linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.11 036/104] KVM: arm64: Use BUG and BUG

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Date:   Wed, 5 May 2021 20:14:18 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Scull <ascull@...gle.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.11 036/104] KVM: arm64: Use BUG and BUG_ON in
 nVHE hyp

On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 05:48:51PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>Sasha,
>
>On Wed, 05 May 2021 17:33:05 +0100,
>Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org> wrote:
>>
>> From: Andrew Scull <ascull@...gle.com>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit f79e616f27ab6cd74deb0995a8eead3d1c9d65af ]
>>
>> hyp_panic() reports the address of the panic by using ELR_EL2, but this
>> isn't a useful address when hyp_panic() is called directly. Replace such
>> direct calls with BUG() and BUG_ON() which use BRK to trigger an
>> exception that then goes to hyp_panic() with the correct address. Also
>> remove the hyp_panic() declaration from the header file to avoid
>> accidental misuse.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Scull <ascull@...gle.com>
>> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210318143311.839894-5-ascull@google.com
>> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
>
>This has no chance of working without the patches that enable BUG()
>support at EL2, and *really* isn't stable material.
>
>Please drop this patch.

Will do, thanks!

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha