[PATCH] riscv: cpufeature: Validate H extension via CSR_HGATP probe

From: Chen Pei

Date: Wed Jun 03 2026 - 05:33:35 EST


The H extension is advertised to S-mode through three channels --
the DT "riscv,isa" string, the DT "riscv,isa-extensions" list, and
the ACPI RHCT ISA string -- all of which converge in
riscv_resolve_isa(). The H entry has no validate callback today,
so the kernel trusts the description unconditionally.

When firmware advertises H but the hardware does not actually
implement it (common during early bring-up, e.g. QEMU), kvm.ko
reaches kvm_riscv_gstage_mode_detect() and oopses on the first
CSR_HGATP access with an illegal instruction.

Add a validate callback for H that probes CSR_HGATP under an
exception-table fixup. If the read traps, the H bit is cleared
during ISA resolution and the rest of the kernel sees H as
unavailable. Because the probe runs in riscv_resolve_isa(), it
covers all three advertisement sources.

Signed-off-by: Chen Pei <cp0613@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
index f46aa5602d74..b34dd789e94e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
#include <linux/of.h>
#include <asm/acpi.h>
#include <asm/alternative.h>
+#include <asm/asm-extable.h>
#include <asm/bugs.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
+#include <asm/csr.h>
#include <asm/hwcap.h>
#include <asm/text-patching.h>
#include <asm/hwprobe.h>
@@ -163,6 +165,32 @@ static int riscv_ext_d_validate(const struct riscv_isa_ext_data *data,
return 0;
}

+static int riscv_ext_h_validate(const struct riscv_isa_ext_data *data,
+ const unsigned long *isa_bitmap)
+{
+ unsigned long val, ret = 1;
+
+ /*
+ * The H extension may be advertised by firmware (DT/ACPI) even
+ * when the underlying hardware does not implement it, or when
+ * M-mode firmware has not delegated hypervisor CSR access to
+ * S-mode. Probe CSR_HGATP under an exception-table fixup: if
+ * the read traps with an illegal instruction, ret stays 1.
+ */
+ asm volatile(
+ "1: csrr %0, " __stringify(CSR_HGATP) "\n"
+ " li %1, 0\n"
+ "2:\n"
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 2b)
+ : "=r" (val), "+r" (ret));
+
+ if (ret) {
+ pr_err("H detected in ISA string, disabling as CSR_HGATP is not accessible\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int riscv_ext_vector_x_validate(const struct riscv_isa_ext_data *data,
const unsigned long *isa_bitmap)
{
@@ -498,7 +526,7 @@ const struct riscv_isa_ext_data riscv_isa_ext[] = {
__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(q, RISCV_ISA_EXT_q),
__RISCV_ISA_EXT_SUPERSET(c, RISCV_ISA_EXT_c, riscv_c_exts),
__RISCV_ISA_EXT_SUPERSET_VALIDATE(v, RISCV_ISA_EXT_v, riscv_v_exts, riscv_ext_vector_float_validate),
- __RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(h, RISCV_ISA_EXT_h),
+ __RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA_VALIDATE(h, RISCV_ISA_EXT_h, riscv_ext_h_validate),
__RISCV_ISA_EXT_SUPERSET_VALIDATE(zicbom, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZICBOM, riscv_xlinuxenvcfg_exts, riscv_ext_zicbom_validate),
__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA_VALIDATE(zicbop, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZICBOP, riscv_ext_zicbop_validate),
__RISCV_ISA_EXT_SUPERSET_VALIDATE(zicboz, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZICBOZ, riscv_xlinuxenvcfg_exts, riscv_ext_zicboz_validate),
--
2.50.1