[PATCH v2 01/11] KVM: arm64: initialize HCRX_EL2
Marc Zyngier
maz at kernel.org
Sat Jun 3 01:39:11 PDT 2023
On Tue, 09 May 2023 15:22:25 +0100,
Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko at arm.com> wrote:
>
> ARMv8.7/9.2 adds a new hypervisor configuration register HCRX_EL2.
> Initialize the register to a safe value (all fields 0), to be robust
> against firmware that has not initialized it. This is also needed to
> ensure that the register is reinitialized after a kexec by a future
> kernel.
>
> In addition, move SMPME setup over to the new flags, as it would
> otherwise get overridden. It is safe to set the bit even if SME is not
> (uniformly) supported, as it will write to a RES0 bit (having no
> effect), and SME will be disabled by the cpufeature framework.
> (Similar to how e.g. the API bit is handled in HCR_HOST_NVHE_FLAGS.)
>
> Signed-off-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko at arm.com>
Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
M.
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