[PATCH] efi/arm: set HSCTLR Thumb2 bit correctly for HVC calls from HYP

Ard Biesheuvel ardb at kernel.org
Sun Oct 4 12:30:49 EDT 2020


Commit

  db227c19e68db353 ("ARM: 8985/1: efi/decompressor: deal with HYP mode boot gracefully")

updated the EFI entry code to permit firmware to invoke the EFI stub
loader in HYP mode, with the MMU either enabled or disabled, neither
of which is permitted by the EFI spec, but which does happen in the
field.

In the MMU on case, we remain in HYP mode as configured by the firmware,
and rely on the fact that any HVC instruction issued in this mode will
be dispatched via the SVC slot in the HYP vector table. However, this
slot will point to a Thumb2 symbol if the kernel is built in Thumb2
mode, and so we have to configure HSCTLR to ensure that the exception
handlers are invoked in Thumb2 mode as well.

Fixes: db227c19e68db353 ("ARM: 8985/1: efi/decompressor: deal with HYP mode boot gracefully")
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index 434a16982e34..19499d636bc8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -1476,6 +1476,9 @@ ENTRY(efi_enter_kernel)
 		@ issued from HYP mode take us to the correct handler code. We
 		@ will disable the MMU before jumping to the kernel proper.
 		@
+ ARM(		bic	r1, r1, #(1 << 30)	) @ clear HSCTLR.TE
+ THUMB(		orr	r1, r1, #(1 << 30)	) @ set HSCTLR.TE
+		mcr	p15, 4, r1, c1, c0, 0
 		adr	r0, __hyp_reentry_vectors
 		mcr	p15, 4, r0, c12, c0, 0	@ set HYP vector base (HVBAR)
 		isb
-- 
2.17.1




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