Thread (126 messages) 126 messages, 5 authors, 2022-04-01

Re: [PATCH v6 15/64] KVM: arm64: nv: Handle HCR_EL2.E2H specially

From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Date: 2022-02-01 16:53:16
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On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 12:18:23PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
HCR_EL2.E2H is nasty, as a flip of this bit completely changes the way
we deal with a lot of the state. So when the guest flips this bit
(sysregs are live), do the put/load dance so that we have a consistent
state.

Yes, this is slow. Don't do it.
I'd hope this is very unlikely!
Suggested-by: Alexandru Elisei <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) <redacted>

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