Re: [PATCH 3/3] target/arm: allow writes to SCR_EL3.HXEn bit when FEAT_HCX is enabled

[Evgeny Iakovlev <eiakovlev@linux.microsoft.com>]

On 1/13/2023 14:20, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 at 22:13, Evgeny Iakovlev
> <eiakovlev@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> ARM trusted firmware, when built with FEAT_HCX support, sets SCR_EL3.HXEn bit
>> to allow EL2 to modify HCRX_EL2 register without trapping it in EL3. Qemu
>> uses a valid mask to clear unsupported SCR_EL3 bits when emulating SCR_EL3
>> write, and that mask doesn't include SCR_EL3.HXEn bit even if FEAT_HCX is
>> enabled and exposed to the guest. As a result EL3 writes of that bit are
>> ignored.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Evgeny Iakovlev <eiakovlev@linux.microsoft.com>
>> ---
>>   target/arm/helper.c | 3 +++
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
>> index bac2ea62c4..962affdd52 100644
>> --- a/target/arm/helper.c
>> +++ b/target/arm/helper.c
>> @@ -1844,6 +1844,9 @@ static void scr_write(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri, uint64_t value)
>>           if (cpu_isar_feature(aa64_sme, cpu)) {
>>               valid_mask |= SCR_ENTP2;
>>           }
>> +        if (cpu_isar_feature(aa64_hcx, cpu)) {
>> +            valid_mask |= SCR_HXEN;
>> +        }
>>       } else {
>>           valid_mask &= ~(SCR_RW | SCR_ST);
>>           if (cpu_isar_feature(aa32_ras, cpu)) {
>> --
> Oops. This is worth
> Cc: qemu-stable@nongnu.org
>
> I think.
>
> Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
>
> I'll take this 3rd patch into target-arm.next now; I've left
> review comments for the other 2.
>
> thanks
> -- PMM


Thanks, Peter! I'll be addressing the comments today and post a v2 with 
changes for the first 2.