[PATCH V2] arm64: Disable EL2 traps for BRBE instructions executed in EL1

From: Anshuman Khandual
Date: Mon May 15 2023 - 06:53:47 EST


This disables EL2 traps for BRBE instructions executed in EL1. This would
enable BRBE to be configured and used successfully in the guest kernel.
While here, this updates Documentation/arm64/booting.rst as well.

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
---
This patch applies on v6.4-rc2

Changes in V2:

- Updated Documentation/arm64/booting.rst

Changes in V1:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230324055127.2228330-1-anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx/

Documentation/arm64/booting.rst | 8 ++++++++
arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst b/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst
index ffeccdd6bdac..cb9e151f6928 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst
@@ -379,6 +379,14 @@ Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met:

- SMCR_EL2.EZT0 (bit 30) must be initialised to 0b1.

+ For CPUs with the Branch Record Buffer Extension (FEAT_BRBE):
+
+ - If the kernel is entered at EL1 and EL2 is present:
+
+ - HFGITR_EL2.nBRBINJ (bit 55) must be initialised to 0b1.
+
+ - HFGITR_EL2.nBRBIALL (bit 56) must be initialised to 0b1.
+
The requirements described above for CPU mode, caches, MMUs, architected
timers, coherency and system registers apply to all CPUs. All CPUs must
enter the kernel in the same exception level. Where the values documented
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
index 037724b19c5c..06bf321a17be 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
@@ -161,6 +161,16 @@
msr_s SYS_HFGWTR_EL2, x0
msr_s SYS_HFGITR_EL2, xzr

+ mrs x1, id_aa64dfr0_el1
+ ubfx x1, x1, #ID_AA64DFR0_EL1_BRBE_SHIFT, #4
+ cbz x1, .Lskip_brbe_\@
+
+ mov x0, xzr
+ orr x0, x0, #HFGITR_EL2_nBRBIALL
+ orr x0, x0, #HFGITR_EL2_nBRBINJ
+ msr_s SYS_HFGITR_EL2, x0
+
+.Lskip_brbe_\@:
mrs x1, id_aa64pfr0_el1 // AMU traps UNDEF without AMU
ubfx x1, x1, #ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_AMU_SHIFT, #4
cbz x1, .Lskip_fgt_\@
--
2.25.1