[PATCH v2 2/7] ARM: virt: allow the kernel to be entered in HYP mode

[Tony Lindgren]

Hi,

* Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com> [121006 03:19]:
> 
> If you compiled for v6 only, we can safely exclude __hyp_stub_install, and
> I assume that you get past the decompressor.

Yes, by default it's v6 + v7, but making it v6 only did not help.
 
> If so, that indicates some side effect of the safe_svcmode_maskall macro,
> and I suspect the "movs pc, lr" bit.
> 
> Can you try the attached patch? It basically falls back to the previous
> behaviour if not entered in HYP mode.

Yes, with this it boots OK.

Regards,

Tony

> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
> index 658a15d..b21b97f 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
> @@ -254,16 +254,17 @@
>  	mov	lr , \reg
>  	and	lr , lr , #MODE_MASK
>  	cmp	lr , #HYP_MODE
> -	orr	\reg , \reg , #PSR_A_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | PSR_F_BIT
> +	orr	\reg , \reg , #PSR_I_BIT | PSR_F_BIT
>  	bic	\reg , \reg , #MODE_MASK
>  	orr	\reg , \reg , #SVC_MODE
>  THUMB(	orr	\reg , \reg , #PSR_T_BIT	)
> -	msr	spsr_cxsf, \reg
> -	adr	lr, BSYM(2f)
>  	bne	1f
> +	orr	\reg, \reg, #PSR_A_BIT
> +	adr	lr, BSYM(2f)
> +	msr	spsr_cxsf, \reg
>  	__MSR_ELR_HYP(14)
>  	__ERET
> -1:	movs	pc, lr
> +1:	msr	cpsr_c, \reg
>  2:
>  .endm
>