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..f20188c44d83 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 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. + 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 534f80edb594..29017cbb6c8e 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c @@ -1273,6 +1273,13 @@ 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) { -- 2.29.2.454.gaff20da3a2-goog