linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 05/21] arm64: Initialise as nVHE before switching to VHE

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Date:   Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:13:41 +0000
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        David Brazdil <dbrazdil@...gle.com>,
        Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@....com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@...gle.com>,
        Ajay Patil <pajay@....qualcomm.com>,
        Prasad Sodagudi <psodagud@...eaurora.org>,
        Srinivas Ramana <sramana@...eaurora.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.kdev@...il.com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 05/21] arm64: Initialise as nVHE before switching to
 VHE

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 10:50:03AM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> As we are aiming to be able to control whether we enable VHE or
> not, let's always drop down to EL1 first, and only then upgrade
> to VHE if at all possible.
> 
> This means that if the kernel is booted at EL2, we always start
> with a nVHE init, drop to EL1 to initialise the the kernel, and
> only then upgrade the kernel EL to EL2 if possible (the process
> is obviously shortened for secondary CPUs).
> 
> The resume path is handled similarly to a secondary CPU boot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
> Acked-by: David Brazdil <dbrazdil@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>