linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: arm64: Fix enforcement of upper bound on MDCR

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Message-Id: <175206358921.2018765.12923963855524409894.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Wed,  9 Jul 2025 13:22:26 +0100
From: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To: catalin.marinas@....com,
	will@...nel.org,
	oliver.upton@...ux.dev,
	joey.gouly@....com,
	suzuki.poulose@....com,
	yuzenghui@...wei.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
	yury.norov@...il.com,
	linux@...musvillemoes.dk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@....com>
Cc: james.morse@....com,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: arm64: Fix enforcement of upper bound on MDCR_EL2.HPMN

On Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:38:07 +0100, Ben Horgan wrote:
> Previously, u64_replace_bits() was used to no effect as the return value
> was ignored. Convert to u64p_replace_bits() so the value is updated in
> place.
> 
> 

Applied to fixes, thanks!

I have dropped the Cc: stable, as ths bug only exists in 6.16, and we
are not backporting anything related to NV to previous kernel versions.

[1/2] KVM: arm64: Fix enforcement of upper bound on MDCR_EL2.HPMN
      commit: 2265c08ec393ef1f5ef5019add0ab1e3a7ee0b79

Cheers,

	M.
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