linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 03/13] arm64/kvm: consistently handle host HCR

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Message-ID: <8636r8cntb.wl-marc.zyngier@arm.com>
Date:   Sat, 08 Dec 2018 10:31:12 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To:     Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@....com>
Cc:     <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Adam Wallis <awallis@...eaurora.org>,
        Amit Kachhap <amit.kachhap@....com>,
        Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@....com>,
        Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
        Dave P Martin <dave.martin@....com>,
        Jacob Bramley <jacob.bramley@....com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Ramana Radhakrishnan <ramana.radhakrishnan@....com>,
        Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@...aro.org>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        <kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 03/13] arm64/kvm: consistently handle host HCR_EL2 flags

On Fri, 07 Dec 2018 18:39:21 +0000,
Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@....com> wrote:
> 
> From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> 
> In KVM we define the configuration of HCR_EL2 for a VHE HOST in
> HCR_HOST_VHE_FLAGS, but we don't have a similar definition for the
> non-VHE host flags, and open-code HCR_RW. Further, in head.S we
> open-code the flags for VHE and non-VHE configurations.
> 
> In future, we're going to want to configure more flags for the host, so
> lets add a HCR_HOST_NVHE_FLAGS defintion, and consistently use both
> HCR_HOST_VHE_FLAGS and HCR_HOST_NVHE_FLAGS in the kvm code and head.S.
> 
> We now use mov_q to generate the HCR_EL2 value, as we use when
> configuring other registers in head.S.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@....com>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> Cc: kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu

Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>

	M.

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