[GIT PULL] KVM/arm64 updates for 5.9
Paolo Bonzini
pbonzini at redhat.com
Wed Aug 5 14:27:42 EDT 2020
On 05/08/20 19:56, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Hi Paolo,
>
> This is the bulk of the 5.9 patches for KVM/arm64. It is a pretty busy
> merge window for us this time, thanks to the ongoing Protected KVM
> work. We have changes all over the map, but the most important piece
> probably is the way we now build the EL2 code on non-VHE systems. On
> top of giving us better control over what gets pulled in there, it
> allowed us to enable instrumentation on VHE systems.
>
> The rest is a mixed bag of new features (TTL TLB invalidation, Pointer
> Auth on non-VHE), preliminary patches for NV, some early MMU rework
> before the 5.10 onslaught, and tons of cleanups.
>
> A few things to notice:
>
> - We share a branch with the arm64 tree, which has gone in already.
>
> - There are a number of known conflicts with Sean's MMU cache rework,
> as well as the late fixes that went in 5.8. The conflicts are pretty
> simple to resolve, and -next has the right resolutions already.
Ok, since I have already an x86 conflict I'll wait to pull this until
next week.
Paolo
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