[PATCH 7/7] arm64: kvm: decode ESR_ELx.EC when reporting exceptions
Christoffer Dall
christoffer.dall at linaro.org
Sun Jan 11 10:29:41 PST 2015
On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 12:04:20PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> To aid the developer when something triggers an unexpected exception,
> decode the ESR_ELx.EC field when logging an ESR_ELx value using the
> newly introduced esr_get_class_string. This doesn't tell the developer
> the specifics of the exception encoded in the remaining IL and ISS bits,
> but it can be helpful to distinguish between exception classes (e.g.
> SError and a data abort) without having to manually decode the field,
> which can be tiresome.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
> Cc: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell at linaro.org>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
Acked-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>
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