Thanks Andrew for the notification. We will look into it and get back to this thread.

Thanks

Joanna

On 01/07/2020, 10:16, "TF-A on behalf of Andrew Scull via TF-A" <tf-a-bounces@lists.trustedfirmware.org on behalf of tf-a@lists.trustedfirmware.org> wrote:

Whilst looking at the speculative AT workaround in KVM, I compared it against the workaround in TF-A and noticed an inconsistency whereby TF-A **breaks** KVM's workaround.

In `el1_sysregs_context_restore`, the M bit of SCTRL_EL1 is cleared however Linux requires this to be set for its workaround to be correct. If an exception is taken to EL3 partway through a VM context switch, e.g. a secure interrupt, causing a switch to the secure world, TF-A will reintroduce the possibility of TLB corruption.

The above explains how it is broken for Linux's chosen workaround however TF-A will also have to be compatible with whatever workaround the EL2 software is using.

Starting this thread with the issue identified and we can add more details as needed.

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