linux-kernel - [PATCH v12 1/7] arm64: Kconfig: add support for LSUI

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Message-Id: <20260121190622.2218669-2-yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:06:16 +0000
From: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@....com>
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Subject: [PATCH v12 1/7] arm64: Kconfig: add support for LSUI

Since Armv9.6, FEAT_LSUI supplies the load/store instructions for
previleged level to access to access user memory without clearing
PSTATE.PAN bit.

Add Kconfig option entry for FEAT_LSUI.

Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@....com>
---
 arch/arm64/Kconfig | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 93173f0a09c7..af70778e966c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -2227,6 +2227,26 @@ config ARM64_GCS
 
 endmenu # "ARMv9.4 architectural features"
 
+config AS_HAS_LSUI
+	def_bool $(as-instr,.arch_extension lsui)
+	help
+	  Supported by LLVM 20+ and binutils 2.45+.
+
+menu "ARMv9.6 architectural features"
+
+config ARM64_LSUI
+	bool "Support Unprivileged Load Store Instructions (LSUI)"
+	default y
+	depends on AS_HAS_LSUI && !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+	help
+	  The Unprivileged Load Store Instructions (LSUI) provides
+	  variants load/store instructions that access user-space memory
+	  from the kernel without clearing PSTATE.PAN bit.
+
+	  This feature is supported by LLVM 20+ and binutils 2.45+.
+
+endmenu # "ARMv9.6 architectural feature"
+
 config ARM64_SVE
 	bool "ARM Scalable Vector Extension support"
 	default y
-- 
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