[PATCH 10/10] arm64: mops: allow disabling MOPS from the kernel command line
Kristina Martsenko
kristina.martsenko at arm.com
Thu Feb 16 08:00:12 PST 2023
Make it possible to disable the MOPS extension at runtime using the
kernel command line. This can be useful for testing or working around
hardware issues.
Signed-off-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko at arm.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +++
arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6cfa6e3996cf..ee86fe17352d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@
arm64.nosme [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
Extension support
+ arm64.nomops [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Copy and Memory
+ Set instructions support
+
ataflop= [HW,M68k]
atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
index d833d78a7f31..d13ae90042cb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ static const struct ftr_set_desc isar2 __initconst = {
.fields = {
FIELD("gpa3", ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1_GPA3_SHIFT, NULL),
FIELD("apa3", ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1_APA3_SHIFT, NULL),
+ FIELD("mops", ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1_MOPS_SHIFT, NULL),
{}
},
};
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ static const struct {
"id_aa64isar1.gpi=0 id_aa64isar1.gpa=0 "
"id_aa64isar1.api=0 id_aa64isar1.apa=0 "
"id_aa64isar2.gpa3=0 id_aa64isar2.apa3=0" },
+ { "arm64.nomops", "id_aa64isar2.mops=0" },
{ "arm64.nomte", "id_aa64pfr1.mte=0" },
{ "nokaslr", "kaslr.disabled=1" },
};
--
2.25.1
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