[Uboot-stm32] [PATCH 0/7] arm: cache: cp15: don't map reserved region with no-map property

Patrick DELAUNAY patrick.delaunay at st.com
Wed Oct 28 11:33:08 CET 2020


Hi,

> From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
> Sent: mardi 27 octobre 2020 22:05
> 
> On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 18:25, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 09, 2020 at 05:00:44PM +0000, Patrick DELAUNAY wrote:
> > > Hi Ard,
> > >
> > > > From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
> > > > Sent: mercredi 7 octobre 2020 15:16
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 at 13:53, Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > On 10/7/20 1:23 PM, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> > > > > > My findings[1] back then were that U-Boot did set the eXecute
> > > > > > Never bit only on OMAP, but not for other platforms.  So I
> > > > > > could imagine this being the root cause of Patrick's issues as well:
> > > > >
> > > > > Rereading my own link, my memory is a little less fuzzy: eXecute
> > > > > Never was being set, but was without effect due Manager mode
> > > > > being set in the
> > > > DACR:
> > > > >
> > > > > > The ARM Architecture Reference Manual notes[1]:
> > > > > > > When using the Short-descriptor translation table format,
> > > > > > > the XN attribute is not checked for domains marked as Manager.
> > > > > > > Therefore, the system must not include read-sensitive memory
> > > > > > > in domains marked as Manager, because the XN bit does not
> > > > > > > prevent speculative fetches from a Manager domain.
> > > > >
> > > > > > To avoid speculative access to read-sensitive memory-mapped
> > > > > > peripherals on ARMv7, we'll need U-Boot to use client domain
> > > > > > permissions, so the XN bit can function.
> > > > >
> > > > > > This issue has come up before and was fixed in de63ac278
> > > > > > ("ARM: mmu: Set domain permissions to client access") for OMAP2
> only.
> > > > > > It's equally applicable to all ARMv7-A platforms where caches
> > > > > > are enabled.
> > > > > > [1]: B3.7.2 - Execute-never restrictions on instruction
> > > > > > fetching
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope this helps,
> > > > > Ahmad
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > It most definitely does, thanks a lot.
> > > >
> > > > U-boot's mmu_setup() currently sets DACR to manager for all
> > > > domains, so this is broken for all non-LPAE configurations running
> > > > on v7 CPUs (except OMAP and perhaps others that fixed it
> > > > individually). This affects all device mappings: not just secure
> > > > DRAM for OP-TEE, but any MMIO register for any peripheral that is mapped
> into the CPU's address space.
> > > >
> > > > Patrick, could you please check whether this fixes the issue as well?
> > > >
> > > > --- a/arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c
> > > > @@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ static inline void mmu_setup(void)
> > > >         asm volatile("mcr p15, 0, %0, c2, c0, 0"
> > > >                      : : "r" (gd->arch.tlb_addr) : "memory");  #endif
> > > > -       /* Set the access control to all-supervisor */
> > > > +       /* Set the access control to client (0b01) for each of the
> > > > + 16 domains */
> > > >         asm volatile("mcr p15, 0, %0, c3, c0, 0"
> > > > -                    : : "r" (~0));
> > > > +                    : : "r" (0x55555555));
> > > >
> > > >         arm_init_domains();
> > >
> > > The test will take some time to be sure that solve my remaining issue because
> issue is not always reproductible.
> > >
> > > At fist chek, I wasn't sure of DACR bahavior, but I found in [1] the line :
> > >
> > >       The XN attribute is not checked for domains marked as Manager. Read-
> sensitive memory must
> > >       not be included in domains marked as Manager, because the XN bit does
> not prevent prefetches
> > >       in these cases.
> > >
> > > So, I need  to test your patch +  DCACHE_OFF instead of INVALID (to
> > > map with XN the OP-TEE region) in my patchset.
> > >
> > > FYI: I found the same DACR configuration is done in:
> > >       arch/arm/cpu/armv7/ls102xa/cpu.c:199
> > >
> > > [1]
> > > https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0406/b/System-Level-Archi
> > > tecture/Virtual-Memory-System-Architecture--VMSA-/Memory-access-cont
> > > rol/The-Execute-Never--XN--attribute-and-instruction-prefetching?lan
> > > g=en
> > >
> > > Patrick
> > >
> > > For information:
> > >
> > > At the beginning I wasn't sure that the current DACR configuration
> > > is an issue because in found in pseudo code of
> > > DDI0406B_arm_architecture_reference_manual_errata_markup_8_0.pdf
> > >
> > > B3.13.3 Address translation
> > >       if CheckDomain(tlbrecord.domain, mva, tlbrecord.sectionnotpage, iswrite)
> then
> > >               CheckPermission(tlbrecord.perms, mva,
> > > tlbrecord.sectionnotpage, iswrite, ispriv);
> > >
> > > B3.13.4 Domain checking
> > >       boolean CheckDomain(bits(4) domain, bits(32) mva, boolean
> sectionnotpage, boolean iswrite)
> > >               bitpos = 2*UInt(domain);
> > >               case DACR<bitpos+1:bitpos> of
> > >                       when ‘00’ DataAbort(mva, domain, sectionnotpage, iswrite,
> DAbort_Domain);
> > >                       when ‘01’ permissioncheck = TRUE;
> > >                       when ‘10’ UNPREDICTABLE;
> > >                       when ‘11’ permissioncheck = FALSE;
> > >               return permissioncheck;
> > >
> > > B2.4.8 Access permission checking
> > >       // CheckPermission()
> > >       // =================
> > >       CheckPermission(Permissions perms, bits(32) mva,
> > >               boolean sectionnotpage, bits(4) domain, boolean
> > > iswrite, boolean ispriv)
> > >
> > >               if SCTLR.AFE == ‘0’ then
> > >                       perms.ap<0> = ‘1’;
> > >                       case perms.ap of
> > >                               when ‘000’ abort = TRUE;
> > >                               when ‘001’ abort = !ispriv;
> > >                               when ‘010’ abort = !ispriv && iswrite;
> > >                               when ‘011’ abort = FALSE;
> > >                               when ‘100’ UNPREDICTABLE;
> > >                               when ‘101’ abort = !ispriv || iswrite;
> > >                               when ‘110’ abort = iswrite;
> > >                               when ‘111’
> > >                       if MemorySystemArchitecture() == MemArch_VMSA then
> > >                               abort = iswrite
> > >                       else
> > >                               UNPREDICTABLE;
> > >                       if abort then
> > >                               DataAbort(mva, domain, sectionnotpage, iswrite,
> DAbort_Permission);
> > >                       return;
> > >
> > > => it seens only the read/write permission is checked here
> > > (perms.ap) => perms.xn is not used here
> > >
> > >       access_control = DRACR[r];
> > >       perms.ap = access_control<10:8>;
> > >       perms.xn = access_control<12>;
> > >
> > > with AP[2:0], bits [10:8]
> > >       Access Permissions field. Indicates the read and write access permissions
> for unprivileged
> > >       and privileged accesses to the memory region.
> > >
> > > But now it is clear with [1]
> >
> > So, where did everything end up here?  I specifically didn't grab this
> > series as it sounded like there was concern the problem should be
> > solved via another patch.  Or would that be an in-addition-to?  Thanks!
> >
> 
> There are three different problems:
> - ARMv7 non-LPAE uses the wrong domain settings
> - no-map non-secure memory should not be mapped by u-boot
> - secure world-only memory should not be described as memory in the device tree
> 
> So I think this series definitely needs a respin at the very least.

I gree: 3 differents issues in the thread

- ARMv7 non-LPAE uses the wrong domain settings

=> bad DRACR configuration as raised by Ard & patch proposed by Ard in thread (but not pushed in mailing list)
=> I need to test it to check if it is correct my issue : today I can't reproduce the issue, still in my TODO list

- no-map non-secure memory should not be mapped by u-boot

=> this serie, not ready for v2021.01, I think... I will push a V2 after my tests

- secure world-only memory should not be described as memory in the device tree

=> I let Etienne Carriere manage it for OP-TEE point of view: today the secure memory is added by OP-TEE
     in U-Boot device tree and U-Boot copy this node to Kernel Device tree 

I have no a clear opinion about it

Regards

PAtrick


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