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From: christoffer.dall@linaro.org (Christoffer Dall)
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 18:41:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH v2] kvm: arm: Enforce some NS-SVC initialisation
In-Reply-To: <20160817113249.GA5909@cbox>
References: <5322cdb9cb397741d15b60c6693ad39dbf74b6d5.1469101945.git.robin.murphy@arm.com>
 <6d030bee2db08c2fe1b7569e692e8f66800b1e4c.1471369569.git.robin.murphy@arm.com>
 <20160817113249.GA5909@cbox>
Message-ID: <20160906164145.GD23592@cbox>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
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On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 01:32:49PM +0200, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> Hi Russell,
> 
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 06:49:18PM +0100, Robin Murphy wrote:
> > Since the non-secure copies of banked registers lack architecturally
> > defined reset values, there is no actual guarantee when entering in Hyp
> > from secure-only firmware that the Non-Secure PL1 state will look the
> > way that kernel entry (in particular the decompressor stub) expects.
> > So far, we've been getting away with it thanks to implementation details
> > of ARMv7 cores and/or bootloader behaviour, but for the sake of forwards
> > compatibility let's try to ensure that we have a minimally sane state
> > before dropping down into it.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
> 
> Can we have your acked-by on this patch to merge it via the KVM tree or
> do you prefer merging this one directly yourself?
> 
I have queued this via the KVM/ARM tree.  If you have any objections,
please let me know asap.

Thanks,
-Christoffer