[llvm] [llvm-exegesis][AArch64] Check for PAC keys before disabling them (PR #138643)

Anatoly Trosinenko via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Mon May 12 02:19:02 PDT 2025


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@@ -207,15 +213,38 @@ class ExegesisAArch64Target : public ExegesisTarget {
 
     if (isPointerAuth(Opcode)) {
 #if defined(__aarch64__) && defined(__linux__)
+
+      // For some systems with existing PAC keys set, it is better to
+      // check the existing state of the key before setting it.
+      // For systems without PAC, this is a No-op but with PAC, it is
+      // safer to check the existing key state and then disable/enable them.
+      // Hence the guard for switching.
+      errno = 0;
+      unsigned long PacKeys = prctl_wrapper(PR_PAC_GET_ENABLED_KEYS,
+                                            0,  // unused
+                                            0,  // unused
+                                            0,  // unused
+                                            0); // unused
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atrosinenko wrote:

```suggestion
      unsigned long PacKeys = prctl_wrapper(PR_PAC_GET_ENABLED_KEYS);
```

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/138643


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