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Authored by andrew on Oct 4 2023, 3:23 PM.
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Summary

Add the build flags to enable branch protection on arm64. This enable
the use of PAC and BTI in the kernel.

For PAC we already install the kernel keys when entering the kernel
from userspace so this will start using these to sign the stack.

For BTI we need to mark the kernel page tables with a new guarded page
field. As this will require all code that could be reached through a
function pointer with an appropriate branch target instruction we
are enabling this before setting the field.

As the pointer authentication support shouldn't be reached via a
function pointer it is safe to not enable the use of BTI there.

Sponsored by: Arm Ltd

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andrew requested review of this revision.Oct 4 2023, 3:23 PM
sys/conf/kern.mk
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Should this work with gcc as well?

sys/conf/kern.mk
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It works with at least Clang 9+ and GCC 9.3+ https://godbolt.org/z/6MG7vfPWW

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Oct 6 2023, 2:44 PM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.