[PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: Clarify meaning of _MASK and _nMASK for FGT registers
Marc Zyngier
maz at kernel.org
Wed Jul 31 13:12:00 PDT 2024
On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 19:58:38 +0100,
Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Since the use of _MASK to mean bits where setting the bit causes traps to
> be generated is a little unusual add a clarifying comment.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> index d347483395b4..1d8745740fb1 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> @@ -343,6 +343,10 @@
> * FGT register definitions
> *
> * RES0 and polarity masks for the FGT registers.
> + *
> + * _RES0: Bits which are RES0
> + * _MASK: Bits which enable traps when set
> + * _nMASK: Bits which disable traps when set
The rest of the code call this "negative polarity". Also, in some
cases (such as with HCRX_EL2), such bits are *enable* bits. So you
probably want to capture this as well.
M.
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