[PATCH v2] arm64: Add the arm64.no32bit_el0 command line option

From: Andrea della Porta
Date: Wed Feb 07 2024 - 05:59:04 EST


Introducing the field 'el0' to the idreg-override for register
ID_AA64PFR0_EL1. This field is also aliased to the new kernel
command line option 'arm64.no32bit_el0' as a more recognizable
and mnemonic name to disable the execution of 32 bit userspace
applications (i.e. avoid Aarch32 execution state in EL0) from
kernel command line.

Changes in V2:
- fixed the order of appearance of arm64.no32bit_el0 entry in
kernel-parameters.txt documentation.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ZVTleETzfFUchs77@apocalypse
Signed-off-by: Andrea della Porta <andrea.porta@xxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +++
arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 65731b060e3f..fa7cdf2f4f3a 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -415,6 +415,9 @@
arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>

+ arm64.no32bit_el0 [ARM64] Unconditionally disable the execution of
+ 32 bit applications
+
arm64.nobti [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
Identification support

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
index e30fd9e32ef3..642cda19e42d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static const struct ftr_set_desc pfr0 __prel64_initconst = {
.override = &id_aa64pfr0_override,
.fields = {
FIELD("sve", ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_SVE_SHIFT, pfr0_sve_filter),
+ FIELD("el0", ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_EL0_SHIFT, NULL),
{}
},
};
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ static const struct {
{ "arm64.nomops", "id_aa64isar2.mops=0" },
{ "arm64.nomte", "id_aa64pfr1.mte=0" },
{ "nokaslr", "arm64_sw.nokaslr=1" },
+ { "arm64.no32bit_el0", "id_aa64pfr0.el0=1" },
};

static int __init parse_hexdigit(const char *p, u64 *v)
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2.41.0