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[1/2] arm64/head: Drop unnecessary pre-disable-MMU workaround

Message ID 20240415075412.2347624-5-ardb+git@google.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series arm64 head.S fixes | expand

Commit Message

Ard Biesheuvel April 15, 2024, 7:54 a.m. UTC 
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

The Falkor erratum that results in the need for an ISB before clearing
the M bit in SCTLR_ELx only applies to execution at exception level x,
and so the workaround is not needed when disabling the EL1 MMU while
running at EL2.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Marc Zyngier April 15, 2024, 8:20 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:54:14 +0100,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@google.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
> 
> The Falkor erratum that results in the need for an ISB before clearing
> the M bit in SCTLR_ELx only applies to execution at exception level x,
> and so the workaround is not needed when disabling the EL1 MMU while
> running at EL2.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> index 06234c3a15f3..b8bbd72cb194 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> @@ -323,13 +323,11 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(init_el2, SYM_L_LOCAL)
>  	cbz	x0, 2f
>  
>  	/* 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	3f
>  
>  2:
> -	pre_disable_mmu_workaround
>  	msr	sctlr_el1, x1
>  	mov	x2, xzr
>  3:

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

	M.
Mark Rutland April 15, 2024, 8:29 a.m. UTC | #2 
On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 09:54:14AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
> 
> The Falkor erratum that results in the need for an ISB before clearing
> the M bit in SCTLR_ELx only applies to execution at exception level x,
> and so the workaround is not needed when disabling the EL1 MMU while
> running at EL2.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>

Mark.

> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> index 06234c3a15f3..b8bbd72cb194 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> @@ -323,13 +323,11 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(init_el2, SYM_L_LOCAL)
>  	cbz	x0, 2f
>  
>  	/* 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	3f
>  
>  2:
> -	pre_disable_mmu_workaround
>  	msr	sctlr_el1, x1
>  	mov	x2, xzr
>  3:
> -- 
> 2.44.0.683.g7961c838ac-goog
>
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Patch

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 06234c3a15f3..b8bbd72cb194 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -323,13 +323,11 @@  SYM_INNER_LABEL(init_el2, SYM_L_LOCAL)
 	cbz	x0, 2f
 
 	/* 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	3f
 
 2:
-	pre_disable_mmu_workaround
 	msr	sctlr_el1, x1
 	mov	x2, xzr
 3: