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<title>arm64: mm: use a 48-bit ID map when possible on 52-bit VA builds</title>
<updated>2021-03-17T16:11:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ardb@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-10T17:15:11+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 7ba8f2b2d652cd8d8a2ab61f4be66973e70f9f88 ]

52-bit VA kernels can run on hardware that is only 48-bit capable, but
configure the ID map as 52-bit by default. This was not a problem until
recently, because the special T0SZ value for a 52-bit VA space was never
programmed into the TCR register anwyay, and because a 52-bit ID map
happens to use the same number of translation levels as a 48-bit one.

This behavior was changed by commit 1401bef703a4 ("arm64: mm: Always update
TCR_EL1 from __cpu_set_tcr_t0sz()"), which causes the unsupported T0SZ
value for a 52-bit VA to be programmed into TCR_EL1. While some hardware
simply ignores this, Mark reports that Amberwing systems choke on this,
resulting in a broken boot. But even before that commit, the unsupported
idmap_t0sz value was exposed to KVM and used to program TCR_EL2 incorrectly
as well.

Given that we already have to deal with address spaces being either 48-bit
or 52-bit in size, the cleanest approach seems to be to simply default to
a 48-bit VA ID map, and only switch to a 52-bit one if the placement of the
kernel in DRAM requires it. This is guaranteed not to happen unless the
system is actually 52-bit VA capable.

Fixes: 90ec95cda91a ("arm64: mm: Introduce VA_BITS_MIN")
Reported-by: Mark Salter &lt;msalter@redhat.com&gt;
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20210310003216.410037-1-msalter@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210310171515.416643-2-ardb@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 7ba8f2b2d652cd8d8a2ab61f4be66973e70f9f88 ]

52-bit VA kernels can run on hardware that is only 48-bit capable, but
configure the ID map as 52-bit by default. This was not a problem until
recently, because the special T0SZ value for a 52-bit VA space was never
programmed into the TCR register anwyay, and because a 52-bit ID map
happens to use the same number of translation levels as a 48-bit one.

This behavior was changed by commit 1401bef703a4 ("arm64: mm: Always update
TCR_EL1 from __cpu_set_tcr_t0sz()"), which causes the unsupported T0SZ
value for a 52-bit VA to be programmed into TCR_EL1. While some hardware
simply ignores this, Mark reports that Amberwing systems choke on this,
resulting in a broken boot. But even before that commit, the unsupported
idmap_t0sz value was exposed to KVM and used to program TCR_EL2 incorrectly
as well.

Given that we already have to deal with address spaces being either 48-bit
or 52-bit in size, the cleanest approach seems to be to simply default to
a 48-bit VA ID map, and only switch to a 52-bit one if the placement of the
kernel in DRAM requires it. This is guaranteed not to happen unless the
system is actually 52-bit VA capable.

Fixes: 90ec95cda91a ("arm64: mm: Introduce VA_BITS_MIN")
Reported-by: Mark Salter &lt;msalter@redhat.com&gt;
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20210310003216.410037-1-msalter@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210310171515.416643-2-ardb@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: Add missing ISB after invalidating TLB in __primary_switch</title>
<updated>2021-03-04T11:15:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marc Zyngier</name>
<email>maz@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-02-24T09:37:37+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 9d41053e8dc115c92b8002c3db5f545d7602498b ]

Although there has been a bit of back and forth on the subject, it
appears that invalidating TLBs requires an ISB instruction when FEAT_ETS
is not implemented by the CPU.

From the bible:

  | In an implementation that does not implement FEAT_ETS, a TLB
  | maintenance instruction executed by a PE, PEx, can complete at any
  | time after it is issued, but is only guaranteed to be finished for a
  | PE, PEx, after the execution of DSB by the PEx followed by a Context
  | synchronization event

Add the missing ISB in __primary_switch, just in case.

Fixes: 3c5e9f238bc4 ("arm64: head.S: move KASLR processing out of __enable_mmu()")
Suggested-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210224093738.3629662-3-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 9d41053e8dc115c92b8002c3db5f545d7602498b ]

Although there has been a bit of back and forth on the subject, it
appears that invalidating TLBs requires an ISB instruction when FEAT_ETS
is not implemented by the CPU.

From the bible:

  | In an implementation that does not implement FEAT_ETS, a TLB
  | maintenance instruction executed by a PE, PEx, can complete at any
  | time after it is issued, but is only guaranteed to be finished for a
  | PE, PEx, after the execution of DSB by the PEx followed by a Context
  | synchronization event

Add the missing ISB in __primary_switch, just in case.

Fixes: 3c5e9f238bc4 ("arm64: head.S: move KASLR processing out of __enable_mmu()")
Suggested-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210224093738.3629662-3-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>kasan, arm64: expand CONFIG_KASAN checks</title>
<updated>2020-12-22T20:55:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andrey Konovalov</name>
<email>andreyknvl@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-12-22T20:02:06+00:00</published>
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Some #ifdef CONFIG_KASAN checks are only relevant for software KASAN modes
(either related to shadow memory or compiler instrumentation).  Expand
those into CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC || CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/e6971e432dbd72bb897ff14134ebb7e169bdcf0c.1606161801.git.andreyknvl@google.com
Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov &lt;andreyknvl@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alexander Potapenko &lt;glider@google.com&gt;
Tested-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin &lt;aryabinin@virtuozzo.com&gt;
Cc: Branislav Rankov &lt;Branislav.Rankov@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov &lt;dvyukov@google.com&gt;
Cc: Evgenii Stepanov &lt;eugenis@google.com&gt;
Cc: Kevin Brodsky &lt;kevin.brodsky@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt;
Cc: Vasily Gorbik &lt;gor@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Some #ifdef CONFIG_KASAN checks are only relevant for software KASAN modes
(either related to shadow memory or compiler instrumentation).  Expand
those into CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC || CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/e6971e432dbd72bb897ff14134ebb7e169bdcf0c.1606161801.git.andreyknvl@google.com
Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov &lt;andreyknvl@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alexander Potapenko &lt;glider@google.com&gt;
Tested-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin &lt;aryabinin@virtuozzo.com&gt;
Cc: Branislav Rankov &lt;Branislav.Rankov@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov &lt;dvyukov@google.com&gt;
Cc: Evgenii Stepanov &lt;eugenis@google.com&gt;
Cc: Kevin Brodsky &lt;kevin.brodsky@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt;
Cc: Vasily Gorbik &lt;gor@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm</title>
<updated>2020-12-20T18:44:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-12-20T18:44:05+00:00</published>
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Pull KVM updates from Paolo Bonzini:
 "Much x86 work was pushed out to 5.12, but ARM more than made up for it.

  ARM:
   - PSCI relay at EL2 when "protected KVM" is enabled
   - New exception injection code
   - Simplification of AArch32 system register handling
   - Fix PMU accesses when no PMU is enabled
   - Expose CSV3 on non-Meltdown hosts
   - Cache hierarchy discovery fixes
   - PV steal-time cleanups
   - Allow function pointers at EL2
   - Various host EL2 entry cleanups
   - Simplification of the EL2 vector allocation

  s390:
   - memcg accouting for s390 specific parts of kvm and gmap
   - selftest for diag318
   - new kvm_stat for when async_pf falls back to sync

  x86:
   - Tracepoints for the new pagetable code from 5.10
   - Catch VFIO and KVM irqfd events before userspace
   - Reporting dirty pages to userspace with a ring buffer
   - SEV-ES host support
   - Nested VMX support for wait-for-SIPI activity state
   - New feature flag (AVX512 FP16)
   - New system ioctl to report Hyper-V-compatible paravirtualization features

  Generic:
   - Selftest improvements"

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (171 commits)
  KVM: SVM: fix 32-bit compilation
  KVM: SVM: Add AP_JUMP_TABLE support in prep for AP booting
  KVM: SVM: Provide support to launch and run an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Provide an updated VMRUN invocation for SEV-ES guests
  KVM: SVM: Provide support for SEV-ES vCPU loading
  KVM: SVM: Provide support for SEV-ES vCPU creation/loading
  KVM: SVM: Update ASID allocation to support SEV-ES guests
  KVM: SVM: Set the encryption mask for the SVM host save area
  KVM: SVM: Add NMI support for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Guest FPU state save/restore not needed for SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Do not report support for SMM for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: x86: Update __get_sregs() / __set_sregs() to support SEV-ES
  KVM: SVM: Add support for CR8 write traps for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Add support for CR4 write traps for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Add support for CR0 write traps for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Add support for EFER write traps for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Support string IO operations for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Support MMIO for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Create trace events for VMGEXIT MSR protocol processing
  KVM: SVM: Create trace events for VMGEXIT processing
  ...
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Pull KVM updates from Paolo Bonzini:
 "Much x86 work was pushed out to 5.12, but ARM more than made up for it.

  ARM:
   - PSCI relay at EL2 when "protected KVM" is enabled
   - New exception injection code
   - Simplification of AArch32 system register handling
   - Fix PMU accesses when no PMU is enabled
   - Expose CSV3 on non-Meltdown hosts
   - Cache hierarchy discovery fixes
   - PV steal-time cleanups
   - Allow function pointers at EL2
   - Various host EL2 entry cleanups
   - Simplification of the EL2 vector allocation

  s390:
   - memcg accouting for s390 specific parts of kvm and gmap
   - selftest for diag318
   - new kvm_stat for when async_pf falls back to sync

  x86:
   - Tracepoints for the new pagetable code from 5.10
   - Catch VFIO and KVM irqfd events before userspace
   - Reporting dirty pages to userspace with a ring buffer
   - SEV-ES host support
   - Nested VMX support for wait-for-SIPI activity state
   - New feature flag (AVX512 FP16)
   - New system ioctl to report Hyper-V-compatible paravirtualization features

  Generic:
   - Selftest improvements"

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (171 commits)
  KVM: SVM: fix 32-bit compilation
  KVM: SVM: Add AP_JUMP_TABLE support in prep for AP booting
  KVM: SVM: Provide support to launch and run an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Provide an updated VMRUN invocation for SEV-ES guests
  KVM: SVM: Provide support for SEV-ES vCPU loading
  KVM: SVM: Provide support for SEV-ES vCPU creation/loading
  KVM: SVM: Update ASID allocation to support SEV-ES guests
  KVM: SVM: Set the encryption mask for the SVM host save area
  KVM: SVM: Add NMI support for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Guest FPU state save/restore not needed for SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Do not report support for SMM for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: x86: Update __get_sregs() / __set_sregs() to support SEV-ES
  KVM: SVM: Add support for CR8 write traps for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Add support for CR4 write traps for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Add support for CR0 write traps for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Add support for EFER write traps for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Support string IO operations for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Support MMIO for an SEV-ES guest
  KVM: SVM: Create trace events for VMGEXIT MSR protocol processing
  KVM: SVM: Create trace events for VMGEXIT processing
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-next/uaccess' into for-next/core</title>
<updated>2020-12-09T18:04:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Catalin Marinas</name>
<email>catalin.marinas@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-12-09T18:04:42+00:00</published>
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* for-next/uaccess:
  : uaccess routines clean-up and set_fs() removal
  arm64: mark __system_matches_cap as __maybe_unused
  arm64: uaccess: remove vestigal UAO support
  arm64: uaccess: remove redundant PAN toggling
  arm64: uaccess: remove addr_limit_user_check()
  arm64: uaccess: remove set_fs()
  arm64: uaccess cleanup macro naming
  arm64: uaccess: split user/kernel routines
  arm64: uaccess: refactor __{get,put}_user
  arm64: uaccess: simplify __copy_user_flushcache()
  arm64: uaccess: rename privileged uaccess routines
  arm64: sdei: explicitly simulate PAN/UAO entry
  arm64: sdei: move uaccess logic to arch/arm64/
  arm64: head.S: always initialize PSTATE
  arm64: head.S: cleanup SCTLR_ELx initialization
  arm64: head.S: rename el2_setup -&gt; init_kernel_el
  arm64: add C wrappers for SET_PSTATE_*()
  arm64: ensure ERET from kthread is illegal
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* for-next/uaccess:
  : uaccess routines clean-up and set_fs() removal
  arm64: mark __system_matches_cap as __maybe_unused
  arm64: uaccess: remove vestigal UAO support
  arm64: uaccess: remove redundant PAN toggling
  arm64: uaccess: remove addr_limit_user_check()
  arm64: uaccess: remove set_fs()
  arm64: uaccess cleanup macro naming
  arm64: uaccess: split user/kernel routines
  arm64: uaccess: refactor __{get,put}_user
  arm64: uaccess: simplify __copy_user_flushcache()
  arm64: uaccess: rename privileged uaccess routines
  arm64: sdei: explicitly simulate PAN/UAO entry
  arm64: sdei: move uaccess logic to arch/arm64/
  arm64: head.S: always initialize PSTATE
  arm64: head.S: cleanup SCTLR_ELx initialization
  arm64: head.S: rename el2_setup -&gt; init_kernel_el
  arm64: add C wrappers for SET_PSTATE_*()
  arm64: ensure ERET from kthread is illegal
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: arm64: Fix nVHE boot on VHE systems</title>
<updated>2020-12-08T19:51:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marc Zyngier</name>
<email>maz@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-12-08T19:51:49+00:00</published>
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Conflict resolution gone astray results in the kernel not booting
on VHE-capable HW when VHE support is disabled. Thankfully spotted
by David.

Reported-by: David Brazdil &lt;dbrazdil@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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Conflict resolution gone astray results in the kernel not booting
on VHE-capable HW when VHE support is disabled. Thankfully spotted
by David.

Reported-by: David Brazdil &lt;dbrazdil@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: Extract parts of el2_setup into a macro</title>
<updated>2020-12-04T10:07:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Brazdil</name>
<email>dbrazdil@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-12-02T18:41:04+00:00</published>
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When a CPU is booted in EL2, the kernel checks for VHE support and
initializes the CPU core accordingly. For nVHE it also installs the stub
vectors and drops down to EL1.

Once KVM gains the ability to boot cores without going through the
kernel entry point, it will need to initialize the CPU the same way.
Extract the relevant bits of el2_setup into an init_el2_state macro
with an argument specifying whether to initialize for VHE or nVHE.

The following ifdefs are removed:
 * CONFIG_ARM_GIC_V3 - always selected on arm64
 * CONFIG_COMPAT - hstr_el2 can be set even without 32-bit support

No functional change intended. Size of el2_setup increased by
148 bytes due to duplication.

Signed-off-by: David Brazdil &lt;dbrazdil@google.com&gt;
[maz: reworked to fit the new PSTATE initial setup code]
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201202184122.26046-9-dbrazdil@google.com
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When a CPU is booted in EL2, the kernel checks for VHE support and
initializes the CPU core accordingly. For nVHE it also installs the stub
vectors and drops down to EL1.

Once KVM gains the ability to boot cores without going through the
kernel entry point, it will need to initialize the CPU the same way.
Extract the relevant bits of el2_setup into an init_el2_state macro
with an argument specifying whether to initialize for VHE or nVHE.

The following ifdefs are removed:
 * CONFIG_ARM_GIC_V3 - always selected on arm64
 * CONFIG_COMPAT - hstr_el2 can be set even without 32-bit support

No functional change intended. Size of el2_setup increased by
148 bytes due to duplication.

Signed-off-by: David Brazdil &lt;dbrazdil@google.com&gt;
[maz: reworked to fit the new PSTATE initial setup code]
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201202184122.26046-9-dbrazdil@google.com
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: head.S: always initialize PSTATE</title>
<updated>2020-12-02T19:44:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Rutland</name>
<email>mark.rutland@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-11-13T12:49:25+00:00</published>
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As with SCTLR_ELx and other control registers, some PSTATE bits are
UNKNOWN out-of-reset, and we may not be able to rely on hardware or
firmware to initialize them to our liking prior to entry to the kernel,
e.g. in the primary/secondary boot paths and return from idle/suspend.

It would be more robust (and easier to reason about) if we consistently
initialized PSTATE to a default value, as we do with control registers.
This will ensure that the kernel is not adversely affected by bits it is
not aware of, e.g. when support for a feature such as PAN/UAO is
disabled.

This patch ensures that PSTATE is consistently initialized at boot time
via an ERET. This is not intended to relax the existing requirements
(e.g. DAIF bits must still be set prior to entering the kernel). For
features detected dynamically (which may require system-wide support),
it is still necessary to subsequently modify PSTATE.

As ERET is not always a Context Synchronization Event, an ISB is placed
before each exception return to ensure updates to control registers have
taken effect. This handles the kernel being entered with SCTLR_ELx.EOS
clear (or any future control bits being in an UNKNOWN state).

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Cc: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201113124937.20574-6-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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As with SCTLR_ELx and other control registers, some PSTATE bits are
UNKNOWN out-of-reset, and we may not be able to rely on hardware or
firmware to initialize them to our liking prior to entry to the kernel,
e.g. in the primary/secondary boot paths and return from idle/suspend.

It would be more robust (and easier to reason about) if we consistently
initialized PSTATE to a default value, as we do with control registers.
This will ensure that the kernel is not adversely affected by bits it is
not aware of, e.g. when support for a feature such as PAN/UAO is
disabled.

This patch ensures that PSTATE is consistently initialized at boot time
via an ERET. This is not intended to relax the existing requirements
(e.g. DAIF bits must still be set prior to entering the kernel). For
features detected dynamically (which may require system-wide support),
it is still necessary to subsequently modify PSTATE.

As ERET is not always a Context Synchronization Event, an ISB is placed
before each exception return to ensure updates to control registers have
taken effect. This handles the kernel being entered with SCTLR_ELx.EOS
clear (or any future control bits being in an UNKNOWN state).

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Cc: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201113124937.20574-6-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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<title>arm64: head.S: cleanup SCTLR_ELx initialization</title>
<updated>2020-12-02T19:44:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Rutland</name>
<email>mark.rutland@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-11-13T12:49:24+00:00</published>
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Let's make SCTLR_ELx initialization a bit clearer by using meaningful
names for the initialization values, following the same scheme for
SCTLR_EL1 and SCTLR_EL2.

These definitions will be used more widely in subsequent patches.

There should be no functional change as a result of this patch.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Cc: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201113124937.20574-5-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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Let's make SCTLR_ELx initialization a bit clearer by using meaningful
names for the initialization values, following the same scheme for
SCTLR_EL1 and SCTLR_EL2.

These definitions will be used more widely in subsequent patches.

There should be no functional change as a result of this patch.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Cc: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201113124937.20574-5-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: head.S: rename el2_setup -&gt; init_kernel_el</title>
<updated>2020-12-02T19:44:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Rutland</name>
<email>mark.rutland@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-11-13T12:49:23+00:00</published>
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For a while now el2_setup has performed some basic initialization of EL1
even when the kernel is booted at EL1, so the name is a little
misleading. Further, some comments are stale as with VHE it doesn't drop
the CPU to EL1.

To clarify things, rename el2_setup to init_kernel_el, and update
comments to be clearer as to the function's purpose.

There should be no functional change as a result of this patch.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Cc: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201113124937.20574-4-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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For a while now el2_setup has performed some basic initialization of EL1
even when the kernel is booted at EL1, so the name is a little
misleading. Further, some comments are stale as with VHE it doesn't drop
the CPU to EL1.

To clarify things, rename el2_setup to init_kernel_el, and update
comments to be clearer as to the function's purpose.

There should be no functional change as a result of this patch.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Cc: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201113124937.20574-4-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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