Re: [PATCH 6.12 3/8] KVM: arm64: Remove host FPSIMD saving for non-protected KVM

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Mar 14 2025 - 01:32:56 EST


On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 12:35:15AM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
>
> Now that the host eagerly saves its own FPSIMD/SVE/SME state,
> non-protected KVM never needs to save the host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state,
> and the code to do this is never used. Protected KVM still needs to
> save/restore the host FPSIMD/SVE state to avoid leaking guest state to
> the host (and to avoid revealing to the host whether the guest used
> FPSIMD/SVE/SME), and that code needs to be retained.
>
> Remove the unused code and data structures.
>
> To avoid the need for a stub copy of kvm_hyp_save_fpsimd_host() in the
> VHE hyp code, the nVHE/hVHE version is moved into the shared switch
> header, where it is only invoked when KVM is in protected mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Fuad Tabba <tabba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250210195226.1215254-3-mark.rutland@xxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

What is the upstream git id for this on?

thanks,

greg k-h