[PATCH v8 15/38] arm64/idreg: Add overrride for GCS

Mark Brown broonie at kernel.org
Sat Feb 3 04:25:41 PST 2024


Hook up an override for GCS, allowing it to be disabled from the command
line by specifying arm64.nogcs in case there are problems.

Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c              | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 31b3a25680d0..e86160251d23 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -429,9 +429,15 @@
 	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
 			Identification support
 
+	arm64.nogcs	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Guarded Control Stack
+			support
+
 	arm64.nomops	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Copy and Memory
 			Set instructions support
 
+	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
+			support
+
 	arm64.nomte	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
 			support
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
index e30fd9e32ef3..00bcdad53ba9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ static const struct ftr_set_desc pfr1 __prel64_initconst = {
 	.override	= &id_aa64pfr1_override,
 	.fields		= {
 		FIELD("bt", ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_BT_SHIFT, NULL ),
+		FIELD("gcs", ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_GCS_SHIFT, NULL),
 		FIELD("mte", ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_MTE_SHIFT, NULL),
 		FIELD("sme", ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_SME_SHIFT, pfr1_sme_filter),
 		{}
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ static const struct {
 	{ "arm64.nosve",		"id_aa64pfr0.sve=0" },
 	{ "arm64.nosme",		"id_aa64pfr1.sme=0" },
 	{ "arm64.nobti",		"id_aa64pfr1.bt=0" },
+	{ "arm64.nogcs",		"id_aa64pfr1.gcs=0" },
 	{ "arm64.nopauth",
 	  "id_aa64isar1.gpi=0 id_aa64isar1.gpa=0 "
 	  "id_aa64isar1.api=0 id_aa64isar1.apa=0 "

-- 
2.30.2




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