[PATCH 28/28] arm64: Add override for ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.NV_frac
Marc Zyngier
maz at kernel.org
Thu Jul 2 09:02:48 PDT 2026
In a very unsurprising turn of events, there is a large class of
firmware that is totally unable to deal with FEAT_NV3, and doesn't
set the required SCR2_EL3.NV3En bit, leading to an UNDEF exception
or an unhandled trap to EL3, depending on the implementation.
Allow the unfortunate user to override ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.NV_frac
and get a working system. Hopefully firmware will be fixed before
actually HW ships, but I have been there before... :-/
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 4 +++-
arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/pi/idreg-override.c | 10 ++++++++++
4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index a57870fa96db5..a42683af79fb5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -968,6 +968,7 @@ struct arm64_ftr_reg *get_arm64_ftr_reg(u32 sys_id);
extern struct arm64_ftr_override id_aa64mmfr0_override;
extern struct arm64_ftr_override id_aa64mmfr1_override;
extern struct arm64_ftr_override id_aa64mmfr2_override;
+extern struct arm64_ftr_override id_aa64mmfr4_override;
extern struct arm64_ftr_override id_aa64pfr0_override;
extern struct arm64_ftr_override id_aa64pfr1_override;
extern struct arm64_ftr_override id_aa64zfr0_override;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 6ae1c816e2010..14fbfa8e6b7b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_raz[] = {
struct arm64_ftr_override __read_mostly id_aa64mmfr0_override;
struct arm64_ftr_override __read_mostly id_aa64mmfr1_override;
struct arm64_ftr_override __read_mostly id_aa64mmfr2_override;
+struct arm64_ftr_override __read_mostly id_aa64mmfr4_override;
struct arm64_ftr_override __read_mostly id_aa64pfr0_override;
struct arm64_ftr_override __read_mostly id_aa64pfr1_override;
struct arm64_ftr_override __read_mostly id_aa64zfr0_override;
@@ -858,7 +859,8 @@ static const struct __ftr_reg_entry {
ARM64_FTR_REG_OVERRIDE(SYS_ID_AA64MMFR2_EL1, ftr_id_aa64mmfr2,
&id_aa64mmfr2_override),
ARM64_FTR_REG(SYS_ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1, ftr_id_aa64mmfr3),
- ARM64_FTR_REG(SYS_ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1, ftr_id_aa64mmfr4),
+ ARM64_FTR_REG_OVERRIDE(SYS_ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1, ftr_id_aa64mmfr4,
+ &id_aa64mmfr4_override),
/* Op1 = 0, CRn = 10, CRm = 4 */
ARM64_FTR_REG(SYS_MPAMIDR_EL1, ftr_mpamidr),
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h b/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
index d4c7d45ae6bc8..d15c2cb1b0f28 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ PI_EXPORT_SYM(id_aa64isar2_override);
PI_EXPORT_SYM(id_aa64mmfr0_override);
PI_EXPORT_SYM(id_aa64mmfr1_override);
PI_EXPORT_SYM(id_aa64mmfr2_override);
+PI_EXPORT_SYM(id_aa64mmfr4_override);
PI_EXPORT_SYM(id_aa64pfr0_override);
PI_EXPORT_SYM(id_aa64pfr1_override);
PI_EXPORT_SYM(id_aa64smfr0_override);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/pi/idreg-override.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/pi/idreg-override.c
index bc57b290e5e7b..4e47616bcac23 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/pi/idreg-override.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/pi/idreg-override.c
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@ static const struct ftr_set_desc mmfr2 __prel64_initconst = {
},
};
+static const struct ftr_set_desc mmfr4 __prel64_initconst = {
+ .name = "id_aa64mmfr4",
+ .override = &id_aa64mmfr4_override,
+ .fields = {
+ FIELD("nv_frac", ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_NV_frac_SHIFT, NULL),
+ {}
+ },
+};
+
static bool __init pfr0_sve_filter(u64 val)
{
/*
@@ -220,6 +229,7 @@ PREL64(const struct ftr_set_desc, reg) regs[] __prel64_initconst = {
{ &mmfr0 },
{ &mmfr1 },
{ &mmfr2 },
+ { &mmfr4 },
{ &pfr0 },
{ &pfr1 },
{ &isar1 },
--
2.47.3
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