[PATCH v3 05/23] arm64: Extract parts of el2_setup into a macro
David Brazdil
dbrazdil at google.com
Tue Dec 1 08:55:16 EST 2020
Hey Mark,
> In the head.S code, this was under an ifdef CONFIG_ARM_GIC_V3, but that
> ifdef wasn't carried into the macro here, or into its use below. I'm not
> sure of the impact, but that does seem to be a functional change.
>
> > +
> > +.macro __init_el2_hstr
> > + msr hstr_el2, xzr // Disable CP15 traps to EL2
> > +.endm
>
> Likewise, this used to be be guarded by CONFIG_COMPAT, but that's not
> carried into the macro or its use.
>
> If the intent was to remove the conditionality, then that should be
> mentioned in the commit message, since it is a potential functional
> change.
Apologies, and well spotted. Marc suggested removing the ifdefs as redundant
during his review of v2. I'll update the commit message to reflect that.
David
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