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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/uapi/linux/input.h
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>
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