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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 3/5] arm64: Fix early handling of FEAT_E2H0 not being implemented
Date: Wed,  1 Jul 2026 20:43:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260701204342.2654385-4-coltonlewis@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260701204342.2654385-1-coltonlewis@google.com>

From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit b3320142f3db9b3f36a59bd9769ba249f06155b4 ]

Commit 3944382fa6f2 introduced checks for the FEAT_E2H0 not being
implemented. However, the check is absolutely wrong and makes a
point it testing a bit that is guaranteed to be zero.

On top of that, the detection happens way too late, after the
init_el2_state has done its job.

This went undetected because the HW this was tested on has E2H being
RAO/WI, and not RES1. However, the bug shows up when run as a nested
guest, where HCR_EL2.E2H is not necessarily set to 1. As a result,
booting the kernel in hVHE mode fails with timer accesses being
cought in a trap loop (which was fun to debug).

Fix the check for ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0, and set the HCR_EL2.E2H bit
early so that it can be checked by the rest of the init sequence.

With this, hVHE works again in a NV environment that doesn't have
FEAT_E2H0.

Fixes: 3944382fa6f2 ("arm64: Treat HCR_EL2.E2H as RES1 when ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 is negative")
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240321115414.3169115-1-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 29 ++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index e32c8dd0b17a7..e0e710b36da37 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -576,6 +576,21 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(init_el2, SYM_L_LOCAL)
 	isb
 0:
 	mov_q	x0, HCR_HOST_NVHE_FLAGS
+
+	/*
+	 * Compliant CPUs advertise their VHE-onlyness with
+	 * ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 < 0. HCR_EL2.E2H can be
+	 * RES1 in that case. Publish the E2H bit early so that
+	 * it can be picked up by the init_el2_state macro.
+	 *
+	 * Fruity CPUs seem to have HCR_EL2.E2H set to RAO/WI, but
+	 * don't advertise it (they predate this relaxation).
+	 */
+	mrs_s	x1, SYS_ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1
+	tbz	x1, #(ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_E2H0_SHIFT + ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_E2H0_WIDTH - 1), 1f
+
+	orr	x0, x0, #HCR_E2H
+1:
 	msr	hcr_el2, x0
 	isb
 
@@ -588,22 +603,10 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(init_el2, SYM_L_LOCAL)
 
 	mov_q	x1, INIT_SCTLR_EL1_MMU_OFF
 
-	/*
-	 * 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, 2f
-1:
+
 	/* Set a sane SCTLR_EL1, the VHE way */
 	pre_disable_mmu_workaround
 	msr_s	SYS_SCTLR_EL12, x1
-- 
2.55.0.rc2.803.g1fd1e6609c-goog



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-01 20:43 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 ` [PATCH 2/5] arm64: Treat HCR_EL2.E2H as RES1 when ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 is negative Colton Lewis
2026-07-01 23:30   ` Oliver Upton
2026-07-01 20:43 ` Colton Lewis [this message]
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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