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Linus Torvalds 1b7eaf5701 arm64 fixes:
- It turns out that the optimised string routines merged in 5.14 are not
   safe with in-kernel MTE (KASAN_HW_TAGS) because of reading beyond the
   end of a string (strcmp, strncmp). Such reading may go across a 16
   byte tag granule and cause a tag check fault. When KASAN_HW_TAGS is
   enabled, use the generic strcmp/strncmp C implementation.
 
 - An errata workaround for ThunderX relied on the CPU capabilities being
   enabled in a specific order. This disappeared with the automatic
   generation of the cpucaps.h file (sorted alphabetically). Fix it by
   checking the current CPU only rather than the system-wide capability.
 
 - Add system_supports_mte() checks on the kernel entry/exit path and
   thread switching to avoid unnecessary barriers and function calls on
   systems where MTE is not supported.
 
 - kselftests: skip arm64 tests if the required features are missing.
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Merge tag 'arm64-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux

Pull arm64 fixes from Catalin Marinas:

 - It turns out that the optimised string routines merged in 5.14 are
   not safe with in-kernel MTE (KASAN_HW_TAGS) because of reading beyond
   the end of a string (strcmp, strncmp). Such reading may go across a
   16 byte tag granule and cause a tag check fault. When KASAN_HW_TAGS
   is enabled, use the generic strcmp/strncmp C implementation.

 - An errata workaround for ThunderX relied on the CPU capabilities
   being enabled in a specific order. This disappeared with the
   automatic generation of the cpucaps.h file (sorted alphabetically).
   Fix it by checking the current CPU only rather than the system-wide
   capability.

 - Add system_supports_mte() checks on the kernel entry/exit path and
   thread switching to avoid unnecessary barriers and function calls on
   systems where MTE is not supported.

 - kselftests: skip arm64 tests if the required features are missing.

* tag 'arm64-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux:
  arm64: Restore forced disabling of KPTI on ThunderX
  kselftest/arm64: signal: Skip tests if required features are missing
  arm64: Mitigate MTE issues with str{n}cmp()
  arm64: add MTE supported check to thread switching and syscall entry/exit
2021-09-24 11:12:17 -07:00
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Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.