linux-kernel - [PATCH v12 7/7] arm64: armv8_deprecated: disable swp emulation when FEAT

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Message-Id: <20260121190622.2218669-8-yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:06:22 +0000
From: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@....com>
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Subject: [PATCH v12 7/7] arm64: armv8_deprecated: disable swp emulation when FEAT_LSUI present

The purpose of supporting LSUI is to eliminate PAN toggling.
CPUs that support LSUI are unlikely to support a 32-bit runtime.
Since environments that support both LSUI and
a 32-bit runtimeare expected to be extremely rare,
not to emulate the SWP instruction using LSUI instructions
in order to remove PAN toggling, and instead simply disable SWP emulation.

Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@....com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c
index e737c6295ec7..049754f7da36 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c
@@ -610,6 +610,22 @@ static int __init armv8_deprecated_init(void)
 	}
 
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SWP_EMULATION
+	/*
+	 * The purpose of supporting LSUI is to eliminate PAN toggling.
+	 * CPUs that support LSUI are unlikely to support a 32-bit runtime.
+	 * Since environments that support both LSUI and a 32-bit runtime
+	 * are expected to be extremely rare, we choose not to emulate
+	 * the SWP instruction using LSUI instructions in order to remove PAN toggling,
+	 * and instead simply disable SWP emulation.
+	 */
+	if (cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_LSUI)) {
+		insn_swp.status = INSN_UNAVAILABLE;
+		pr_info("swp/swpb instruction emulation is not supported on this system\n");
+	}
+#endif
+
 	for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(insn_emulations); i++) {
 		struct insn_emulation *ie = insn_emulations[i];
 
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