Re: [PATCH] arm64: KVM: report configured SRE value to 32-bit world

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On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 10:49:43AM +0100, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
> After commit b34f2bc ("arm64: KVM: Make ICC_SRE_EL1 access return the
> configured SRE value") we report SRE value to 64-bit guest, but 32-bit
> one still handled as RAZ/WI what leads to funny promise we do not keep:
> 
> "GICv3: GIC: unable to set SRE (disabled at EL2), panic ahead"
> 
> We could keep that promise and force panic, but it doesn't look
> reliable, instead report configured SRE value to 32-bit guest.

I don't really understand this part of the commit message?

Why would we force a panic, and at what time?

It is obviously correct to return the actual value that the guest should
see...

Thanks,
-Christoffer

> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@xxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> index b0b225c..0940bfc 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> @@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ static const struct sys_reg_desc cp15_regs[] = {
>  	{ Op1( 0), CRn(10), CRm( 3), Op2( 1), access_vm_reg, NULL, c10_AMAIR1 },
>  
>  	/* ICC_SRE */
> -	{ Op1( 0), CRn(12), CRm(12), Op2( 5), trap_raz_wi },
> +	{ Op1( 0), CRn(12), CRm(12), Op2( 5), access_gic_sre },
>  
>  	{ Op1( 0), CRn(13), CRm( 0), Op2( 1), access_vm_reg, NULL, c13_CID },
>  
> -- 
> 2.0.0
> 
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