linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/18] arm64: hyp-stub: Move elx

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Message-ID: <CA+CK2bBwd2+QB6qCWYQdC5x_Vkf7-64pr8UWJFoUkQgtfaAsHQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 1 Jun 2021 21:18:54 -0400
From:   Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Cc:     James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        kexec mailing list <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@....com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, steve.capper@....com,
        rfontana@...hat.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Selin Dag <selindag@...il.com>,
        Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/18] arm64: hyp-stub: Move elx_sync into the vectors

> > It cannot call mutate_to_vhe because #HVC_VHE_RESTART is not used
> > here. But, if it had to it would not work as we cannot return to the
> > old kernel text after relocation.
>
> OK, so you are happy with having a dangling branch pointing to
> nowhere? Something in me screams that it isn't a good idea, in
> general.
>
> If HVC_SOFT_RESTART is all you need, I'd rather you have a small stub
> that implements exactly that and nothing else. Feel free to extract it
> as a reusable macro if you want.

Sure, I will add in the next revision.

Thanks,
Pasha