move to more abstract 'ksimd' guard API
  crypto/arm64: sm4-ce-gcm - Avoid pointless yield of the NEON unit
  crypto/arm64: sm4-ce-ccm - Avoid pointless yield of the NEON unit
  crypto/arm64: aes-ce-ccm - Avoid pointless yield of the NEON unit
  lib/crc: Switch ARM and arm64 to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
  ...
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<entry>
<title>arm64/fpsimd: Allocate kernel mode FP/SIMD buffers on the stack</title>
<updated>2025-11-12T08:52:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ardb@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-01T11:59:42+00:00</published>
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Commit aefbab8e77eb16b5

  ("arm64: fpsimd: Preserve/restore kernel mode NEON at context switch")

added a 'kernel_fpsimd_state' field to struct thread_struct, which is
the arch-specific portion of struct task_struct, and is allocated for
each task in the system. The size of this field is 528 bytes, resulting
in non-negligible bloat of task_struct, and the resulting memory
overhead may impact performance on systems with many processes.

This allocation is only used if the task is scheduled out or interrupted
by a softirq while using the FP/SIMD unit in kernel mode, and so it is
possible to transparently allocate this buffer on the caller's stack
instead.

So tweak the 'ksimd' scoped guard implementation so that a stack buffer
is allocated and passed to both kernel_neon_begin() and
kernel_neon_end(), and either record it in the task struct, or use it
directly to preserve the task mode kernel FP/SIMD when running in
softirq context. Passing the address to both functions, and checking the
addresses for consistency ensures that callers of the updated bare
begin/end API use it in a manner that is consistent with the new context
switch semantics.

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
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Commit aefbab8e77eb16b5

  ("arm64: fpsimd: Preserve/restore kernel mode NEON at context switch")

added a 'kernel_fpsimd_state' field to struct thread_struct, which is
the arch-specific portion of struct task_struct, and is allocated for
each task in the system. The size of this field is 528 bytes, resulting
in non-negligible bloat of task_struct, and the resulting memory
overhead may impact performance on systems with many processes.

This allocation is only used if the task is scheduled out or interrupted
by a softirq while using the FP/SIMD unit in kernel mode, and so it is
possible to transparently allocate this buffer on the caller's stack
instead.

So tweak the 'ksimd' scoped guard implementation so that a stack buffer
is allocated and passed to both kernel_neon_begin() and
kernel_neon_end(), and either record it in the task struct, or use it
directly to preserve the task mode kernel FP/SIMD when running in
softirq context. Passing the address to both functions, and checking the
addresses for consistency ensures that callers of the updated bare
begin/end API use it in a manner that is consistent with the new context
switch semantics.

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>arm64/fpsimd: Permit kernel mode NEON with IRQs off</title>
<updated>2025-11-11T18:59:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ardb@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-15T20:56:39+00:00</published>
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Currently, may_use_simd() will return false when called from a context
where IRQs are disabled. One notable case where this happens is when
calling the ResetSystem() EFI runtime service from the reboot/poweroff
code path. For this case alone, there is a substantial amount of FP/SIMD
support code to handle the corner case where a EFI runtime service is
invoked with IRQs disabled.

The only reason kernel mode SIMD is not allowed when IRQs are disabled
is that re-enabling softirqs in this case produces a noisy diagnostic
when lockdep is enabled. The warning is valid, in the sense that
delivering pending softirqs over the back of the call to
local_bh_enable() is problematic when IRQs are disabled.

While the API lacks a facility to simply mask and unmask softirqs
without triggering their delivery, disabling softirqs is not needed to
begin with when IRQs are disabled, given that softirqs are only every
taken asynchronously over the back of a hard IRQ.

So dis/enable softirq processing conditionally, based on whether IRQs
are enabled, and relax the check in may_use_simd().

Acked-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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Currently, may_use_simd() will return false when called from a context
where IRQs are disabled. One notable case where this happens is when
calling the ResetSystem() EFI runtime service from the reboot/poweroff
code path. For this case alone, there is a substantial amount of FP/SIMD
support code to handle the corner case where a EFI runtime service is
invoked with IRQs disabled.

The only reason kernel mode SIMD is not allowed when IRQs are disabled
is that re-enabling softirqs in this case produces a noisy diagnostic
when lockdep is enabled. The warning is valid, in the sense that
delivering pending softirqs over the back of the call to
local_bh_enable() is problematic when IRQs are disabled.

While the API lacks a facility to simply mask and unmask softirqs
without triggering their delivery, disabling softirqs is not needed to
begin with when IRQs are disabled, given that softirqs are only every
taken asynchronously over the back of a hard IRQ.

So dis/enable softirq processing conditionally, based on whether IRQs
are enabled, and relax the check in may_use_simd().

Acked-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>arm64/fpsimd: Don't warn when EFI execution context is preemptible</title>
<updated>2025-11-11T18:59:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ardb@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-15T20:56:38+00:00</published>
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Kernel mode FP/SIMD no longer requires preemption to be disabled, so
only warn on uses of FP/SIMD from preemptible context if the fallback
path is taken for cases where kernel mode NEON would not be allowed
otherwise.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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Kernel mode FP/SIMD no longer requires preemption to be disabled, so
only warn on uses of FP/SIMD from preemptible context if the fallback
path is taken for cases where kernel mode NEON would not be allowed
otherwise.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64/fpsimd: simplify sme_setup()</title>
<updated>2025-09-16T20:05:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yury Norov (NVIDIA)</name>
<email>yury.norov@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-13T00:09:05+00:00</published>
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The function checks info-&gt;vq_map for emptiness right before calling
find_last_bit().

We can use the find_last_bit() output and save on bitmap_empty() call,
which is O(N).

Signed-off-by: Yury Norov (NVIDIA) &lt;yury.norov@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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The function checks info-&gt;vq_map for emptiness right before calling
find_last_bit().

We can use the find_last_bit() output and save on bitmap_empty() call,
which is O(N).

Signed-off-by: Yury Norov (NVIDIA) &lt;yury.norov@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-next/sme-fixes' into for-next/core</title>
<updated>2025-05-27T11:26:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Will Deacon</name>
<email>will@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-05-27T11:26:43+00:00</published>
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* for-next/sme-fixes: (35 commits)
  arm64/fpsimd: Allow CONFIG_ARM64_SME to be selected
  arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Gracefully handle errors
  arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Mandate SVE payload for streaming-mode state
  arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Do not present register data for inactive mode
  arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Save task state before generating SVE header
  arm64/fpsimd: ptrace/prctl: Ensure VL changes leave task in a valid state
  arm64/fpsimd: ptrace/prctl: Ensure VL changes do not resurrect stale data
  arm64/fpsimd: Make clone() compatible with ZA lazy saving
  arm64/fpsimd: Clear PSTATE.SM during clone()
  arm64/fpsimd: Consistently preserve FPSIMD state during clone()
  arm64/fpsimd: Remove redundant task-&gt;mm check
  arm64/fpsimd: signal: Use SMSTOP behaviour in setup_return()
  arm64/fpsimd: Add task_smstop_sm()
  arm64/fpsimd: Factor out {sve,sme}_state_size() helpers
  arm64/fpsimd: Clarify sve_sync_*() functions
  arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Consistently handle partial writes to NT_ARM_(S)SVE
  arm64/fpsimd: signal: Consistently read FPSIMD context
  arm64/fpsimd: signal: Mandate SVE payload for streaming-mode state
  arm64/fpsimd: signal: Clear PSTATE.SM when restoring FPSIMD frame only
  arm64/fpsimd: Do not discard modified SVE state
  ...
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* for-next/sme-fixes: (35 commits)
  arm64/fpsimd: Allow CONFIG_ARM64_SME to be selected
  arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Gracefully handle errors
  arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Mandate SVE payload for streaming-mode state
  arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Do not present register data for inactive mode
  arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Save task state before generating SVE header
  arm64/fpsimd: ptrace/prctl: Ensure VL changes leave task in a valid state
  arm64/fpsimd: ptrace/prctl: Ensure VL changes do not resurrect stale data
  arm64/fpsimd: Make clone() compatible with ZA lazy saving
  arm64/fpsimd: Clear PSTATE.SM during clone()
  arm64/fpsimd: Consistently preserve FPSIMD state during clone()
  arm64/fpsimd: Remove redundant task-&gt;mm check
  arm64/fpsimd: signal: Use SMSTOP behaviour in setup_return()
  arm64/fpsimd: Add task_smstop_sm()
  arm64/fpsimd: Factor out {sve,sme}_state_size() helpers
  arm64/fpsimd: Clarify sve_sync_*() functions
  arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Consistently handle partial writes to NT_ARM_(S)SVE
  arm64/fpsimd: signal: Consistently read FPSIMD context
  arm64/fpsimd: signal: Mandate SVE payload for streaming-mode state
  arm64/fpsimd: signal: Clear PSTATE.SM when restoring FPSIMD frame only
  arm64/fpsimd: Do not discard modified SVE state
  ...
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<title>arm64/fpsimd: ptrace/prctl: Ensure VL changes leave task in a valid state</title>
<updated>2025-05-08T14:29:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Rutland</name>
<email>mark.rutland@arm.com</email>
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<published>2025-05-08T13:26:35+00:00</published>
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Currently, vec_set_vector_length() can manipulate a task into an invalid
state as a result of a prctl/ptrace syscall which changes the SVE/SME
vector length, resulting in several problems:

(1) When changing the SVE vector length, if the task initially has
    PSTATE.ZA==1, and sve_alloc() fails to allocate memory, the task
    will be left with PSTATE.ZA==1 and sve_state==NULL. This is not a
    legitimate state, and could result in a subsequent null pointer
    dereference.

(2) When changing the SVE vector length, if the task initially has
    PSTATE.SM==1, the task will be left with PSTATE.SM==1 and
    fp_type==FP_STATE_FPSIMD. Streaming mode state always needs to be
    saved in SVE format, so this is not a legitimate state.

    Attempting to restore this state may cause a task to erroneously
    inherit stale streaming mode predicate registers and FFR contents,
    behaving non-deterministically and potentially leaving information
    from another task.

    While in this state, reads of the NT_ARM_SSVE regset will indicate
    that the registers are not stored in SVE format. For the NT_ARM_SSVE
    regset specifically, debuggers interpret this as meaning that
    PSTATE.SM==0.

(3) When changing the SME vector length, if the task initially has
    PSTATE.SM==1, the lower 128 bits of task's streaming mode vector
    state will be migrated to non-streaming mode, rather than these bits
    being zeroed as is usually the case for changes to PSTATE.SM.

To fix the first issue, we can eagerly allocate the new sve_state and
sme_state before modifying the task. This makes it possible to handle
memory allocation failure without modifying the task state at all, and
removes the need to clear TIF_SVE and TIF_SME.

To fix the second issue, we either need to clear PSTATE.SM or not change
the saved fp_type. Given we're going to eagerly allocate sve_state and
sme_state, the simplest option is to preserve PSTATE.SM and the saves
fp_type, and consistently truncate the SVE state. This ensures that the
task always stays in a valid state, and by virtue of not exiting
streaming mode, this also sidesteps the third issue.

I believe these changes should not be problematic for realistic usage:

* When the SVE/SME vector length is changed via prctl(), syscall entry
  will have cleared PSTATE.SM. Unless the task's state has been
  manipulated via ptrace after entry, the task will have PSTATE.SM==0.

* When the SVE/SME vector length is changed via a write to the
  NT_ARM_SVE or NT_ARM_SSVE regsets, PSTATE.SM will be forced
  immediately after the length change, and new vector state will be
  copied from userspace.

* When the SME vector length is changed via a write to the NT_ARM_ZA
  regset, the (S)SVE state is clobbered today, so anyone who cares about
  the specific state would need to install this after writing to the
  NT_ARM_ZA regset.

As we need to free the old SVE state while TIF_SVE may still be set, we
cannot use sve_free(), and using kfree() directly makes it clear that
the free pairs with the subsequent assignment. As this leaves sve_free()
unused, I've removed the existing sve_free() and renamed __sve_free() to
mirror sme_free().

Fixes: 8bd7f91c03d8 ("arm64/sme: Implement traps and syscall handling for SME")
Fixes: baa8515281b3 ("arm64/fpsimd: Track the saved FPSIMD state type separately to TIF_SVE")
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: David Spickett &lt;david.spickett@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Luis Machado &lt;luis.machado@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250508132644.1395904-16-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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Currently, vec_set_vector_length() can manipulate a task into an invalid
state as a result of a prctl/ptrace syscall which changes the SVE/SME
vector length, resulting in several problems:

(1) When changing the SVE vector length, if the task initially has
    PSTATE.ZA==1, and sve_alloc() fails to allocate memory, the task
    will be left with PSTATE.ZA==1 and sve_state==NULL. This is not a
    legitimate state, and could result in a subsequent null pointer
    dereference.

(2) When changing the SVE vector length, if the task initially has
    PSTATE.SM==1, the task will be left with PSTATE.SM==1 and
    fp_type==FP_STATE_FPSIMD. Streaming mode state always needs to be
    saved in SVE format, so this is not a legitimate state.

    Attempting to restore this state may cause a task to erroneously
    inherit stale streaming mode predicate registers and FFR contents,
    behaving non-deterministically and potentially leaving information
    from another task.

    While in this state, reads of the NT_ARM_SSVE regset will indicate
    that the registers are not stored in SVE format. For the NT_ARM_SSVE
    regset specifically, debuggers interpret this as meaning that
    PSTATE.SM==0.

(3) When changing the SME vector length, if the task initially has
    PSTATE.SM==1, the lower 128 bits of task's streaming mode vector
    state will be migrated to non-streaming mode, rather than these bits
    being zeroed as is usually the case for changes to PSTATE.SM.

To fix the first issue, we can eagerly allocate the new sve_state and
sme_state before modifying the task. This makes it possible to handle
memory allocation failure without modifying the task state at all, and
removes the need to clear TIF_SVE and TIF_SME.

To fix the second issue, we either need to clear PSTATE.SM or not change
the saved fp_type. Given we're going to eagerly allocate sve_state and
sme_state, the simplest option is to preserve PSTATE.SM and the saves
fp_type, and consistently truncate the SVE state. This ensures that the
task always stays in a valid state, and by virtue of not exiting
streaming mode, this also sidesteps the third issue.

I believe these changes should not be problematic for realistic usage:

* When the SVE/SME vector length is changed via prctl(), syscall entry
  will have cleared PSTATE.SM. Unless the task's state has been
  manipulated via ptrace after entry, the task will have PSTATE.SM==0.

* When the SVE/SME vector length is changed via a write to the
  NT_ARM_SVE or NT_ARM_SSVE regsets, PSTATE.SM will be forced
  immediately after the length change, and new vector state will be
  copied from userspace.

* When the SME vector length is changed via a write to the NT_ARM_ZA
  regset, the (S)SVE state is clobbered today, so anyone who cares about
  the specific state would need to install this after writing to the
  NT_ARM_ZA regset.

As we need to free the old SVE state while TIF_SVE may still be set, we
cannot use sve_free(), and using kfree() directly makes it clear that
the free pairs with the subsequent assignment. As this leaves sve_free()
unused, I've removed the existing sve_free() and renamed __sve_free() to
mirror sme_free().

Fixes: 8bd7f91c03d8 ("arm64/sme: Implement traps and syscall handling for SME")
Fixes: baa8515281b3 ("arm64/fpsimd: Track the saved FPSIMD state type separately to TIF_SVE")
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: David Spickett &lt;david.spickett@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Luis Machado &lt;luis.machado@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250508132644.1395904-16-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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