[PATCH v3] arm64: Add the arm64.no32bit_el0 command line option

Andrea della Porta andrea.porta at suse.com
Mon Apr 29 03:28:33 PDT 2024


Introducing the field 'el0' to the idreg-override for register
ID_AA64PFR0_EL1. This field is also aliased to the new kernel
command line option 'arm64.no32bit_el0' as a more recognizable
and mnemonic name to disable the execution of 32 bit userspace
applications (i.e. avoid Aarch32 execution state in EL0) from
kernel command line.

Changes in V3:
- idreg-override.c has been moved to arch/arm64/kernel/pi/
directory, so this patch revision adjust for that change.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240207105847.7739-1-andrea.porta@suse.com/
Signed-off-by: Andrea della Porta <andrea.porta at suse.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +++
 arch/arm64/kernel/pi/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 bb884c14b2f6..3e70963599df 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -431,6 +431,9 @@
 	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
 			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
 
+	arm64.no32bit_el0 [ARM64] Unconditionally disable the execution of
+			32 bit applications.
+
 	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
 			Identification support
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/pi/idreg-override.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/pi/idreg-override.c
index aad399796e81..48c1aa456af9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/pi/idreg-override.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/pi/idreg-override.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ static const struct ftr_set_desc pfr0 __prel64_initconst = {
 	.override	= &id_aa64pfr0_override,
 	.fields		= {
 	        FIELD("sve", ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_SVE_SHIFT, pfr0_sve_filter),
+		FIELD("el0", ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_EL0_SHIFT, NULL),
 		{}
 	},
 };
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ static const struct {
 	{ "nokaslr",			"arm64_sw.nokaslr=1" },
 	{ "rodata=off",			"arm64_sw.rodataoff=1" },
 	{ "arm64.nolva",		"id_aa64mmfr2.varange=0" },
+	{ "arm64.no32bit_el0",		"id_aa64pfr0.el0=1" },
 };
 
 static int __init parse_hexdigit(const char *p, u64 *v)
-- 
2.35.3




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