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[10/10] arm64: mops: allow disabling MOPS from the kernel command line

Message ID 20230216160012.272345-11-kristina.martsenko@arm.com
State New
Headers
Series arm64: support Armv8.8 memcpy instructions in userspace |

Commit Message

Kristina Martsenko Feb. 16, 2023, 4 p.m. UTC 
  Make it possible to disable the MOPS extension at runtime using the
kernel command line. This can be useful for testing or working around
hardware issues.

Signed-off-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@arm.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +++
 arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c              | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

Comments

Catalin Marinas March 17, 2023, 4:04 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 04:00:12PM +0000, Kristina Martsenko wrote:
> Make it possible to disable the MOPS extension at runtime using the
> kernel command line. This can be useful for testing or working around
> hardware issues.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@arm.com>

Yeah, I think that's useful if we want to test new cortext strings
routines for example.

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6cfa6e3996cf..ee86fe17352d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ 
 	arm64.nosme	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
 			Extension support
 
+	arm64.nomops	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Copy and Memory
+			Set instructions support
+
 	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
 
 	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
index d833d78a7f31..d13ae90042cb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@  static const struct ftr_set_desc isar2 __initconst = {
 	.fields		= {
 		FIELD("gpa3", ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1_GPA3_SHIFT, NULL),
 		FIELD("apa3", ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1_APA3_SHIFT, NULL),
+		FIELD("mops", ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1_MOPS_SHIFT, NULL),
 		{}
 	},
 };
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@  static const struct {
 	  "id_aa64isar1.gpi=0 id_aa64isar1.gpa=0 "
 	  "id_aa64isar1.api=0 id_aa64isar1.apa=0 "
 	  "id_aa64isar2.gpa3=0 id_aa64isar2.apa3=0"	   },
+	{ "arm64.nomops",		"id_aa64isar2.mops=0" },
 	{ "arm64.nomte",		"id_aa64pfr1.mte=0" },
 	{ "nokaslr",			"kaslr.disabled=1" },
 };