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@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 526d65d8573a..1d9021db4d9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -289,6 +289,13 @@
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 not all 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.
+
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 9f29d4d1ef7e..ccc08da443ec 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -1237,6 +1237,13 @@ bool system_has_mismatched_32bit_el0(void)
return fld == ID_AA64PFR0_EL0_64BIT_ONLY;
}
+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 kobject *kobj,
struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
--
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