[PATCH 6.6 v2 2/6] arm64: Treat HCR_EL2.E2H as RES1 when ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 is negative
From: Colton Lewis
Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 18:53:11 EST
From: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 3944382fa6f22b54fd399632b1af92c28123979b ]
For CPUs that have ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 as negative, it is important
to avoid the boot path that sets HCR_EL2.E2H=0. Fortunately, we
already have this path to cope with fruity CPUs.
Tweak init_el2 to look at ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1.E2H0 first.
Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240122181344.258974-8-maz@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 6517bf2644a08..e32c8dd0b17a7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -589,25 +589,32 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(init_el2, SYM_L_LOCAL)
mov_q x1, INIT_SCTLR_EL1_MMU_OFF
/*
- * Fruity CPUs seem to have HCR_EL2.E2H set to RES1,
- * making it impossible to start in nVHE mode. Is that
- * compliant with the architecture? Absolutely not!
+ * 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, 1f
-
+ cbz x0, 2f
+1:
/* Set a sane SCTLR_EL1, the VHE way */
pre_disable_mmu_workaround
msr_s SYS_SCTLR_EL12, x1
mov x2, #BOOT_CPU_FLAG_E2H
- b 2f
+ b 3f
-1:
+2:
pre_disable_mmu_workaround
msr sctlr_el1, x1
mov x2, xzr
-2:
+3:
__init_el2_nvhe_prepare_eret
mov w0, #BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL2
--
2.55.0.795.g602f6c329a-goog