[PATCH v1 2/2] KVM: arm64: Add some more comments in kvm_hyp_handle_fpsimd()

Mark Brown broonie at kernel.org
Mon Jan 24 07:57:20 PST 2022


The handling for FPSIMD/SVE traps is multi stage and involves some trap
manipulation which isn't quite so immediately obvious as might be desired
so add a few more comments.

Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h
index 58e14f8ead23..1995808d8766 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ static bool kvm_hyp_handle_fpsimd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *exit_code)
 		return false;
 
 	/* Valid trap.  Switch the context: */
+
+	/* First disable enough traps to allow us to update the registers */
 	if (has_vhe()) {
 		reg = CPACR_EL1_FPEN;
 		if (sve_guest)
@@ -188,11 +190,13 @@ static bool kvm_hyp_handle_fpsimd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *exit_code)
 	}
 	isb();
 
+	/* Write out the host state if it's in the registers */
 	if (vcpu->arch.flags & KVM_ARM64_FP_HOST) {
 		__fpsimd_save_state(vcpu->arch.host_fpsimd_state);
 		vcpu->arch.flags &= ~KVM_ARM64_FP_HOST;
 	}
 
+	/* Restore the guest state */
 	if (sve_guest)
 		__hyp_sve_restore_guest(vcpu);
 	else
-- 
2.30.2




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