[PATCH v2 4/4] KVM: arm64: pkvm: Avoid trapping on HVC_RESET_VECTORS
Fuad Tabba
fuad.tabba at linux.dev
Thu Oct 22 10:38:06 PDT 2026
Hi Vincent,
On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:00:48 +0100, Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort at google.com> wrote:
> pKVM prevents the reset of the hypervisor vector and as a consequence,
> kvm_hyp_initialized can never be reset. Add a fast-path for this case to
> skip unnecessary HVCs on the CPU hotplug and PM path.
Could you drop this patch? It brings back a pKVM check in the host code,
which Marc asked to avoid on v1 [1], to save one HVC that pKVM already
rejects.
Cheers,
/fuad
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/86jynbyshv.wl-maz@kernel.org/
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