[PATCH 3/5] arm64: Fix early handling of FEAT_E2H0 not being implemented
From: Colton Lewis <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-01 20:43:47
Also in:
kvmarm, lkml, stable
Subsystem:
arm64 port (aarch64 architecture), the rest · Maintainers:
Catalin Marinas, Will Deacon, Linus Torvalds
From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
[ Upstream commit b3320142f3db9b3f36a59bd9769ba249f06155b4 ]
Commit 3944382fa6f2 introduced checks for the FEAT_E2H0 not being
implemented. However, the check is absolutely wrong and makes a
point it testing a bit that is guaranteed to be zero.
On top of that, the detection happens way too late, after the
init_el2_state has done its job.
This went undetected because the HW this was tested on has E2H being
RAO/WI, and not RES1. However, the bug shows up when run as a nested
guest, where HCR_EL2.E2H is not necessarily set to 1. As a result,
booting the kernel in hVHE mode fails with timer accesses being
cought in a trap loop (which was fun to debug).
Fix the check for ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0, and set the HCR_EL2.E2H bit
early so that it can be checked by the rest of the init sequence.
With this, hVHE works again in a NV environment that doesn't have
FEAT_E2H0.
Fixes: 3944382fa6f2 ("arm64: Treat HCR_EL2.E2H as RES1 when ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 is negative")
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240321115414.3169115-1-maz@kernel.org (local)
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <redacted>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 29 ++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index e32c8dd0b17a7..e0e710b36da37 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S@@ -576,6 +576,21 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(init_el2, SYM_L_LOCAL) isb 0: mov_q x0, HCR_HOST_NVHE_FLAGS + + /* + * Compliant CPUs advertise their VHE-onlyness with + * ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 < 0. HCR_EL2.E2H can be + * RES1 in that case. Publish the E2H bit early so that + * it can be picked up by the init_el2_state macro. + * + * Fruity CPUs seem to have HCR_EL2.E2H set to RAO/WI, but + * don't advertise it (they predate this relaxation). + */ + mrs_s x1, SYS_ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1 + tbz x1, #(ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_E2H0_SHIFT + ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1_E2H0_WIDTH - 1), 1f + + orr x0, x0, #HCR_E2H +1: msr hcr_el2, x0 isb
@@ -588,22 +603,10 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(init_el2, SYM_L_LOCAL) mov_q x1, INIT_SCTLR_EL1_MMU_OFF - /* - * 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, 2f -1: + /* Set a sane SCTLR_EL1, the VHE way */ pre_disable_mmu_workaround msr_s SYS_SCTLR_EL12, x1
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