On 24/01/2019 16:32, James Morse wrote: > On systems with VHE the kernel and KVM's world-switch code run at the > same exception level. Code that is only used on a VHE system does not > need to be annotated as __hyp_text as it can reside anywhere in the > kernel text. > > __hyp_text was also used to prevent kprobes from patching breakpoint > instructions into this region, as this code runs at a different > exception level. While this is no longer true with VHE, KVM still > switches VBAR_EL1, meaning a kprobe's breakpoint executed in the > world-switch code will cause a hyp-panic. [...] For what it is worth, I've now queued this patch as a fix for 5.0. Thanks, M. -- Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny... _______________________________________________ kvmarm mailing list kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/kvmarm
