Re: [PATCH v6 2/6] arm64/kvm: preserve host MDCR_EL2 value

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Hi,

On 2/21/19 9:21 PM, Dave Martin wrote:
On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 02:54:27PM +0530, Amit Daniel Kachhap wrote:
Save host MDCR_EL2 value during kvm HYP initialisation and restore
after every switch from host to guest. There should not be any
change in functionality due to this.

The value of mdcr_el2 is now stored in struct kvm_cpu_context as
both host and guest can now use this field in a common way.

Is MDCR_EL2 somehow relevant to pointer auth?

It's not entirely clear why this patch is here.

If this is a cleanup to align the handling of this register with
how HCR_EL2 is handled, it would be good to explain that in the commit
message.
Agreed I will more information in commit message.

Signed-off-by: Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@xxxxxxx>
Cc: kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
  arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h   |  1 -
  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  6 ++----
  arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c            | 28 ++++++----------------------
  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c       | 17 ++++-------------
  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/sysreg-sr.c    |  6 ++++++
  virt/kvm/arm/arm.c                |  1 -
  6 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 05706b4..704667e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ static inline void kvm_arch_vcpu_uninit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {}
  static inline void kvm_arch_sched_in(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu) {}
  static inline void kvm_arch_vcpu_block_finish(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {}
-static inline void kvm_arm_init_debug(void) {}
  static inline void kvm_arm_setup_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {}
  static inline void kvm_arm_clear_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {}
  static inline void kvm_arm_reset_debug_ptr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {}
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 1b2e05b..2f1bb86 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ struct kvm_cpu_context {
/* HYP host/guest configuration */
  	u64 hcr_el2;
+	u32 mdcr_el2;
+

ARMv8-A says MDCR_EL2 is a 64-bit register.

Bits [63:20] are currently RES0, so this is probably not a big deal.
But it would be better to make this 64-bit to prevent future accidents.
It may be better to make that change in a separate patch.
Yes this a potential issue. I will fix it in a separate patch.

Thanks,
Amit D

This is probably non-urgent, since this is clearly not causing problems
for anyone today.

[...]

Cheers
---Dave

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