[xen master] xen/arm: set CPSR Z bit when creating aarch32 guests

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commit 0e03ff97def12b121b5313094a76e5db7bb5c93c
Author:     Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu Mar 24 18:00:52 2022 -0700
Commit:     Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri Mar 25 09:50:02 2022 +0000

    xen/arm: set CPSR Z bit when creating aarch32 guests
    
    The first 32 bytes of zImage are NOPs. When CONFIG_EFI is enabled in the
    kernel, certain versions of Linux will use an UNPREDICTABLE NOP
    encoding, sometimes resulting in an unbootable kernel. Whether the
    resulting kernel is bootable or not depends on the processor. See commit
    a92882a4d270 in the Linux kernel for all the details.
    
    All kernel releases starting from Linux 4.9 without commit a92882a4d270
    are affected.
    
    Fortunately there is a simple workaround: setting the "Z" bit in CPSR
    make it so those invalid NOP instructions are never executed. That is
    because the instruction is conditional (not equal). So, on QEMU at
    least, the instruction will end up to be ignored and not generate an
    exception. Setting the "Z" bit makes those kernel versions bootable
    again and it is harmless in the other cases.
    
    Note that both U-Boot and QEMU -kernel set the "Z" bit in CPSR when
    booting a zImage kernel on aarch32.
    
    Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Wei Chen <Wei.Chen@xxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@xxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/include/public/arch-arm.h | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/xen/include/public/arch-arm.h b/xen/include/public/arch-arm.h
index 94b31511dd..ab05fe12b0 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/arch-arm.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/arch-arm.h
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ typedef uint64_t xen_callback_t;
 #define PSR_DBG_MASK    (1<<9)        /* arm64: Debug Exception mask */
 #define PSR_IT_MASK     (0x0600fc00)  /* Thumb If-Then Mask */
 #define PSR_JAZELLE     (1<<24)       /* Jazelle Mode */
+#define PSR_Z           (1<<30)       /* Zero condition flag */
 
 /* 32 bit modes */
 #define PSR_MODE_USR 0x10
@@ -383,7 +384,15 @@ typedef uint64_t xen_callback_t;
 #define PSR_MODE_EL1t 0x04
 #define PSR_MODE_EL0t 0x00
 
-#define PSR_GUEST32_INIT  (PSR_ABT_MASK|PSR_FIQ_MASK|PSR_IRQ_MASK|PSR_MODE_SVC)
+/*
+ * We set PSR_Z to be able to boot Linux kernel versions with an invalid
+ * encoding of the first 8 NOP instructions. See commit a92882a4d270 in
+ * Linux.
+ *
+ * Note that PSR_Z is also set by U-Boot and QEMU -kernel when loading
+ * zImage kernels on aarch32.
+ */
+#define PSR_GUEST32_INIT 
(PSR_Z|PSR_ABT_MASK|PSR_FIQ_MASK|PSR_IRQ_MASK|PSR_MODE_SVC)
 #define PSR_GUEST64_INIT (PSR_ABT_MASK|PSR_FIQ_MASK|PSR_IRQ_MASK|PSR_MODE_EL1h)
 
 #define SCTLR_GUEST_INIT    xen_mk_ullong(0x00c50078)
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