From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:08:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 01/13] arm/arm64: Add new is_kernel_in_hyp_mode predicate In-Reply-To: <1436372356-30410-2-git-send-email-marc.zyngier@arm.com> References: <1436372356-30410-1-git-send-email-marc.zyngier@arm.com> <1436372356-30410-2-git-send-email-marc.zyngier@arm.com> Message-ID: <20150716180802.GS26390@arm.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 05:19:04PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote: > With ARMv8.1 VHE extension, it will be possible to run the kernel > at EL2 (aka HYP mode). In order for the kernel to easily find out > where it is running, add a new predicate that returns whether or > not the kernel is in HYP mode. > > For completeness, the 32bit code also get such a predicate (always > returning false) so that code common to both architecture (timers, > KVM) can use it transparently. > > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier > --- > arch/arm/include/asm/virt.h | 5 +++++ > arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h | 10 ++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+) [...] > +static inline bool is_kernel_in_hyp_mode(void) > +{ > + u64 el; > + > + asm("mrs %0, CurrentEL" : "=r" (el)); > + return el == CurrentEL_EL2; Missing mask? Will