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diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 41cbb4a53066..72ad724c67ae 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ config ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U64
config ARCH_HAS_BANDGAP
bool
+config FIX_EARLYCON_MEM
+ def_bool y if MMU
+
config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
bool
default y
@@ -1496,6 +1499,7 @@ config HOTPLUG_CPU
config ARM_PSCI
bool "Support for the ARM Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI)"
depends on CPU_V7
+ select ARM_PSCI_FW
help
Say Y here if you want Linux to communicate with system firmware
implementing the PSCI specification for CPU-centric power
@@ -1700,13 +1704,24 @@ config HIGHPTE
consumed by page tables. Setting this option will allow
user-space 2nd level page tables to reside in high memory.
-config HW_PERF_EVENTS
- bool "Enable hardware performance counter support for perf events"
- depends on PERF_EVENTS
+config CPU_SW_DOMAIN_PAN
+ bool "Enable use of CPU domains to implement privileged no-access"
+ depends on MMU && !ARM_LPAE
default y
help
- Enable hardware performance counter support for perf events. If
- disabled, perf events will use software events only.
+ Increase kernel security by ensuring that normal kernel accesses
+ are unable to access userspace addresses. This can help prevent
+ use-after-free bugs becoming an exploitable privilege escalation
+ by ensuring that magic values (such as LIST_POISON) will always
+ fault when dereferenced.
+
+ CPUs with low-vector mappings use a best-efforts implementation.
+ Their lower 1MB needs to remain accessible for the vectors, but
+ the remainder of userspace will become appropriately inaccessible.
+
+config HW_PERF_EVENTS
+ def_bool y
+ depends on ARM_PMU
config SYS_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS
def_bool y
@@ -2005,6 +2020,7 @@ config KEXEC
bool "Kexec system call (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on (!SMP || PM_SLEEP_SMP)
depends on !CPU_V7M
+ select KEXEC_CORE
help
kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot