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    KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Handle hypervisor instruction faults better · 32eb150a
    Paul Mackerras authored
    Currently the code for handling hypervisor instruction page faults
    passes 0 for the flags indicating the type of fault, which is OK in
    the usual case that the page is not mapped in the partition-scoped
    page tables.  However, there are other causes for hypervisor
    instruction page faults, such as not being to update a reference
    (R) or change (C) bit.  The cause is indicated in bits in HSRR1,
    including a bit which indicates that the fault is due to not being
    able to write to a page (for example to update an R or C bit).
    Not handling these other kinds of faults correctly can lead to a
    loop of continual faults without forward progress in the guest.
    
    In order to handle these faults better, this patch constructs a
    "DSISR-like" value from the bits which DSISR and SRR1 (for a HISI)
    have in common, and passes it to kvmppc_book3s_hv_page_fault() so
    that it knows what caused the fault.
    Reviewed-by: default avatarDavid Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
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