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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm/mm/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/mm/Kconfig | 78 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig index 65e4482e3849..2b6f50dd5478 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig @@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ config CPU_V6 select CPU_PABRT_V6 select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE select CPU_TLB_V6 if MMU + select SMP_ON_UP if SMP # ARMv6k config CPU_V6K @@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ config CPU_V6K select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE select CPU_TLB_V6 if MMU -# ARMv7 +# ARMv7 and ARMv8 architectures config CPU_V7 bool select CPU_32v6K @@ -601,8 +602,6 @@ config CPU_TLB_V6 config CPU_TLB_V7 bool -config VERIFY_PERMISSION_FAULT - bool endif config CPU_HAS_ASID @@ -632,13 +631,16 @@ config CPU_USE_DOMAINS bool help This option enables or disables the use of domain switching - via the set_fs() function. + using the DACR (domain access control register) to protect memory + domains from each other. In Linux we use three domains: kernel, user + and IO. The domains are used to protect userspace from kernelspace + and to handle IO-space as a special type of memory by assigning + manager or client roles to running code (such as a process). config CPU_V7M_NUM_IRQ int "Number of external interrupts connected to the NVIC" depends on CPU_V7M default 90 if ARCH_STM32 - default 38 if ARCH_EFM32 default 112 if SOC_VF610 default 240 help @@ -678,7 +680,7 @@ config ARM_PV_FIXUP config ARM_THUMB bool "Support Thumb user binaries" if !CPU_THUMBONLY && EXPERT - depends on CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE + depends on CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE && !CPU_32v4 default y help Say Y if you want to include kernel support for running user space @@ -710,7 +712,7 @@ config ARM_VIRT_EXT assistance. A compliant bootloader is required in order to make maximum - use of this feature. Refer to Documentation/arm/booting.rst for + use of this feature. Refer to Documentation/arch/arm/booting.rst for details. config SWP_EMULATE @@ -740,19 +742,34 @@ config SWP_EMULATE If unsure, say Y. +choice + prompt "CPU Endianness" + default CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN + +config CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN + bool "Built little-endian kernel" + help + Say Y if you plan on running a kernel in little-endian mode. + This is the default and is used in practically all modern user + space builds. + config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN bool "Build big-endian kernel" - depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN + depends on !LD_IS_LLD help Say Y if you plan on running a kernel in big-endian mode. - Note that your board must be properly built and your board - port must properly enable any big-endian related features - of your chipset/board/processor. + This works on many machines using ARMv6 or newer processors + but requires big-endian user space. + + The only ARMv5 platform with big-endian support is + Intel IXP4xx. + +endchoice config CPU_ENDIAN_BE8 bool depends on CPU_BIG_ENDIAN - default CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7 + default CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7 || CPU_V7M help Support for the BE-8 (big-endian) mode on ARMv6 and ARMv7 processors. @@ -832,6 +849,7 @@ config CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE config CPU_SPECTRE bool + select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES config HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR bool "Harden the branch predictor against aliasing attacks" if EXPERT @@ -852,6 +870,16 @@ config HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR If unsure, say Y. +config HARDEN_BRANCH_HISTORY + bool "Harden Spectre style attacks against branch history" if EXPERT + depends on CPU_SPECTRE + default y + help + Speculation attacks against some high-performance processors can + make use of branch history to influence future speculation. When + taking an exception, a sequence of branches overwrites the branch + history, or branch history is invalidated. + config TLS_REG_EMUL bool select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS @@ -876,7 +904,7 @@ config KUSER_HELPERS the CPU type fitted to the system. This permits binaries to be run on ARMv4 through to ARMv7 without modification. - See Documentation/arm/kernel_user_helpers.rst for details. + See Documentation/arch/arm/kernel_user_helpers.rst for details. However, the fixed address nature of these helpers can be used by ROP (return orientated programming) authors when creating @@ -909,24 +937,6 @@ config VDSO You must have glibc 2.22 or later for programs to seamlessly take advantage of this. -config DMA_CACHE_RWFO - bool "Enable read/write for ownership DMA cache maintenance" - depends on CPU_V6K && SMP - default y - help - The Snoop Control Unit on ARM11MPCore does not detect the - cache maintenance operations and the dma_{map,unmap}_area() - functions may leave stale cache entries on other CPUs. By - enabling this option, Read or Write For Ownership in the ARMv6 - DMA cache maintenance functions is performed. These LDR/STR - instructions change the cache line state to shared or modified - so that the cache operation has the desired effect. - - Note that the workaround is only valid on processors that do - not perform speculative loads into the D-cache. For such - processors, if cache maintenance operations are not broadcast - in hardware, other workarounds are needed (e.g. cache - maintenance broadcasting in software via FIQ). config OUTER_CACHE bool @@ -1112,12 +1122,6 @@ config ARM_DMA_MEM_BUFFERABLE config ARM_HEAVY_MB bool -config ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN - bool - help - This option specifies the architecture can support big endian - operation. - config DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA bool "Make rodata strictly non-executable" depends on STRICT_KERNEL_RWX |