From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 12/12] arm64: Kbuild: Remove vestigial big-endian support
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:01:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260811140132.22778-13-will@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260811140132.22778-1-will@kernel.org>
Since 1cf89b6bf660 ("arm64: Kconfig: Make CPU_BIG_ENDIAN depend on
BROKEN"), CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN has depended on BROKEN for arm64.
Remove the last traces of its existence and unconditionally force a
little-endian kernel build.
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 35 ++++-------------------------------
arch/arm64/Makefile | 12 ++----------
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index b3afe0688919..84cf009c0021 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ config ARM64
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_SHADOW_CALL_STACK if CC_HAVE_SHADOW_CALL_STACK
- select ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG if CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+ select ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG_THIN
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_CFI
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ config ARM64
select HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API
select MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE
select HAVE_RSEQ
- select HAVE_RUST if RUSTC_SUPPORTS_ARM64
+ select HAVE_RUST
select HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR
select HAVE_STATIC_CALL if CFI
select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
@@ -262,10 +262,6 @@ config ARM64
help
ARM 64-bit (AArch64) Linux support.
-config RUSTC_SUPPORTS_ARM64
- def_bool y
- depends on CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-
config CLANG_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
def_bool CC_IS_CLANG
# https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1507
@@ -1542,28 +1538,6 @@ config ARM64_LPA2
def_bool y
depends on ARM64_PA_BITS_52 && !ARM64_64K_PAGES
-choice
- prompt "Endianness"
- default CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
- help
- Select the endianness of data accesses performed by the CPU. Userspace
- applications will need to be compiled and linked for the endianness
- that is selected here.
-
-config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
- bool "Build big-endian kernel"
- depends on BROKEN
- help
- Say Y if you plan on running a kernel with a big-endian userspace.
-
-config CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
- bool "Build little-endian kernel"
- help
- Say Y if you plan on running a kernel with a little-endian userspace.
- This is usually the case for distributions targeting arm64.
-
-endchoice
-
config NR_CPUS
int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-4096)"
range 2 4096
@@ -1801,7 +1775,6 @@ config KUSER_HELPERS
config COMPAT_VDSO
bool "Enable vDSO for 32-bit applications"
- depends on !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
depends on (CC_IS_CLANG && LD_IS_LLD) || "$(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)" != ""
default y
help
@@ -2263,7 +2236,7 @@ menu "ARMv9.6 architectural features"
config ARM64_LSUI
bool "Support Unprivileged Load Store Instructions (LSUI)"
default y
- depends on AS_HAS_LSUI && !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+ depends on AS_HAS_LSUI
help
The Unprivileged Load Store Instructions (LSUI) provides
variants load/store instructions that access user-space memory
@@ -2468,7 +2441,7 @@ config EFI_STUB
config EFI
bool "UEFI runtime support"
- depends on OF && !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+ depends on OF
depends on KERNEL_MODE_NEON
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ACPI
select LIBFDT
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 6b005c8fef70..04e1a0d12f8f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -119,20 +119,12 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -ffixed-x18
KBUILD_RUSTFLAGS += -Zfixed-x18
endif
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN), y)
-KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -mbig-endian
-CHECKFLAGS += -D__AARCH64EB__
-# Prefer the baremetal ELF build target, but not all toolchains include
-# it so fall back to the standard linux version if needed.
-KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EB $(call ld-option, -maarch64elfb, -maarch64linuxb -z norelro)
-UTS_MACHINE := aarch64_be
-else
KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -mlittle-endian
CHECKFLAGS += -D__AARCH64EL__
-# Same as above, prefer ELF but fall back to linux target if needed.
+# Prefer the baremetal ELF build target, but not all toolchains include
+# it so fall back to the standard linux version if needed.
KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EL $(call ld-option, -maarch64elf, -maarch64linux -z norelro)
UTS_MACHINE := aarch64
-endif
ifeq ($(CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD), y)
KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -z norelro
--
2.55.0.679.g6767b8d81c-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-11 14:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-11 14:01 [PATCH 00/12] arm64: Remove unused big-endian support Will Deacon
2026-08-11 14:01 ` [PATCH 01/12] selftests/arm64: Remove " Will Deacon
2026-08-11 14:01 ` [PATCH 02/12] arm64: bpf: Remove big-endian support from the JIT compiler Will Deacon
2026-08-11 14:01 ` [PATCH 03/12] arm64: crypto: Assume a little-endian kernel Will Deacon
2026-08-11 14:01 ` [PATCH 04/12] arm64: lib: Assume a little-endian kernel in custom library routines Will Deacon
2026-08-11 14:01 ` [PATCH 05/12] arm64: lib: Assume a little-endian kernel in optimised string routines Will Deacon
2026-08-11 14:01 ` [PATCH 06/12] arm64: assembler: Remove endianness helper macros Will Deacon
2026-08-11 15:04 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-11 14:01 ` [PATCH 07/12] arm64: vdso32: Always build compat vDSO object as little-endian Will Deacon
2026-08-11 14:01 ` [PATCH 08/12] KVM: arm64: Remove support for a big-endian hypervisor object Will Deacon
2026-08-11 14:01 ` [PATCH 09/12] arm64: Remove all usage of CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN Will Deacon
2026-08-11 14:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-08-11 14:01 ` [PATCH 10/12] arm64: Remove all usage of __AARCH64EB__ Will Deacon
2026-08-11 14:01 ` [PATCH 11/12] arm64: image: Remove endianness handling for generating image header Will Deacon
2026-08-11 14:01 ` Will Deacon [this message]
2026-08-11 14:54 ` [PATCH 00/12] arm64: Remove unused big-endian support Marc Zyngier
2026-08-11 15:11 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-08-11 15:43 ` Catalin Marinas
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