linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 19/21] arm64: Hook up cmdline parameter to allow mismatched 32-bit EL0

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Date:   Tue, 18 May 2021 10:47:23 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>, kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: [PATCH v6 19/21] arm64: Hook up cmdline parameter to allow mismatched 32-bit EL0

Allow systems with mismatched 32-bit support at EL0 to run 32-bit
applications based on a new kernel parameter.

Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c                  | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index cb89dbdedc46..a2e453919bb6 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -287,6 +287,14 @@
 			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
 			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
 
+	allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64]
+			Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
+			PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
+			subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
+			parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
+			EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
+			and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
+
 	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
 			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
 			Possible values are:
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 72efdc611b14..f2c97baa050f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -1298,6 +1298,13 @@ const struct cpumask *system_32bit_el0_cpumask(void)
 	return cpu_possible_mask;
 }
 
+static int __init parse_32bit_el0_param(char *str)
+{
+	allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("allow_mismatched_32bit_el0", parse_32bit_el0_param);
+
 static ssize_t aarch32_el0_show(struct device *dev,
 				struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-- 
2.31.1.751.gd2f1c929bd-goog