Skip to content
Snippets Groups Projects
Commit dfbdcda2 authored by Ard Biesheuvel's avatar Ard Biesheuvel
Browse files

gcc-plugins: arm-ssp: Prepare for THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK support


We will be enabling THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK support for ARM, which means
that we can no longer load the stack canary value by masking the stack
pointer and taking the copy that lives in thread_info. Instead, we will
be able to load it from the task_struct directly, by using the TPIDRURO
register which will hold the current task pointer when
THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK is in effect. This is much more straight-forward,
and allows us to declutter this code a bit while at it.

Note that this means that ARMv6 (non-v6K) SMP systems can no longer use
this feature, but those are quite rare to begin with, so this is a
reasonable trade off.

Reviewed-by: default avatarKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Tested-by: default avatarAmit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@arm.com>
parent 6880fa6c
No related branches found
No related tags found
Loading
Loading
0% Loading or .
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment