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authorDeepak Gupta <debug@rivosinc.com>2026-01-25 21:09:54 -0700
committerPaul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>2026-01-29 02:36:32 -0700
commit5ca243f6e3c30b979a54a96b96df355dda2b4d0f (patch)
tree62b5f7064712421905eb67d0aa65686182c9287d /include
parent61a0200211d31e20380c35d619960a40113da872 (diff)
prctl: add arch-agnostic prctl()s for indirect branch tracking
Three architectures (x86, aarch64, riscv) have support for indirect branch tracking feature in a very similar fashion. On a very high level, indirect branch tracking is a CPU feature where CPU tracks branches which use a memory operand to transfer control. As part of this tracking, during an indirect branch, the CPU expects a landing pad instruction on the target PC, and if not found, the CPU raises some fault (architecture-dependent). x86 landing pad instr - 'ENDBRANCH' arch64 landing pad instr - 'BTI' riscv landing instr - 'lpad' Given that three major architectures have support for indirect branch tracking, this patch creates architecture-agnostic 'prctls' to allow userspace to control this feature. They are: - PR_GET_INDIR_BR_LP_STATUS: Get the current configured status for indirect branch tracking. - PR_SET_INDIR_BR_LP_STATUS: Set the configuration for indirect branch tracking. The following status options are allowed: - PR_INDIR_BR_LP_ENABLE: Enables indirect branch tracking on user thread. - PR_INDIR_BR_LP_DISABLE: Disables indirect branch tracking on user thread. - PR_LOCK_INDIR_BR_LP_STATUS: Locks configured status for indirect branch tracking for user thread. Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Zong Li <zong.li@sifive.com> Signed-off-by: Deepak Gupta <debug@rivosinc.com> Tested-by: Andreas Korb <andreas.korb@aisec.fraunhofer.de> # QEMU, custom CVA6 Tested-by: Valentin Haudiquet <valentin.haudiquet@canonical.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251112-v5_user_cfi_series-v23-13-b55691eacf4f@rivosinc.com [pjw@kernel.org: cleaned up patch description, code comments] Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/cpu.h4
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/prctl.h27
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index 487b3bf2e1ea..8239cd95a005 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -229,4 +229,8 @@ static inline bool cpu_attack_vector_mitigated(enum cpu_attack_vectors v)
#define smt_mitigations SMT_MITIGATIONS_OFF
#endif
+int arch_get_indir_br_lp_status(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long __user *status);
+int arch_set_indir_br_lp_status(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long status);
+int arch_lock_indir_br_lp_status(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long status);
+
#endif /* _LINUX_CPU_H_ */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
index 51c4e8c82b1e..f57098fb0ba8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
@@ -386,4 +386,31 @@ struct prctl_mm_map {
# define PR_FUTEX_HASH_SET_SLOTS 1
# define PR_FUTEX_HASH_GET_SLOTS 2
+/*
+ * Get the current indirect branch tracking configuration for the current
+ * thread, this will be the value configured via PR_SET_INDIR_BR_LP_STATUS.
+ */
+#define PR_GET_INDIR_BR_LP_STATUS 79
+
+/*
+ * Set the indirect branch tracking configuration. PR_INDIR_BR_LP_ENABLE will
+ * enable cpu feature for user thread, to track all indirect branches and ensure
+ * they land on arch defined landing pad instruction.
+ * x86 - If enabled, an indirect branch must land on an ENDBRANCH instruction.
+ * arch64 - If enabled, an indirect branch must land on a BTI instruction.
+ * riscv - If enabled, an indirect branch must land on an lpad instruction.
+ * PR_INDIR_BR_LP_DISABLE will disable feature for user thread and indirect
+ * branches will no more be tracked by cpu to land on arch defined landing pad
+ * instruction.
+ */
+#define PR_SET_INDIR_BR_LP_STATUS 80
+# define PR_INDIR_BR_LP_ENABLE (1UL << 0)
+
+/*
+ * Prevent further changes to the specified indirect branch tracking
+ * configuration. All bits may be locked via this call, including
+ * undefined bits.
+ */
+#define PR_LOCK_INDIR_BR_LP_STATUS 81
+
#endif /* _LINUX_PRCTL_H */