Re: [Qemu-arm] [RFC v3 0/4] vITS Reset

[Peter Maydell]

On 23 November 2017 at 14:56, Eric Auger <address@hidden> wrote:
> At the moment the ITS is not properly reset. On System reset or
> reboot, previous ITS register values and caches are left
> unchanged. Some of the registers might point to some guest RAM
> tables which are not valid anymore. This leads to state
> inconsistencies that are detected by the kernel save/restore
> code. And eventually this may cause qemu abort.
>
> This series adds vITS reset modality:
> - the 2 first patches bring a minimalist reset through individual
>   register writes. However, with kernel versions < 4.15, this reset
>   is not complete (vITS caches are not voided).
> - With kernel versions >= 4.15 we can rely on a new ITS KVM device
>   reset IOTCL. The last 2 patches introduce the full reset.
>
> Patches 1-2 have all kernel dependencies resolved.
> Patches 3-4' dependencies were pulled for v4.15-rc0 but as the tag is
> not set, the kernel header update still is partial.

We don't need the change to be tagged for us to sync with the
kernel headers: if it's in mainline that's good enough.

thanks
-- PMM