[PATCH] arm64: KVM: Obey RES0/1 reserved bits when setting CPTR_EL2
Marc Zyngier
marc.zyngier at arm.com
Tue Jan 19 08:32:43 PST 2016
On 19/01/16 16:20, Dave Martin wrote:
> Some bits in CPTR are defined as RES1 in the architecture. Setting
> these bits to zero may unintentionally enable future architecture
> extensions, allowing guests to use them without supervision by the host.
>
> This would be bad: for forwards compatibility, this patch makes
> sure the affected bits are always written with 1, not 0.
>
> This patch only addresses CPTR_EL2. Initialisation of other system
> registers may still need review.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin at arm.com>
Thanks for putting this together:
Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
Unless someone has an objection, I plan to queue this post -rc1.
M.
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