[PATCH v2 6/6] arm64: cpufeature: Detect BBML3 based on MMFR2 ID
From: Linu Cherian
Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 10:58:03 EST
Add MMFR2 ID based BBML3 feature detection, so
that compliant cpus doesn't need to be added to the
midr list.
Signed-off-by: Linu Cherian <linu.cherian@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 17 +++++++++--------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index e9ecaa036479..3f4a36f152d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -2133,6 +2133,12 @@ static bool hvhe_possible(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
bool cpu_supports_bbml3(void)
{
+ u64 mmfr2;
+
+ mmfr2 = __read_sysreg_by_encoding(SYS_ID_AA64MMFR2_EL1);
+ if (SYS_FIELD_GET(ID_AA64MMFR2_EL1, BBM, mmfr2) >= ID_AA64MMFR2_EL1_BBM_3)
+ return true;
+
/* CPUs that support BBML3 but dont advertise through MMFR2 ID */
static const struct midr_range supports_bbml3_list[] = {
MIDR_REV_RANGE(MIDR_CORTEX_X4, 0, 3, 0xf),
@@ -2153,15 +2159,10 @@ bool cpu_supports_bbml3(void)
{}
};
- if (!is_midr_in_range_list(supports_bbml3_list))
- return false;
-
- /*
- * We currently ignore the ID_AA64MMFR2_EL1 register, and only care
- * about whether the MIDR check passes.
- */
+ if (is_midr_in_range_list(supports_bbml3_list))
+ return true;
- return true;
+ return false;
}
static bool has_bbml3(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps, int scope)
--
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