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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c index cd9f46952db3..0ff8ab79352c 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c @@ -855,12 +855,23 @@ static int __kpti_forced; /* 0: not forced, >0: forced on, <0: forced off */ static bool unmap_kernel_at_el0(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry, int __unused) { + char const *str = "command line option"; u64 pfr0 = read_sanitised_ftr_reg(SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1); - /* Forced on command line? */ + /* + * For reasons that aren't entirely clear, enabling KPTI on Cavium + * ThunderX leads to apparent I-cache corruption of kernel text, which + * ends as well as you might imagine. Don't even try. + */ + if (cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_WORKAROUND_CAVIUM_27456)) { + str = "ARM64_WORKAROUND_CAVIUM_27456"; + __kpti_forced = -1; + } + + /* Forced? */ if (__kpti_forced) { - pr_info_once("kernel page table isolation forced %s by command line option\n", - __kpti_forced > 0 ? "ON" : "OFF"); + pr_info_once("kernel page table isolation forced %s by %s\n", + __kpti_forced > 0 ? "ON" : "OFF", str); return __kpti_forced > 0; } |