Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: arm64: Use BTI for nvhe

[Marc Zyngier]

On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 11:34:51 +0100,
"Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis)" <regressions@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 04.07.23 15:41, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 03:08:45PM +0000, Mostafa Saleh wrote:
> >> CONFIG_ARM64_BTI_KERNEL compiles the kernel to support ARMv8.5-BTI.
> >> However, the nvhe code doesn't make use of it as it doesn't map any
> >> pages with Guarded Page(GP) bit.
> > [...]
> > I was chasing a bug in linux-next yesterday with protected nVHE(pKVM) and
> > cpuidle enabled. The system fails to boot. I just bisected the issue to this
> > patch and also saw this patch landed in the linus tree yesterday/today.
> > Not sure if this is something to do with the fact that pKVM skips to
> > __kvm_handle_stub_hvc in __host_hvc.
> > 
> > Let me know if you want be to try something.
> 
> Thanks for the report. Seems the fix is slow to progress.

It's not. See [1].

	M.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230706152240.685684-1-smostafa@xxxxxxxxxx

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