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From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
To: kvmarm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
	Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: Don't populate TPIDR_EL2 in finalise_el2()
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 16:31:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260518153127.6078-1-will@kernel.org> (raw)

Currently, it is not necessary for __finalise_el2() to configure
TPIDR_EL2:

* The hyp stub code does not consume the value of TPIDR_EL2.

* On the boot cpu, TPIDR_EL1 is used for the percpu offset until the
  ARM64_HAS_VIRT_HOST_EXTN cpucap is detected and boot alternatives
  are patched. Before boot alternatives are patched,
  cpu_copy_el2regs() will copy TPIDR_EL1 into TPIDR_EL2. It is not
  necessary for __finalise_el2() to initialise TPIDR_EL2 before this.

* Secondary CPUs are brought up after boot alternatives have been
  patched, and __secondary_switched() will initialize TPIDR_EL2 in
  'init_cpu_task', after finalise_el2() calls __finalise_el2()

* KVM hyp code which may consume TPIDR_EL2 is brought up after all
  secondaries have been booted, once TPIDR_El2 has been configured on
  all CPUs.

Remove the redundant initialisation from __finalise_el2().

Cc: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
---

v2: Use Mark's commit message, add his R-b tag, rebase onto -rc4.
Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260330152927.26300-1-will@kernel.org

 arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S
index 634ddc904244..37c6976e44a4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/hyp-stub.S
@@ -104,11 +104,9 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(__finalise_el2)
 	mov_q	x0, HCR_HOST_VHE_FLAGS
 	msr_hcr_el2 x0
 
-	// Use the EL1 allocated stack, per-cpu offset
+	// Use the EL1 allocated stack
 	mrs	x0, sp_el1
 	mov	sp, x0
-	mrs	x0, tpidr_el1
-	msr	tpidr_el2, x0
 
 	// FP configuration, vectors
 	mrs_s	x0, SYS_CPACR_EL12
-- 
2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog



             reply	other threads:[~2026-05-18 15:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-18 15:31 Will Deacon [this message]
2026-05-18 15:39 ` [PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: Don't populate TPIDR_EL2 in finalise_el2() Marc Zyngier
2026-05-18 15:41   ` Marc Zyngier
2026-05-18 15:55     ` Will Deacon

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