Re: [PATCH v4 14/29] arm64: sysreg: Add HCRX_EL2 bits related to FEAT_NV3

Marc Zyngier <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.kvmarm,dev.linux.lists.sashiko-reviews,org.kernel.vger.kvm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:40:05 +0100,
[email protected] wrote:
> 
> Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
> - [High] Adding new HCRX_EL2 fields (NVnTTLBOS, NVnTTLBIS, NVnTTLB, NVTGE) to the sysreg file silently removes them from the auto-generated HCRX_EL2_RES0 mask, but KVM's feature map was not updated to handle them. This semantic drift breaks KVM validation and allows guests to inject unvirtualized CPU features into the host.

"semantic drift" my arse. You're a stuck record.

	M.

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