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Marc Zyngier authored
It recently appeared that, when running VHE, there is a notable difference between using CNTKCTL_EL1 and CNTHCTL_EL2, despite what the architecture documents: - When accessed from EL2, bits [19:18] and [16:10] of CNTKCTL_EL1 have the same assignment as CNTHCTL_EL2 - When accessed from EL1, bits [19:18] and [16:10] are RES0 It is all OK, until you factor in NV, where the EL2 guest runs at EL1. In this configuration, CNTKCTL_EL11 doesn't trap, nor ends up in the VNCR page. This means that any write from the guest affecting CNTHCTL_EL2 using CNTKCTL_EL1 ends up losing some state. Not good. The fix it obvious: don't use CNTKCTL_EL1 if you want to change bits that are not part of the EL1 definition of CNTKCTL_EL1, and use CNTHCTL_EL2 instead. This doesn't change anything for a bare-metal OS, and fixes it when running under NV. The NV hypervisor will itself have to work harder to merge the two accessors. Note that there is a pending update to the architecture to address this issue by making the affected bits UNKNOWN when CNTKCTL_EL1 is used from EL2 with VHE enabled. Fixes: c605ee24 ("KVM: arm64: timers: Allow physical offset without CNTPOFF_EL2") Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.4 Reviewed-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230627140557.544885-1-maz@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
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