[PATCH v4 1/2] arm64: Apply overrides to CPU local capabilities
From: Fuad Tabba
Date: Tue Aug 25 2026 - 12:42:41 EST
From: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
If an override has been applied, make sure we apply that for the
secondary CPUs too, to limit the features.
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/afc5bd00-28ca-413b-b047-ee53589c285d@xxxxxxx/
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[Fuad: whitespace and comment fixes]
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 9a22df0c5120f..88b15b5ef2f7f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -1232,10 +1232,43 @@ void __init init_cpu_features(struct cpuinfo_arm64 *info)
init_cpu_ftr_reg(SYS_GMID_EL1, info->reg_gmid);
}
+/*
+ * Sanitise the register fields to clamp the values to the overrides that
+ * have been applied.
+ */
+static u64 override_cpu_ftr_reg(struct arm64_ftr_reg *reg, u64 val)
+{
+ const struct arm64_ftr_bits *ftrp;
+
+ if (!reg || !reg->override->mask)
+ return val;
+
+ for (ftrp = reg->ftr_bits; ftrp->width; ftrp++) {
+ u64 ftr_mask = arm64_ftr_mask(ftrp);
+ s64 ftr_val, ftr_ovr, ftr_safe;
+
+ /* Skip the fields not overridden */
+ if ((ftr_mask & reg->override->mask) != ftr_mask)
+ continue;
+
+ ftr_val = arm64_ftr_value(ftrp, val);
+ ftr_ovr = arm64_ftr_value(ftrp, reg->override->val);
+ ftr_safe = arm64_ftr_safe_value(ftrp, ftr_ovr, ftr_val);
+
+ if (ftr_safe != ftr_val)
+ val = arm64_ftr_set_value(ftrp, val, ftr_safe);
+ }
+
+ return val;
+}
+
static void update_cpu_ftr_reg(struct arm64_ftr_reg *reg, u64 new)
{
const struct arm64_ftr_bits *ftrp;
+ /* Apply the overrides */
+ new = override_cpu_ftr_reg(reg, new);
+
for (ftrp = reg->ftr_bits; ftrp->width; ftrp++) {
s64 ftr_cur = arm64_ftr_value(ftrp, reg->sys_val);
s64 ftr_new = arm64_ftr_value(ftrp, new);
@@ -1539,7 +1572,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(read_sanitised_ftr_reg);
*/
u64 __read_sysreg_by_encoding(u32 sys_id)
{
- struct arm64_ftr_reg *regp;
u64 val;
switch (sys_id) {
@@ -1592,13 +1624,7 @@ u64 __read_sysreg_by_encoding(u32 sys_id)
return 0;
}
- regp = get_arm64_ftr_reg(sys_id);
- if (regp) {
- val &= ~regp->override->mask;
- val |= (regp->override->val & regp->override->mask);
- }
-
- return val;
+ return override_cpu_ftr_reg(get_arm64_ftr_reg(sys_id), val);
}
#include <linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h>
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