[Xen-devel] [PATCH for-4.12 1/8] xen/arm: Only set necessary flags when initializing HCR_EL2

[Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>]

Only {A,F,I}MO are necessary to receive interrupts until a guest vCPU is
loaded.

The rest have no effect on Xen and it is better to avoid setting them.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>
---
 xen/arch/arm/traps.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/traps.c b/xen/arch/arm/traps.c
index 88ffeeb480..1eec966299 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/traps.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/traps.c
@@ -181,8 +181,12 @@ void init_traps(void)
     WRITE_SYSREG((HCPTR_CP_MASK & ~(HCPTR_CP(10) | HCPTR_CP(11))) | HCPTR_TTA,
                  CPTR_EL2);
 
-    /* Setup hypervisor traps */
-    WRITE_SYSREG(get_default_hcr_flags(), HCR_EL2);
+    /*
+     * Configure HCR_EL2 with the bareminimum to run Xen until a guest
+     * is scheduled. {A,I,F}MO bits are set to allow EL2 receiving
+     * interrupts.
+     */
+    WRITE_SYSREG(HCR_AMO | HCR_FMO | HCR_IMO, HCR_EL2);
     isb();
 }
 
-- 
2.11.0


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