[PATCH v1 0/2] small kern_hyp_va() cleanups

Marc Zyngier maz at kernel.org
Thu Feb 8 04:38:43 PST 2024


On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 10:54:20 +0000,
Joey Gouly <joey.gouly at arm.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I wanted to add some comments to __kern_hyp_va(), since I was recently trying
> to understand it, and I think it could be helpful for someone looking at it in
> the future.
> 
> The second patch removes the assembly macro version, since it is unused. Maybe
> (out-of-tree) pkvm uses it or it's just worth keeping around in case someone
> needs it in the future. So if that patch isn't applied it's not too important.

I checked with Fuad, and he confirmed that there is no assembly code
using kern_hyp_va() left in pKVM either, so this guys is definitely a
goner.

For the series,

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>

	M.

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