From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> commit 2a355ec25729053bb9a1a89b6c1d1cdd6c3b3fb1 upstream. While the CSV3 field of the ID_AA64_PFR0 CPU ID register can be checked to see if a CPU is susceptible to Meltdown and therefore requires kpti to be enabled, existing CPUs do not implement this field. We therefore whitelist all unaffected Cortex-A CPUs that do not implement the CSV3 field. Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> [florian: adjust whilelist location and table to stable-4.9.y] Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c @@ -789,6 +789,11 @@ static bool unmap_kernel_at_el0(const st switch (read_cpuid_id() & MIDR_CPU_MODEL_MASK) { case MIDR_CAVIUM_THUNDERX2: case MIDR_BRCM_VULCAN: + case MIDR_CORTEX_A53: + case MIDR_CORTEX_A55: + case MIDR_CORTEX_A57: + case MIDR_CORTEX_A72: + case MIDR_CORTEX_A73: return false; }