[GIT PULL] KVM/arm64 updates for 5.11

Paolo Bonzini pbonzini at redhat.com
Mon Dec 14 12:56:41 EST 2020


On 14/12/20 18:48, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Hi Paolo,
> 
> Here's the initial set of KVM/arm64 updates for 5.11. The most notable
> change is the "PSCI relay" at EL2, which is the first "user visible"
> feature required by the Protected KVM effort. The rest is a mixed bag
> of architecture compliance (PMU accesses when no PMU is present, cache
> hierarchy discovery), cleanups (EL2 vector allocation, AArch32 sysreg
> handling), internal rework (exception injection, EL2 function
> pointers), and general improvements (advertising CSV3, reduced GICv4
> entry latency).
> 
> Note that this pull request comes with some additional bonuses in the
> shape of a shared branch with the arm64 tree (arm64/for-next/uaccess),
> as it was conflicting*very*  badly with the new PSCI relay code.
> 
> I already have a bunch of fixes earmarked for after the merge window,
> but that is probably something for another year!

Ok, cool!  Expect my PR to Linus around the Thu-Fri.  Better set 
expectations right after the mess from 5.10.

Paolo




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