linux-kernel - Re: Patch "KVM: arm64: Make vcpu_cp1x() work on Big Endian hosts" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

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Date:   Thu, 06 Aug 2020 09:55:47 +0100
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     yangerkun <yangerkun@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        james.morse@....com, drjones@...hat.com, marc.zyngier@....com,
        christoffer.dall@...aro.org, stable-commits@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Patch "KVM: arm64: Make vcpu_cp1x() work on Big Endian hosts" has
 been added to the 4.4-stable tree

Hi Kun,

On 2020-08-06 03:26, yangerkun wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Not familiar with kvm. And I have a question about this patch. Maybe
> backport this patch 3204be4109ad("KVM: arm64: Make vcpu_cp1x() work on
> Big Endian hosts") without 52f6c4f02164 ("KVM: arm64: Change 32-bit
> handling of VM system registers") seems not right?

This seems sensible. Please post a backport of this patch, assuming
you are in a position to actually test it (I'm not able to run BE
kernels, let alone userspace).

Thanks,

         M.
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