[PATCH v2 0/2] efi/arm64: Simplify SVE/SME state preserve/restore
Catalin Marinas
catalin.marinas at arm.com
Mon Dec 15 10:16:38 PST 2025
On Sat, 06 Dec 2025 20:01:15 +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> The EFI specific SVE/SME state preserve/restore logic is unneeded, and
> can be removed. Patch #1 adds some lkdtm test cases to emulate the
> condition under which this code might be called.
>
> v2:
> - Document that BUG_IN_HARDIRQ and PANIC_IN_HARDIRQ will crash the
> system.
> - Add Kees's R-b
> - Rebase onto torvalds's tree of today so it is expected to apply
> cleanly to -rc1
>
> [...]
Applied to arm64 (for-next/fixes), thanks!
(not really a fix but postponed applying it for -rc1 due to conflicts)
[1/2] lkdtm/bugs: Add cases for BUG and PANIC occurring in hardirq context
https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/eb972eab0794
[2/2] arm64/efi: Remove unneeded SVE/SME fallback preserve/store handling
https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/63de2b3859ba
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Catalin
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