linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 07/14] arm64: kvm: Split hyp/switch.c to VHE/nVHE

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Date:   Mon, 18 May 2020 16:28:51 +0100
From:   Andrew Scull <ascull@...gle.com>
To:     David Brazdil <dbrazdil@...gle.com>
Cc:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.kdev@...il.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/14] arm64: kvm: Split hyp/switch.c to VHE/nVHE

On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 11:58:34AM +0100, David Brazdil wrote:
> +__kvm_nvhe_sve_load_state = sve_load_state;
> +__kvm_nvhe_sve_save_state = sve_save_state;

Building without CONFIG_ARM64_VHE leads to a linker error due to the SVE
functions being referenced in this list. This is caused by
CONFIG_ARM64_VHE disabling CONFIG_ARM64_SVE and, in turn, preventing the
generation of those symbols. There aren't any references from code, just
this file.

It can be resolved by having the SVE symbol aliases depend on
CONFIG_ARM64_SVE.