[PATCH 1/5] arm/arm64: KVM: Don't BUG_ON if IT bits are set in ARM mode
Marc Zyngier
marc.zyngier at arm.com
Thu Sep 1 05:21:23 PDT 2016
On 01/09/16 12:56, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 01:38:11PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> The ARM ARM asserts that having the IT bits set in ARM mode is
>> unpredictable. But should a CPU do that (and still be able to
>> run correctly), we shouldn't kill the system.
>>
>> So let's drop the BUG_ON that checks for this, as it is not
>> very helpful.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
>
> not sure how this relates to the series, but looks fine otherwise:
In the following patch, I'm moving the whole function to be an inline
that will be used in HYP as well. A BUG_ON in HYP is a pretty tasteless
thing to do, so I opted for removing it here.
But your remark on the following patch makes more sense over all. I'll
follow up there.
> Reviewed-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>
Thanks,
M.
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