[PATCH 2/5] arm64: Treat HCR_EL2.E2H as RES1 when ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 is negative

Colton Lewis coltonlewis at google.com
Wed Jul 1 13:43:39 PDT 2026


From: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit 3944382fa6f22b54bc3624c9657b98ec34b5ba59 ]

For CPUs that have ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 as negative, it is important
to avoid the boot path that sets HCR_EL2.E2H=0. Fortunately, we
already have this path to cope with fruity CPUs.

Tweak init_el2 to look at ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 first.

Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240122181344.258974-8-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton at linux.dev>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 6517bf2644a08..e32c8dd0b17a7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -589,25 +589,32 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(init_el2, SYM_L_LOCAL)
 	mov_q	x1, INIT_SCTLR_EL1_MMU_OFF
 
 	/*
-	 * 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!
+	 * Compliant CPUs advertise their VHE-onlyness with
+	 * ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 < 0. HCR_EL2.E2H can be
+	 * RES1 in that case.
+	 *
+	 * Fruity CPUs seem to have HCR_EL2.E2H set to RES1, but
+	 * don't advertise it (they predate this relaxation).
 	 */
+	mrs_s	x0, SYS_ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1
+	ubfx	x0, x0, #ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_E2H0_SHIFT, #ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_E2H0_WIDTH
+	tbnz	x0, #(ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_E2H0_SHIFT + ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_E2H0_WIDTH - 1), 1f
+
 	mrs	x0, hcr_el2
 	and	x0, x0, #HCR_E2H
-	cbz	x0, 1f
-
+	cbz	x0, 2f
+1:
 	/* Set a sane SCTLR_EL1, the VHE way */
 	pre_disable_mmu_workaround
 	msr_s	SYS_SCTLR_EL12, x1
 	mov	x2, #BOOT_CPU_FLAG_E2H
-	b	2f
+	b	3f
 
-1:
+2:
 	pre_disable_mmu_workaround
 	msr	sctlr_el1, x1
 	mov	x2, xzr
-2:
+3:
 	__init_el2_nvhe_prepare_eret
 
 	mov	w0, #BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL2
-- 
2.55.0.rc2.803.g1fd1e6609c-goog




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