[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Clarify vcpu reset behaviour
Will Deacon
will at kernel.org
Wed Apr 7 21:35:37 BST 2021
On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 01:58:41PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Although the KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT documentation mention that the
> registers are reset to their "initial values", it doesn't
> describe what these values are.
>
> Describe this state explicitly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
> ---
> Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> index 38e327d4b479..e2237e4e10ba 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> @@ -3115,6 +3115,16 @@ optional features it should have. This will cause a reset of the cpu
> registers to their initial values. If this is not called, KVM_RUN will
> return ENOEXEC for that vcpu.
>
> +The initial values are defined as:
> + - Processor state:
> + * AArch64: EL1h, D, A, I and F bits set
> + * Aarch32: SVC, D, A, I and F bits set
nit, but capitalisation should be "AArch32"
Is "SVC" sufficient, or do we also need to describe Arm vs Thumb?
Will
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