Re: [PATCH v10 14/18] KVM: arm64: Save host SVE context as appropriate

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On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 05:05:15PM +0100, Dave P Martin wrote:
> This patch adds SVE context saving to the hyp FPSIMD context switch
> path.  This means that it is no longer necessary to save the host
> SVE state in advance of entering the guest, when in use.
> 
> In order to avoid adding pointless complexity to the code, VHE is
> assumed if SVE is in use.  VHE is an architectural prerequisite for
> SVE, so there is no good reason to turn CONFIG_ARM64_VHE off in
> kernels that support both SVE and KVM.
> 
> Historically, software models exist that can expose the
> architecturally invalid configuration of SVE without VHE, so if
> this situation is detected at kvm_init() time then KVM will be
> disabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
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