When the kernel runs at EL1, and yet is booted at EL2,
HCRX_EL2.SCTLR2En must be set to avoid trapping SCTLR2_EL1 accesses
from EL1 to EL2.

Ensure this bit is set at the point of initialising EL2.

Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
index 46033027510c..d755b4d46d77 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
@@ -57,9 +57,15 @@
         /* Enable GCS if supported */
 	mrs_s	x1, SYS_ID_AA64PFR1_EL1
 	ubfx	x1, x1, #ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_GCS_SHIFT, #4
-	cbz	x1, .Lset_hcrx_\@
+	cbz	x1, .Lskip_hcrx_GCSEn_\@
 	orr	x0, x0, #HCRX_EL2_GCSEn
 
+.Lskip_hcrx_GCSEn_\@:
+	mrs_s	x1, SYS_ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1
+	ubfx	x1, x1, #ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1_SCTLRX_SHIFT, #4
+	cbz	x1, .Lset_hcrx_\@
+	orr	x0, x0, HCRX_EL2_SCTLR2En
+
 .Lset_hcrx_\@:
 	msr_s	SYS_HCRX_EL2, x0
 .Lskip_hcrx_\@:
-- 
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Hi,

On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 01:01:14PM +0100, Yeoreum Yun wrote:
> When the kernel runs at EL1, and yet is booted at EL2,
> HCRX_EL2.SCTLR2En must be set to avoid trapping SCTLR2_EL1 accesses
> from EL1 to EL2.
> 
> Ensure this bit is set at the point of initialising EL2.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
> index 46033027510c..d755b4d46d77 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
> @@ -57,9 +57,15 @@
>          /* Enable GCS if supported */
>  	mrs_s	x1, SYS_ID_AA64PFR1_EL1
>  	ubfx	x1, x1, #ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_GCS_SHIFT, #4
> -	cbz	x1, .Lset_hcrx_\@
> +	cbz	x1, .Lskip_hcrx_GCSEn_\@
>  	orr	x0, x0, #HCRX_EL2_GCSEn
>  
> +.Lskip_hcrx_GCSEn_\@:
> +	mrs_s	x1, SYS_ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1
> +	ubfx	x1, x1, #ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1_SCTLRX_SHIFT, #4
> +	cbz	x1, .Lset_hcrx_\@
> +	orr	x0, x0, HCRX_EL2_SCTLR2En

Nit: prefix immediate operands with # please -- see usage elsewhere in
this file.

(This comes from the legacy AArch32 syntax and has never been required
by AArch64 assemblers, but it has become a tradition in the Linux arch
code...)

The only execptions to this rule are macros (mov_q, mrs_s etc. --
frequently they have an underscore in the name; "real" instructions
never do.)

> +
>  .Lset_hcrx_\@:

Maybe rename this label to .Lskip_hcrx_SCTLR2En_\@, so that people
don't have to keep renaming an existing label whenever they add
another block here.

>  	msr_s	SYS_HCRX_EL2, x0
>  .Lskip_hcrx_\@:

[...]

Cheers
---Dave

Hi Dave,

> > When the kernel runs at EL1, and yet is booted at EL2,
> > HCRX_EL2.SCTLR2En must be set to avoid trapping SCTLR2_EL1 accesses
> > from EL1 to EL2.
> >
> > Ensure this bit is set at the point of initialising EL2.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h | 8 +++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
> > index 46033027510c..d755b4d46d77 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h
> > @@ -57,9 +57,15 @@
> >          /* Enable GCS if supported */
> >  	mrs_s	x1, SYS_ID_AA64PFR1_EL1
> >  	ubfx	x1, x1, #ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_GCS_SHIFT, #4
> > -	cbz	x1, .Lset_hcrx_\@
> > +	cbz	x1, .Lskip_hcrx_GCSEn_\@
> >  	orr	x0, x0, #HCRX_EL2_GCSEn
> >
> > +.Lskip_hcrx_GCSEn_\@:
> > +	mrs_s	x1, SYS_ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1
> > +	ubfx	x1, x1, #ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1_SCTLRX_SHIFT, #4
> > +	cbz	x1, .Lset_hcrx_\@
> > +	orr	x0, x0, HCRX_EL2_SCTLR2En
>
> Nit: prefix immediate operands with # please -- see usage elsewhere in
> this file.
>
> (This comes from the legacy AArch32 syntax and has never been required
> by AArch64 assemblers, but it has become a tradition in the Linux arch
> code...)
>
> The only execptions to this rule are macros (mov_q, mrs_s etc. --
> frequently they have an underscore in the name; "real" instructions
> never do.)

Grr.. My fat finger.. Sorry to bother you.
I'll fix it and thanks for the great comment :)

>
> > +
> >  .Lset_hcrx_\@:
>
> Maybe rename this label to .Lskip_hcrx_SCTLR2En_\@, so that people
> don't have to keep renaming an existing label whenever they add
> another block here.

Okay. I'll change it.

Thanks!

--
Sincerely,
Yeoreum Yun