Re: [PATCHv2 2/3] KVM: arm/arm64: correct CPSR on exception entry

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On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 02:41:04PM +0000, Alexandru Elisei wrote:
> On 1/8/20 1:43 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > When KVM injects an exception into a guest, it generates the CPSR value
> > from scratch, configuring CPSR.{M,A,I,T,E}, and setting all other
> > bits to zero.
> >
> > This isn't correct, as the architecture specifies that some CPSR bits
> > are (conditionally) cleared or set upon an exception, and others are
> > unchanged from the original context.
> >
> > This patch adds logic to match the architectural behaviour. To make this
> > simple to follow/audit/extend, documentation references are provided,
> > and bits are configured in order of their layout in SPSR_EL2. This
> > layout can be seen in the diagram on ARM DDI 0487E.a page C5-426.
> >
> > Note that this code is used by both arm and arm64, and is intended to
> > fuction with the SPSR_EL2 and SPSR_HYP layouts.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>

> Looks good:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@xxxxxxx>

Thanks!

I've folded that in (along with your Reviewed-by on patch 1), and pushed
out my kvm/exception-state branch again.

Mark.



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