[PATCH v2] ARM/arm64: KVM: fix use of WnR bit in kvm_is_write_fault()

Christoffer Dall christoffer.dall at linaro.org
Wed Sep 10 20:12:36 PDT 2014


On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 12:02:59PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> [resending, as ARM email server seems to be in some mood]
> 
> On 09/09/14 11:27, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > The ISS encoding for an exception from a Data Abort has a WnR
> > bit[6] that indicates whether the Data Abort was caused by a
> > read or a write instruction. While there are several fields
> > in the encoding that are only valid if the ISV bit[24] is set,
> > WnR is not one of them, so we can read it unconditionally.
> > 
> > Instead of fixing both implementations of kvm_is_write_fault()
> > in place, reimplement it just once using kvm_vcpu_dabt_iswrite(),
> > which already does the right thing with respect to the WnR bit.
> > Also fix up the callers to pass 'vcpu'
> > 
> > Acked-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek at redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
> 
> Because I like that kind of diffstat:
> Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
> 
> Christoffer, if you too are happy with that, I'll queue it right away.
> 
Extremely happy:

Acked-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>

Thanks,
-Christoffer



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