From: Colton Lewis <coltonlewis@google.com>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: oliver.upton@linux.dev, sashal@kernel.org,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, mizhang@google.com,
catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org, maz@kernel.org,
james.morse@arm.com, suzuki.poulose@arm.com,
yuzenghui@huawei.com, mark.rutland@arm.com,
ahmed.genidi@arm.com, leo.yan@arm.com, miguel.luis@oracle.com,
dbrazdil@google.com, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6.6 v2 4/6] KVM: arm64: Initialize HCR_EL2.E2H early
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 22:51:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260708225124.4130846-5-coltonlewis@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260708225124.4130846-1-coltonlewis@google.com>
From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
[ Upstream commit 7a68b55ff39b0a1638acb1694c185d49f6077a0d ]
On CPUs without FEAT_E2H0, HCR_EL2.E2H is RES1, but may reset to an
UNKNOWN value out of reset and consequently may not read as 1 unless it
has been explicitly initialized.
We handled this for the head.S boot code in commits:
3944382fa6f22b54 ("arm64: Treat HCR_EL2.E2H as RES1 when ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 is negative")
b3320142f3db9b3f ("arm64: Fix early handling of FEAT_E2H0 not being implemented")
Unfortunately, we forgot to apply a similar fix to the KVM PSCI entry
points used when relaying CPU_ON, CPU_SUSPEND, and SYSTEM SUSPEND. When
KVM is entered via these entry points, the value of HCR_EL2.E2H may be
consumed before it has been initialized (e.g. by the 'init_el2_state'
macro).
Initialize HCR_EL2.E2H early in these paths such that it can be consumed
reliably. The existing code in head.S is factored out into a new
'init_el2_hcr' macro, and this is used in the __kvm_hyp_init_cpu()
function common to all the relevant PSCI entry points.
For clarity, I've tweaked the assembly used to check whether
ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 is negative. The bitfield is extracted as a signed
value, and this is checked with a signed-greater-or-equal (GE) comparison.
As the hyp code will reconfigure HCR_EL2 later in ___kvm_hyp_init(), all
bits other than E2H are initialized to zero in __kvm_hyp_init_cpu().
Fixes: 3944382fa6f22b54 ("arm64: Treat HCR_EL2.E2H as RES1 when ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 is negative")
Fixes: b3320142f3db9b3f ("arm64: Fix early handling of FEAT_E2H0 not being implemented")
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Ahmed Genidi <ahmed.genidi@arm.com>
Cc: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@arm.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Cc: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250227180526.1204723-2-mark.rutland@arm.com
[maz: fixed LT->GE thinko]
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 19 +------------------
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-init.S | 2 ++
3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
index b7afaa026842b..3498dc5d02c18 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
@@ -16,6 +16,32 @@
#include <asm/sysreg.h>
#include <linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h>
+.macro init_el2_hcr val
+ mov_q x0, \val
+
+ /*
+ * Compliant CPUs advertise their VHE-onlyness with
+ * ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 < 0. On such CPUs HCR_EL2.E2H is RES1, but it
+ * can reset into an UNKNOWN state and might not read as 1 until it has
+ * been initialized explicitly.
+ *
+ * Fruity CPUs seem to have HCR_EL2.E2H set to RAO/WI, but
+ * don't advertise it (they predate this relaxation).
+ *
+ * Initalize HCR_EL2.E2H so that later code can rely upon HCR_EL2.E2H
+ * indicating whether the CPU is running in E2H mode.
+ */
+ mrs_s x1, SYS_ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1
+ sbfx x1, x1, #ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_E2H0_SHIFT, #ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_E2H0_WIDTH
+ cmp x1, #0
+ b.ge .LnVHE_\@
+
+ orr x0, x0, #HCR_E2H
+.LnVHE_\@:
+ msr hcr_el2, x0
+ isb
+.endm
+
.macro __init_el2_sctlr
mov_q x0, INIT_SCTLR_EL2_MMU_OFF
msr sctlr_el2, x0
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index e0e710b36da37..ff7769821166a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -575,25 +575,8 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(init_el2, SYM_L_LOCAL)
msr sctlr_el2, x0
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
+ init_el2_hcr HCR_HOST_NVHE_FLAGS
init_el2_state
/* Hypervisor stub */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-init.S b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-init.S
index 1cc06e6797bda..3efa9cfaa9d48 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-init.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-init.S
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(__kvm_hyp_init_cpu)
2: msr SPsel, #1 // We want to use SP_EL{1,2}
+ init_el2_hcr 0
+
/* Initialize EL2 CPU state to sane values. */
init_el2_state // Clobbers x0..x2
finalise_el2_state
--
2.55.0.795.g602f6c329a-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-08 22:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-08 22:51 [PATCH 6.6 v2 0/6] arm64: KVM: Backport VHE-only boot fixes Colton Lewis
2026-07-08 22:51 ` [PATCH 6.6 v2 1/6] arm64: sysreg: Add layout for ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1 Colton Lewis
2026-07-09 10:16 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-07-09 20:30 ` Colton Lewis
2026-07-08 22:51 ` [PATCH 6.6 v2 2/6] arm64: Treat HCR_EL2.E2H as RES1 when ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 is negative Colton Lewis
2026-07-08 22:51 ` [PATCH 6.6 v2 3/6] arm64: Fix early handling of FEAT_E2H0 not being implemented Colton Lewis
2026-07-08 22:51 ` Colton Lewis [this message]
2026-07-08 22:51 ` [PATCH 6.6 v2 5/6] KVM: arm64: Initialize SCTLR_EL1 in __kvm_hyp_init_cpu() Colton Lewis
2026-07-08 22:51 ` [PATCH 6.6 v2 6/6] arm64: Revamp HCR_EL2.E2H RES1 detection Colton Lewis
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