Thread (57 messages) 57 messages, 4 authors, 2021-06-03

Re: [PATCH v7 22/22] Documentation: arm64: describe asymmetric 32-bit support

From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-05-25 17:14:04
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On Tue, 25 May 2021 16:14:32 +0100,
Will Deacon [off-list ref] wrote:
Document support for running 32-bit tasks on asymmetric 32-bit systems
and its impact on the user ABI when enabled.

Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
---
 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |   3 +
 Documentation/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst      | 154 ++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/arm64/index.rst                 |   1 +
 3 files changed, 158 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst
[...]
+KVM
+---
+
+Although KVM will not advertise 32-bit EL0 support to any vCPUs on an
+asymmetric system, a broken guest at EL1 could still attempt to execute
+32-bit code at EL0. In this case, an exit from a vCPU thread in 32-bit
+mode will return to host userspace with an ``exit_reason`` of
+``KVM_EXIT_FAIL_ENTRY``.
Nit: there is a bit more to it. The vcpu will be left in a permanent
non-runnable state until KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT is issued to reset the vcpu
into a saner state.

Thanks,

	M.

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