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    ARM: extend non-secure switch to also go into HYP mode · d4296887
    Andre Przywara authored
    
    
    For the KVM and XEN hypervisors to be usable, we need to enter the
    kernel in HYP mode. Now that we already are in non-secure state,
    HYP mode switching is within short reach.
    
    While doing the non-secure switch, we have to enable the HVC
    instruction and setup the HYP mode HVBAR (while still secure).
    
    The actual switch is done by dropping back from a HYP mode handler
    without actually leaving HYP mode, so we introduce a new handler
    routine in our new secure exception vector table.
    
    In the assembly switching routine we save and restore the banked LR
    and SP registers around the hypercall to do the actual HYP mode
    switch.
    
    The C routine first checks whether we are in HYP mode already and
    also whether the virtualization extensions are available. It also
    checks whether the HYP mode switch was finally successful.
    The bootm command part only calls the new function after the
    non-secure switch.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndre Przywara <andre.przywara@linaro.org>
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