From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
Cc: kernel-team@android.com,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 16/17] KVM: arm64: Document HVC_VHE_RESTART stub hypercall
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:49:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201228104958.1848833-17-maz@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201228104958.1848833-1-maz@kernel.org>
For completeness, let's document the HVC_VHE_RESTART stub.
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst
index 83cadd8186fa..3961c529769b 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ these functions (see arch/arm{,64}/include/asm/virt.h):
into place (arm64 only), and jump to the restart address while at HYP/EL2.
This hypercall is not expected to return to its caller.
+* ::
+
+ x0 = HVC_VHE_RESTART (arm64 only)
+
+ Attempt to upgrade the kernel's exception level from EL1 to EL2 by enabling
+ the VHE mode. This is conditionned by the CPU supporting VHE, the EL2 MMU
+ being off, and VHE not being disabled by any other mean (comment line option,
+ for example).
+
Any other value of r0/x0 triggers a hypervisor-specific handling,
which is not documented here.
--
2.29.2
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From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
kernel-team@android.com,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com>,
James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>,
David Brazdil <dbrazdil@google.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.kdev@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 16/17] KVM: arm64: Document HVC_VHE_RESTART stub hypercall
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:49:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201228104958.1848833-17-maz@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201228104958.1848833-1-maz@kernel.org>
For completeness, let's document the HVC_VHE_RESTART stub.
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst
index 83cadd8186fa..3961c529769b 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ these functions (see arch/arm{,64}/include/asm/virt.h):
into place (arm64 only), and jump to the restart address while at HYP/EL2.
This hypercall is not expected to return to its caller.
+* ::
+
+ x0 = HVC_VHE_RESTART (arm64 only)
+
+ Attempt to upgrade the kernel's exception level from EL1 to EL2 by enabling
+ the VHE mode. This is conditionned by the CPU supporting VHE, the EL2 MMU
+ being off, and VHE not being disabled by any other mean (comment line option,
+ for example).
+
Any other value of r0/x0 triggers a hypervisor-specific handling,
which is not documented here.
--
2.29.2
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-28 11:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-28 10:49 [PATCH 00/17] arm64: Early CPU feature override, and an application to VHE Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 01/17] arm64: Fix labels in el2_setup macros Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 02/17] arm64: Fix outdated TCR setup comment Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 03/17] arm64: Turn the MMU-on sequence into a macro Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 04/17] arm64: Provide an 'upgrade to VHE' stub hypercall Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2021-01-04 23:39 ` Jing Zhang
2021-01-04 23:39 ` Jing Zhang
2021-01-05 8:24 ` Marc Zyngier
2021-01-05 8:24 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 05/17] arm64: Initialise as nVHE before switching to VHE Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 06/17] arm64: Move VHE-specific SPE setup to mutate_to_vhe() Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 07/17] arm64: Simplify init_el2_state to be non-VHE only Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 08/17] arm64: Move SCTLR_EL1 initialisation to EL-agnostic code Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 09/17] arm64: cpufeature: Add global feature override facility Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 10/17] arm64: Extract early FDT mapping from kaslr_early_init() Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 11/17] arm64: cpufeature: Add an early command-line cpufeature override facility Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 12/17] arm64: Allow ID_AA64MMFR1_EL1.VH to be overridden from the command line Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 13/17] arm64: Honor VHE being disabled from the command-line Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 14/17] arm64: Add an aliasing facility for the idreg override Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 15/17] arm64: Make kvm-arm.mode={nvhe, protected} an alias of id_aa64mmfr1.vh=0 Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier [this message]
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 16/17] KVM: arm64: Document HVC_VHE_RESTART stub hypercall Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` [PATCH 17/17] arm64: Move "nokaslr" over to the early cpufeature infrastructure Marc Zyngier
2020-12-28 10:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-29 19:27 ` [PATCH 00/17] arm64: Early CPU feature override, and an application to VHE Marc Zyngier
2020-12-29 19:27 ` Marc Zyngier
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