[PATCH 3/3] KVM: arm64: Remove ISB after writing FPEXC32_EL2

Mark Brown broonie at kernel.org
Wed Jan 7 03:59:57 PST 2026


On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 05:37:07PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> The value of FPEX32_EL2 has no effect on execution in AArch64 state, and
> consequently there's no need for an ISB after writing to it in the hyp
> code (which executes in AArch64 state). When performing an exception
> return to AArch32 state, the exception return will provide the necessary
> context synchronization event.
> 
> Remove the redundant ISB.

Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
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