Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: arm64: Control visibility of S1PIE related sysregs to userspace

[Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:01:54 +0100,
Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> wrote:
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> On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 02:46:25PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> wrote:
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> > > Mark Brown (2):
> > >       KVM: arm64: Hide TCR2_EL1 from userspace when disabled for guests
> > >       KVM: arm64: Hide S1PIE registers from userspace when disabled for guests
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> > If you are going to do this, please add it on top of [1], and handle
> > the corresponding EL2 registers.
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> OK.  To confirm, this is a desirable change?

Yes.

Ultimately, we need to revisit the way we deal with visibility, as
adding a myriad of helpers checking a combination of features doesn't
scale. That information should exist as a static table, just like the
trap bits.

But until then, that's probably the way.

	M.

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