[PATCH] KVM: ARM: ignore guest L2 cache control SMCs on Highbank and OMAP

Andre Przywara andre.przywara at calxeda.com
Wed Aug 14 05:22:05 EDT 2013


Guest kernels with CONFIG_L2X0 set (for instance Highbank or OMAP4)
will trigger SMCs to handle the L2 cache controller (PL310).
This will currently inject #UNDEFs and eventually stop the guest.

We don't need explicit L2 cache controller handling on A15s anymore,
so it is safe to simply ignore these calls and proceed with the next
instruction.

Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at calxeda.com>
---
 arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c b/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c
index df4c82d..2cbe6a0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c
@@ -50,8 +50,28 @@ static int handle_hvc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * OMAP4 and Highbank machines do a SMC call to handle the L2 cache
+ * controller. They put 0x102 in r12 to request this functionality.
+ * This is not needed on A15s, so we can safely ignore it in KVM guests.
+ */
+static int kvm_ignore_l2x0_call(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	unsigned long fn_nr = *vcpu_reg(vcpu, 12) & ~((u32) 0);
+
+	if (fn_nr == 0x102) {
+		kvm_skip_instr(vcpu, kvm_vcpu_trap_il_is32bit(vcpu));
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int handle_smc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
 {
+	if (kvm_ignore_l2x0_call(vcpu))
+		return 1;
+
 	kvm_inject_undefined(vcpu);
 	return 1;
 }
-- 
1.7.12.1




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