[PATCH v3 01/25] arm64: hyp-stub: Implement HVC_RESET_VECTORS stub hypercall

[Catalin Marinas]

On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 02:24:34PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Let's define a new stub hypercall that resets the HYP configuration
> to its default: hyp-stub vectors, and MMU disabled.
> 
> Of course, for the hyp-stub itself, this is a trivial no-op.
> Hypervisors will have a bit more work to do.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h |  9 +++++++++
>  arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S  | 13 ++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
[...]
> +ENTRY(__hyp_reset_vectors)
> +	str	lr, [sp, #-16]!
> +	mov	x0, #HVC_RESET_VECTORS
> +	hvc	#0
> +	ldr	lr, [sp], #16
> +	ret
> +ENDPROC(__hyp_reset_vectors)

Why do we need to specifically preserve lr across the hvc call? Is it
corrupted by the EL2 code (if yes, are other caller-saved registers that
need preserving)? I don't see something similar in the arch/arm code.

-- 
Catalin