Re: [PATCH v2 04/14] arm64: kvm: Add build rules for separate nVHE object files

From: Andrew Scull
Date: Mon May 18 2020 - 11:56:02 EST


On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 11:58:31AM +0100, David Brazdil wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h b/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
> index 7f06ad93fc95..13850134fc28 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
> @@ -51,4 +51,16 @@ __efistub__ctype = _ctype;
>
> #endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
> +
> +/*
> + * KVM nVHE code has its own symbol namespace prefixed by __hyp_text_, to
> + * isolate it from the kernel proper. The following symbols are legally
> + * accessed by it, therefore provide aliases to make them linkable.
> + * Do not include symbols which may not be safely accessed under hypervisor
> + * memory mappings.
> + */

nit: the prefix is not '__kvm_nvhe_' rather than '__hyp_text_'