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2019-06-14docs: arm64: convert docs to ReST and rename to .rstMauro Carvalho Chehab1-107/+0
The documentation is in a format that is very close to ReST format. The conversion is actually: - add blank lines in order to identify paragraphs; - fixing tables markups; - adding some lists markups; - marking literal blocks; - adjust some title markups. At its new index.rst, let's add a :orphan: while this is not linked to the main index.rst file, in order to avoid build warnings. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-04-24KVM: arm64: Add userspace flag to enable pointer authenticationAmit Daniel Kachhap1-4/+18
Now that the building blocks of pointer authentication are present, lets add userspace flags KVM_ARM_VCPU_PTRAUTH_ADDRESS and KVM_ARM_VCPU_PTRAUTH_GENERIC. These flags will enable pointer authentication for the KVM guest on a per-vcpu basis through the ioctl KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT. This features will allow the KVM guest to allow the handling of pointer authentication instructions or to treat them as undefined if not set. Necessary documentations are added to reflect the changes done. Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@arm.com> Cc: kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
2019-02-01arm64: add ptrace regsets for ptrauth key managementKristina Martsenko1-0/+5
Add two new ptrace regsets, which can be used to request and change the pointer authentication keys of a thread. NT_ARM_PACA_KEYS gives access to the instruction/data address keys, and NT_ARM_PACG_KEYS to the generic authentication key. The keys are also part of the core dump file of the process. The regsets are only exposed if the kernel is compiled with CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE=y, as the only intended use case is checkpointing and restoring processes that are using pointer authentication. (This can be changed later if there are other use cases.) Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
2018-12-13arm64: docs: document pointer authenticationMark Rutland1-0/+88
Now that we've added code to support pointer authentication, add some documentation so that people can figure out if/how to use it. Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Ramana Radhakrishnan <ramana.radhakrishnan@arm.com> Cc: Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Ramana Radhakrishnan <ramana.radhakrishnan@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>