Re: [PATCH v7 9/10] KVM: arm64: docs: document KVM support of pointer authentication

From: Kristina Martsenko
Date: Mon Mar 25 2019 - 16:05:55 EST


On 19/03/2019 08:30, Amit Daniel Kachhap wrote:
> This adds sections for KVM API extension for pointer authentication.
> A brief description about usage of pointer authentication for KVM guests
> is added in the arm64 documentations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I think it makes sense to also update the Kconfig symbol description for
CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH, since it currently only mentions userspace
support, but now the option also enables KVM guest support.

It's also worth mentioning that CONFIG_ARM64_VHE=y is required for guest
support.

Thanks,
Kristina