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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



  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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