[PATCH v3 03/23] arm/arm64: Add new is_kernel_in_hyp_mode predicate

Catalin Marinas catalin.marinas at arm.com
Mon Feb 8 06:41:47 PST 2016


On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 05:59:56PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> With ARMv8.1 VHE extension, it will be possible to run the kernel
> at EL2 (aka HYP mode). In order for the kernel to easily find out
> where it is running, add a new predicate that returns whether or
> not the kernel is in HYP mode.
> 
> For completeness, the 32bit code also get such a predicate (always
> returning false) so that code common to both architecture (timers,
> KVM) can use it transparently.
> 
> Acked-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>



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