linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 16/40] KVM: arm64: Manage GCS access and registers for guests

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Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 01:24:25 +0100
From: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 16/40] KVM: arm64: Manage GCS access and registers for guests

On Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:58:55 +0100,
Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:

> @@ -4714,6 +4735,10 @@ void kvm_calculate_traps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  		kvm->arch.fgu[HFGxTR_GROUP] |= (HFGxTR_EL2_nPOR_EL1 |
>  						HFGxTR_EL2_nPOR_EL0);
>  
> +	if (!kvm_has_gcs(kvm))
> +		kvm->arch.fgu[HFGxTR_GROUP] |= (HFGxTR_EL2_nGCS_EL0 |
> +						HFGxTR_EL2_nGCS_EL1);
> +

Why are you still allowing the GCS instructions when GCS isn't
enabled?

	M.

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