[PATCH v2 2/3] arm64: Cope with CPUs stuck in VHE mode

Marc Zyngier maz at kernel.org
Tue Mar 30 18:39:46 BST 2021


It seems that the CPUs part of the SoC known as Apple M1 have the
terrible habit of being stuck with HCR_EL2.E2H==1, in violation
of the architecture.

Try and work around this deplorable state of affairs by detecting
the stuck bit early and short-circuit the nVHE dance. Additional
filtering code ensures that attempts at switching to nVHE from
the command-line are also ignored.

It is still unknown whether there are many more such nuggets
to be found...

Reported-by: Hector Martin <marcan at marcan.st>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/head.S           | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S       |  8 +++---
 arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c | 13 +++++++++-
 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 840bda1869e9..96873dfa67fd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -477,14 +477,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kimage_vaddr)
  * booted in EL1 or EL2 respectively.
  */
 SYM_FUNC_START(init_kernel_el)
-	mov_q	x0, INIT_SCTLR_EL1_MMU_OFF
-	msr	sctlr_el1, x0
-
 	mrs	x0, CurrentEL
 	cmp	x0, #CurrentEL_EL2
 	b.eq	init_el2
 
 SYM_INNER_LABEL(init_el1, SYM_L_LOCAL)
+	mov_q	x0, INIT_SCTLR_EL1_MMU_OFF
+	msr	sctlr_el1, x0
 	isb
 	mov_q	x0, INIT_PSTATE_EL1
 	msr	spsr_el1, x0
@@ -504,9 +503,43 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(init_el2, SYM_L_LOCAL)
 	msr	vbar_el2, x0
 	isb
 
+	/*
+	 * Fruity CPUs seem to have HCR_EL2.E2H set to RES1,
+	 * making it impossible to start in nVHE mode. Is that
+	 * compliant with the architecture? Absolutely not!
+	 */
+	mrs	x0, hcr_el2
+	and	x0, x0, #HCR_E2H
+	cbz	x0, 1f
+
+	/* Switching to VHE requires a sane SCTLR_EL1 as a start */
+	mov_q	x0, INIT_SCTLR_EL1_MMU_OFF
+	msr_s	SYS_SCTLR_EL12, x0
+
+	/*
+	 * Force an eret into a helper "function", and let it return
+	 * to our original caller... This makes sure that we have
+	 * initialised the basic PSTATE state.
+	 */
+	mov	x0, #INIT_PSTATE_EL2
+	msr	spsr_el1, x0
+	adr	x0, __cpu_stick_to_vhe
+	msr	elr_el1, x0
+	eret
+
+1:
+	mov_q	x0, INIT_SCTLR_EL1_MMU_OFF
+	msr	sctlr_el1, x0
+
 	msr	elr_el2, lr
 	mov	w0, #BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL2
 	eret
+
+__cpu_stick_to_vhe:
+	mov	x0, #HVC_VHE_RESTART
+	hvc	#0
+	mov	x0, #BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL2
+	ret
 SYM_FUNC_END(init_kernel_el)
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S
index 5eccbd62fec8..9c9b4d8fc395 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ SYM_CODE_START(__hyp_stub_vectors)
 	ventry	el2_fiq_invalid			// FIQ EL2t
 	ventry	el2_error_invalid		// Error EL2t
 
-	ventry	el2_sync_invalid		// Synchronous EL2h
+	ventry	elx_sync			// Synchronous EL2h
 	ventry	el2_irq_invalid			// IRQ EL2h
 	ventry	el2_fiq_invalid			// FIQ EL2h
 	ventry	el2_error_invalid		// Error EL2h
 
-	ventry	el1_sync			// Synchronous 64-bit EL1
+	ventry	elx_sync			// Synchronous 64-bit EL1
 	ventry	el1_irq_invalid			// IRQ 64-bit EL1
 	ventry	el1_fiq_invalid			// FIQ 64-bit EL1
 	ventry	el1_error_invalid		// Error 64-bit EL1
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ SYM_CODE_END(__hyp_stub_vectors)
 
 	.align 11
 
-SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(el1_sync)
+SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(elx_sync)
 	cmp	x0, #HVC_SET_VECTORS
 	b.ne	1f
 	msr	vbar_el2, x1
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(el1_sync)
 
 9:	mov	x0, xzr
 	eret
-SYM_CODE_END(el1_sync)
+SYM_CODE_END(elx_sync)
 
 // nVHE? No way! Give me the real thing!
 SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(mutate_to_vhe)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
index be92fcd319a1..6a8a14955fba 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
@@ -29,11 +29,22 @@ struct ftr_set_desc {
 	} 				fields[];
 };
 
+static bool __init mmfr1_vh_filter(u64 val)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If we ever reach this point while running VHE, we're
+	 * guaranteed to be on one of these funky, VHE-stuck CPUs. If
+	 * the user was trying to force nVHE on us, proceed with
+	 * attitude adjustment.
+	 */
+	return !(is_kernel_in_hyp_mode() && val == 0);
+}
+
 static const struct ftr_set_desc mmfr1 __initconst = {
 	.name		= "id_aa64mmfr1",
 	.override	= &id_aa64mmfr1_override,
 	.fields		= {
-	        { "vh", ID_AA64MMFR1_VHE_SHIFT },
+	        { "vh", ID_AA64MMFR1_VHE_SHIFT, mmfr1_vh_filter },
 		{}
 	},
 };
-- 
2.29.2




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