[PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: Don't populate TPIDR_EL2 in finalise_el2()
Marc Zyngier
maz at kernel.org
Wed May 27 07:32:50 PDT 2026
On Mon, 18 May 2026 16:31:26 +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> 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.
>
> [...]
Applied to next, thanks!
[1/1] KVM: arm64: Don't populate TPIDR_EL2 in finalise_el2()
commit: 4cceeb8da363ac5127b147ee7345104743f53e9d
Cheers,
M.
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