From 5ca243f6e3c30b979a54a96b96df355dda2b4d0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Deepak Gupta Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:09:54 -0700 Subject: 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 Reviewed-by: Zong Li Signed-off-by: Deepak Gupta Tested-by: Andreas Korb # QEMU, custom CVA6 Tested-by: Valentin Haudiquet 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 --- kernel/sys.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c index 8b58eece4e58..9071422c1609 100644 --- a/kernel/sys.c +++ b/kernel/sys.c @@ -2388,6 +2388,21 @@ int __weak arch_lock_shadow_stack_status(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long st return -EINVAL; } +int __weak arch_get_indir_br_lp_status(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long __user *status) +{ + return -EINVAL; +} + +int __weak arch_set_indir_br_lp_status(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long status) +{ + return -EINVAL; +} + +int __weak arch_lock_indir_br_lp_status(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long status) +{ + return -EINVAL; +} + #define PR_IO_FLUSHER (PF_MEMALLOC_NOIO | PF_LOCAL_THROTTLE) static int prctl_set_vma(unsigned long opt, unsigned long addr, @@ -2868,6 +2883,21 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3, case PR_FUTEX_HASH: error = futex_hash_prctl(arg2, arg3, arg4); break; + case PR_GET_INDIR_BR_LP_STATUS: + if (arg3 || arg4 || arg5) + return -EINVAL; + error = arch_get_indir_br_lp_status(me, (unsigned long __user *)arg2); + break; + case PR_SET_INDIR_BR_LP_STATUS: + if (arg3 || arg4 || arg5) + return -EINVAL; + error = arch_set_indir_br_lp_status(me, arg2); + break; + case PR_LOCK_INDIR_BR_LP_STATUS: + if (arg3 || arg4 || arg5) + return -EINVAL; + error = arch_lock_indir_br_lp_status(me, arg2); + break; default: trace_task_prctl_unknown(option, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5); error = -EINVAL; -- cgit v1.2.3