[PATCH 0/2] hw/arm/boot.c: Set EL3 HXen, vector lengths when direct booting kernel

[PATCH 0/2] hw/arm/boot.c: Set EL3 HXen, vector lengths when direct booting kernel

[Peter Maydell]

When we direct boot a kernel on a CPU which emulates EL3, we need to
set up the EL3 system registers as the Linux kernel documentation
specifies:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst

Mostly we get this right, but working through the list of config
bits that need to be set, I found that we'd missed a few things:

- FEAT_HCX: SCR_EL3.HXEn (bit 38) must be initialised to 0b1
- SVE: ZCR_EL3.LEN should be initialized to a sensible value.
  We leave it at 0, which means the guest can only use the
  minimum vector length supported by the CPU, not the full range.
- SME: ditto for SMCR_EL3.LEN

This series fixes those.

thanks
-- PMM

Peter Maydell (2):
  hw/arm/boot: Set SME and SVE EL3 vector lengths when booting kernel
  hw/arm/boot: Set SCR_EL3.HXEn when booting kernel

 hw/arm/boot.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

-- 
2.25.1

[PATCH 1/2] hw/arm/boot: Set SME and SVE EL3 vector lengths when booting kernel

[Peter Maydell]

When we direct boot a kernel on a CPU which emulates EL3, we need
to set up the EL3 system registers as the Linux kernel documentation
specifies:
 https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst

For SVE and SME this includes:
    - ZCR_EL3.LEN must be initialised to the same value for all CPUs the
      kernel is executed on.
    - SMCR_EL3.LEN must be initialised to the same value for all CPUs the
      kernel will execute on.

Although we are technically compliant with this, the "same value" we
currently use by default is the reset value of 0.  This will end up
forcing the guest kernel's SVE and SME vector length to be only the
smallest supported length.

Initialize the vector length fields to their maximum possible value,
which is 0xf. If the implementation doesn't actually support that
vector length then the effective vector length will be constrained
down to the maximum supported value at point of use.

This allows the guest to use all the vector lengths the emulated CPU
supports (by programming the _EL2 and _EL1 versions of these
registers.)

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
---
 hw/arm/boot.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hw/arm/boot.c b/hw/arm/boot.c
index b0b92af1889..0e4d1e5a816 100644
--- a/hw/arm/boot.c
+++ b/hw/arm/boot.c
@@ -762,10 +762,12 @@ static void do_cpu_reset(void *opaque)
                     }
                     if (cpu_isar_feature(aa64_sve, cpu)) {
                         env->cp15.cptr_el[3] |= R_CPTR_EL3_EZ_MASK;
+                        env->vfp.zcr_el[3] = 0xf;
                     }
                     if (cpu_isar_feature(aa64_sme, cpu)) {
                         env->cp15.cptr_el[3] |= R_CPTR_EL3_ESM_MASK;
                         env->cp15.scr_el3 |= SCR_ENTP2;
+                        env->vfp.smcr_el[3] = 0xf;
                     }
                     /* AArch64 kernels never boot in secure mode */
                     assert(!info->secure_boot);
-- 
2.25.1

[PATCH 2/2] hw/arm/boot: Set SCR_EL3.HXEn when booting kernel

[Peter Maydell]

When we direct boot a kernel on a CPU which emulates EL3, we need to
set up the EL3 system registers as the Linux kernel documentation
specifies:
     https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst

For CPUs with FEAT_HCX support this includes:
    - SCR_EL3.HXEn (bit 38) must be initialised to 0b1.

but we forgot to do this when implementing FEAT_HCX, which would mean
that a guest trying to access the HCRX_EL2 register would crash.

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
---
 hw/arm/boot.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hw/arm/boot.c b/hw/arm/boot.c
index 0e4d1e5a816..ddb7b1bdba0 100644
--- a/hw/arm/boot.c
+++ b/hw/arm/boot.c
@@ -769,6 +769,9 @@ static void do_cpu_reset(void *opaque)
                         env->cp15.scr_el3 |= SCR_ENTP2;
                         env->vfp.smcr_el[3] = 0xf;
                     }
+                    if (cpu_isar_feature(aa64_hcx, cpu)) {
+                        env->cp15.scr_el3 |= SCR_HXEN;
+                    }
                     /* AArch64 kernels never boot in secure mode */
                     assert(!info->secure_boot);
                     /* This hook is only supported for AArch32 currently:
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH 1/2] hw/arm/boot: Set SME and SVE EL3 vector lengths when booting kernel

[Richard Henderson]

On 10/28/22 00:02, Peter Maydell wrote:
> When we direct boot a kernel on a CPU which emulates EL3, we need
> to set up the EL3 system registers as the Linux kernel documentation
> specifies:
>   https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst
> 
> For SVE and SME this includes:
>      - ZCR_EL3.LEN must be initialised to the same value for all CPUs the
>        kernel is executed on.
>      - SMCR_EL3.LEN must be initialised to the same value for all CPUs the
>        kernel will execute on.
> 
> Although we are technically compliant with this, the "same value" we
> currently use by default is the reset value of 0.  This will end up
> forcing the guest kernel's SVE and SME vector length to be only the
> smallest supported length.
> 
> Initialize the vector length fields to their maximum possible value,
> which is 0xf. If the implementation doesn't actually support that
> vector length then the effective vector length will be constrained
> down to the maximum supported value at point of use.
> 
> This allows the guest to use all the vector lengths the emulated CPU
> supports (by programming the _EL2 and _EL1 versions of these
> registers.)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell<peter.maydell@linaro.org>
> ---
>   hw/arm/boot.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>

r~

Re: [PATCH 2/2] hw/arm/boot: Set SCR_EL3.HXEn when booting kernel

[Richard Henderson]

On 10/28/22 00:02, Peter Maydell wrote:
> When we direct boot a kernel on a CPU which emulates EL3, we need to
> set up the EL3 system registers as the Linux kernel documentation
> specifies:
>       https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst
> 
> For CPUs with FEAT_HCX support this includes:
>      - SCR_EL3.HXEn (bit 38) must be initialised to 0b1.
> 
> but we forgot to do this when implementing FEAT_HCX, which would mean
> that a guest trying to access the HCRX_EL2 register would crash.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell<peter.maydell@linaro.org>
> ---
>   hw/arm/boot.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>

r~