Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] arm64: cpufeature: Detect BBML3 based on ID_AA64MMFR2_EL1.BBM

[Will Deacon]

On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 09:22:02AM +0530, Linu Cherian wrote:
> Hi Will,
> 
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 04:13:20PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 10:10:33AM +0530, Linu Cherian wrote:
> > > Add ID_AA64MMFR2_EL1.BBM based BBML3 feature detection in
> > > cpu_supports_bbml3() so that cpus with the feature would
> > > not have to be added into MIDR based supports_bbml3_list.
> > > 
> > > Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
> > > 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 896bafdb00b1..dbd7d187520c 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;
> > 
> > This is a bit of a nit, but I think it would be more consistent to use
> > has_cpuid_feature() here instead of __read_sysreg_by_encoding(), similarly
> > to how we handle kpti in unmap_kernel_at_el0() (which also has both an
> > ID register field and a list of MIDRs).
> 
> force_pte_mapping required by map_mem(during early boot) needs
> cpu_supports_bbml3 check and cpu features/capabilities are not 
> initialized by that time. Should i add a comment there to clarify this ?

It looks to me like has_cpuid_feature() will call
__read_sysreg_by_encoding() under the hood for SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU.

What am I missing?

Will