linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: admin-guide: Document side effects when pKVM is enabled

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Date:   Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:55:42 +0100
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     james.morse@....com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        will@...nel.org, corbet@....net,
        Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@....com>,
        catalin.marinas@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, suzuki.poulose@....com,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: admin-guide: Document side effects when pKVM is enabled

On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:38:35 +0100, Alexandru Elisei wrote:
> Recent changes to KVM for arm64 has made it impossible for the host to
> hibernate or use kexec when protected mode is enabled via the kernel
> command line.
> 
> There are people who rely on kexec (for example, developers who use kexec
> as a quick way to test a new kernel), let's document this change in
> behaviour, so it doesn't catch them by surprise and we have a place to
> point people to if it does.

Applied to next, thanks!

[1/1] Documentation: admin-guide: Document side effects when pKVM is enabled
      commit: 53e8ce137f7b34bd7a54429d18e0d0e5f56f54e8

Cheers,

	M.
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