Re: [PATCH v7 5/10] KVM: arm/arm64: preserve host MDCR_EL2 value

[Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@arm.com>]

Hi,

On 3/26/19 1:34 AM, Kristina Martsenko wrote:
> On 19/03/2019 08:30, Amit Daniel Kachhap wrote:
>> Save host MDCR_EL2 value during kvm HYP initialisation and restore
>> after every switch from host to guest. There should not be any
>> change in functionality due to this.
>>
>> The value of mdcr_el2 is now stored in struct kvm_cpu_context as
>> both host and guest can now use this field in a common way.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@arm.com>
>> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
>> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
>> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
>> Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@arm.com>
>> Cc: kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
> 
> [...]
> 
>>   /**
>> - * kvm_arm_init_debug - grab what we need for debug
>> - *
>> - * Currently the sole task of this function is to retrieve the initial
>> - * value of mdcr_el2 so we can preserve MDCR_EL2.HPMN which has
>> - * presumably been set-up by some knowledgeable bootcode.
>> - *
>> - * It is called once per-cpu during CPU hyp initialisation.
>> - */
>> -
>> -void kvm_arm_init_debug(void)
>> -{
>> -	__this_cpu_write(mdcr_el2, kvm_call_hyp_ret(__kvm_get_mdcr_el2));
>> -}
> 
> The __kvm_get_mdcr_el2 function is no longer used anywhere, so can also
> be removed.
Nice catch. Will do.

Thanks,
Amit D
> 
> Thanks,
> Kristina
>