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From: Colton Lewis <coltonlewis@google.com>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,  Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
	Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>,
	 James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>,
	Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
	 Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
	Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com>,
	 linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] arm64: Treat HCR_EL2.E2H as RES1 when ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 is negative
Date: Wed,  1 Jul 2026 20:43:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260701204342.2654385-3-coltonlewis@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260701204342.2654385-1-coltonlewis@google.com>

From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit 3944382fa6f22b54bc3624c9657b98ec34b5ba59 ]

For CPUs that have ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 as negative, it is important
to avoid the boot path that sets HCR_EL2.E2H=0. Fortunately, we
already have this path to cope with fruity CPUs.

Tweak init_el2 to look at ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 first.

Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240122181344.258974-8-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 6517bf2644a08..e32c8dd0b17a7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -589,25 +589,32 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(init_el2, SYM_L_LOCAL)
 	mov_q	x1, INIT_SCTLR_EL1_MMU_OFF
 
 	/*
-	 * Fruity CPUs seem to have HCR_EL2.E2H set to RES1,
-	 * making it impossible to start in nVHE mode. Is that
-	 * compliant with the architecture? Absolutely not!
+	 * Compliant CPUs advertise their VHE-onlyness with
+	 * ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 < 0. HCR_EL2.E2H can be
+	 * RES1 in that case.
+	 *
+	 * Fruity CPUs seem to have HCR_EL2.E2H set to RES1, but
+	 * don't advertise it (they predate this relaxation).
 	 */
+	mrs_s	x0, SYS_ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1
+	ubfx	x0, x0, #ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_E2H0_SHIFT, #ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_E2H0_WIDTH
+	tbnz	x0, #(ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_E2H0_SHIFT + ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_E2H0_WIDTH - 1), 1f
+
 	mrs	x0, hcr_el2
 	and	x0, x0, #HCR_E2H
-	cbz	x0, 1f
-
+	cbz	x0, 2f
+1:
 	/* Set a sane SCTLR_EL1, the VHE way */
 	pre_disable_mmu_workaround
 	msr_s	SYS_SCTLR_EL12, x1
 	mov	x2, #BOOT_CPU_FLAG_E2H
-	b	2f
+	b	3f
 
-1:
+2:
 	pre_disable_mmu_workaround
 	msr	sctlr_el1, x1
 	mov	x2, xzr
-2:
+3:
 	__init_el2_nvhe_prepare_eret
 
 	mov	w0, #BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL2
-- 
2.55.0.rc2.803.g1fd1e6609c-goog



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-01 20:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-01 20:43 [PATCH 0/5] Backport ARM64 VHE boot fixes to 6.6.y Colton Lewis
2026-07-01 20:43 ` [PATCH 1/5] arm64: sysreg: Add layout for ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1 Colton Lewis
2026-07-01 20:43 ` Colton Lewis [this message]
2026-07-01 23:30   ` [PATCH 2/5] arm64: Treat HCR_EL2.E2H as RES1 when ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 is negative Oliver Upton
2026-07-01 20:43 ` [PATCH 3/5] arm64: Fix early handling of FEAT_E2H0 not being implemented Colton Lewis
2026-07-01 20:43 ` [PATCH 4/5] KVM: arm64: Initialize HCR_EL2.E2H early Colton Lewis
2026-07-01 23:45   ` Oliver Upton
2026-07-01 20:43 ` [PATCH 5/5] arm64: Revamp HCR_EL2.E2H RES1 detection Colton Lewis
2026-07-01 23:23 ` [PATCH 0/5] Backport ARM64 VHE boot fixes to 6.6.y Oliver Upton
2026-07-02  0:01   ` Oliver Upton
2026-07-02  0:38 ` Sasha Levin
2026-07-02  6:16 ` Greg KH

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