Re: (subset) [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: arm64: Fix enforcement of upper bound on MDCR_EL2.HPMN

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Wed Jul 09 2025 - 08:22:47 EST


On Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:38:07 +0100, Ben Horgan wrote:
> Previously, u64_replace_bits() was used to no effect as the return value
> was ignored. Convert to u64p_replace_bits() so the value is updated in
> place.
>
>

Applied to fixes, thanks!

I have dropped the Cc: stable, as ths bug only exists in 6.16, and we
are not backporting anything related to NV to previous kernel versions.

[1/2] KVM: arm64: Fix enforcement of upper bound on MDCR_EL2.HPMN
commit: 2265c08ec393ef1f5ef5019add0ab1e3a7ee0b79

Cheers,

M.
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