linux-kernel - Re: [v3 1/5] arm64: kvm: add a cpu tear-down function

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Message-ID: <20150408130221.GA5977@leverpostej>
Date:	Wed, 8 Apr 2015 14:02:21 +0100
From:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:	AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@...aro.org>
Cc:	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>,
	Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@....com>,
	"christoffer.dall@...aro.org" <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>,
	"geoff@...radead.org" <geoff@...radead.org>,
	"broonie@...nel.org" <broonie@...nel.org>,
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	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [v3 1/5] arm64: kvm: add a cpu tear-down function

> +	/* We're now in idmap, disable MMU */
> +1:	mrs	x0, sctlr_el2
> +	and	x1, x0, #SCTLR_EL2_EE
> +	orr	x0, x0, x1		// preserve endianness of EL2
> +	ldr	x1, =SCTLR_EL2_FLAGS
> +	eor	x1, x1, xzr
> +	bic	x0, x0, x1		// Clear SCTL_M and etc
> +	msr	sctlr_el2, x0
> +	isb

This can instead be:

1:	mrs	x0, sctlr_el2
	ldr	x1, =SCTLR_EL2_FLAGS
	bic	x0, x0, x1
	msr	sctlr_el2, x0
	isb

As SCTLR_EL2_FLAGS doesn't contain the EE bit.

Mark.
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