[PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: Don't populate TPIDR_EL2 in finalise_el2()
Will Deacon
will at kernel.org
Mon May 18 08:31:26 PDT 2026
Currently, it is not necessary for __finalise_el2() to configure
TPIDR_EL2:
* The hyp stub code does not consume the value of TPIDR_EL2.
* On the boot cpu, TPIDR_EL1 is used for the percpu offset until the
ARM64_HAS_VIRT_HOST_EXTN cpucap is detected and boot alternatives
are patched. Before boot alternatives are patched,
cpu_copy_el2regs() will copy TPIDR_EL1 into TPIDR_EL2. It is not
necessary for __finalise_el2() to initialise TPIDR_EL2 before this.
* Secondary CPUs are brought up after boot alternatives have been
patched, and __secondary_switched() will initialize TPIDR_EL2 in
'init_cpu_task', after finalise_el2() calls __finalise_el2()
* KVM hyp code which may consume TPIDR_EL2 is brought up after all
secondaries have been booted, once TPIDR_El2 has been configured on
all CPUs.
Remove the redundant initialisation from __finalise_el2().
Cc: Oliver Upton <oupton at kernel.org>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
---
v2: Use Mark's commit message, add his R-b tag, rebase onto -rc4.
Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260330152927.26300-1-will@kernel.org
arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S
index 634ddc904244..37c6976e44a4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S
@@ -104,11 +104,9 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(__finalise_el2)
mov_q x0, HCR_HOST_VHE_FLAGS
msr_hcr_el2 x0
- // Use the EL1 allocated stack, per-cpu offset
+ // Use the EL1 allocated stack
mrs x0, sp_el1
mov sp, x0
- mrs x0, tpidr_el1
- msr tpidr_el2, x0
// FP configuration, vectors
mrs_s x0, SYS_CPACR_EL12
--
2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog
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