[PATCH v1 04/10] KVM: arm64: nv: Return a failed stage-2 descriptor read as a fault

Fuad Tabba fuad.tabba at linux.dev
Mon Sep 28 10:46:40 PDT 2026


Hi Oliver,

On Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:47:48 +0100, Oliver Upton <oupton at kernel.org> wrote:
[...]
> Hmm. Rather than fixing these things individually, I'd prefer aligning return
> codes between the S1 and S2 walks. I agree with the approach; negative
> return codes should be reserved for host-visible failure reasons whereas
> everything guest visible gets communicated through s1_walk_result /
> kvm_s2_trans.

Makes sense. I'll bring the S1 walk in line with that in the respin,
with the Data Abort change on top.

Cheers,
/fuad



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