linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH 0/5] arm64: Survival kit for SCR

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Date:   Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:19:07 +0100
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH 0/5] arm64: Survival kit for SCR_EL3.HCE==0 conditions

On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 20:02:08 +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Anyone vaguely familiar with the ARMv8 architecture would quickly
> understand that entering the kernel at EL2 without enabling the HVC
> instruction is... living dangerously. But as it turns out [0], there
> is a whole range of (*cough*) "high quality" (*cough*) Broadcom
> systems out there configured exactly like that.
> 
> If you are speechless, I'm right with you.
> 
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/misc), thanks!

[5/5] arm64: Document the requirement for SCR_EL3.HCE
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/e3849765037b

-- 
Catalin