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 --- include/linux/cpu.h | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/cpu.h') 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_ */ -- cgit v1.2.3