Re: [Qemu-arm] [PATCH v6 0/4] vITS Reset

[Peter Maydell]

On 28 November 2017 at 15:41, 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.
>
> Tested with 4.11, 4.14 and 4.15 host kernels.

Applied v6 to target-arm.next for 2.12; thanks.

-- PMM