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 17:44:12 +0100
From:   David Brazdil <dbrazdil@...gle.com>
To:     Andrew Scull <ascull@...gle.com>
Cc:     David Brazdil <dbrazdil@...gle.com>,
        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 Mon, May 18, 2020 at 04:28:51PM +0100, Andrew Scull wrote:
> 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.
Thanks, will fix the linker script in v3.