From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>,
Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.12 3/8] KVM: arm64: Remove host FPSIMD saving for non-protected KVM
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:40:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z9Q_zW_mM-v2iPHC@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2025031427-yiddish-unrented-2bc2@gregkh>
On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 06:32:45AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 12:35:15AM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> > From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> >
> > Now that the host eagerly saves its own FPSIMD/SVE/SME state,
> > non-protected KVM never needs to save the host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state,
> > and the code to do this is never used. Protected KVM still needs to
> > save/restore the host FPSIMD/SVE state to avoid leaking guest state to
> > the host (and to avoid revealing to the host whether the guest used
> > FPSIMD/SVE/SME), and that code needs to be retained.
> >
> > Remove the unused code and data structures.
> >
> > To avoid the need for a stub copy of kvm_hyp_save_fpsimd_host() in the
> > VHE hyp code, the nVHE/hVHE version is moved into the shared switch
> > header, where it is only invoked when KVM is in protected mode.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
> > Tested-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
> > Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> > Cc: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
> > Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
> > Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250210195226.1215254-3-mark.rutland@arm.com
> > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
> > ---
>
> What is the upstream git id for this on?
It seems to be 8eca7f6d5100 ("KVM: arm64: Remove host FPSIMD saving for
non-protected KVM").
--
Catalin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-03-14 14:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-03-14 0:35 [PATCH 6.12 0/8] KVM: arm64: Backport of SVE fixes to v6.12 Mark Brown
2025-03-14 0:35 ` [PATCH 6.12 1/8] KVM: arm64: Calculate cptr_el2 traps on activating traps Mark Brown
2025-03-14 0:35 ` [PATCH 6.12 2/8] KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state Mark Brown
2025-03-14 0:35 ` [PATCH 6.12 3/8] KVM: arm64: Remove host FPSIMD saving for non-protected KVM Mark Brown
2025-03-14 5:32 ` Greg KH
2025-03-14 14:40 ` Catalin Marinas [this message]
2025-03-14 15:07 ` Mark Brown
2025-03-14 0:35 ` [PATCH 6.12 4/8] KVM: arm64: Remove VHE host restore of CPACR_EL1.ZEN Mark Brown
2025-03-14 0:35 ` [PATCH 6.12 5/8] KVM: arm64: Remove VHE host restore of CPACR_EL1.SMEN Mark Brown
2025-03-14 0:35 ` [PATCH 6.12 6/8] KVM: arm64: Refactor exit handlers Mark Brown
2025-03-14 0:35 ` [PATCH 6.12 7/8] KVM: arm64: Mark some header functions as inline Mark Brown
2025-03-14 0:35 ` [PATCH 6.12 8/8] KVM: arm64: Eagerly switch ZCR_EL{1,2} Mark Brown
2025-03-19 0:26 ` Gavin Shan
2025-03-19 9:15 ` Marc Zyngier
2025-03-19 10:20 ` Mark Rutland
2025-03-19 13:02 ` Mark Brown
2025-03-19 13:55 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
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