Re: [BUG]: KVM: arm64: Fix symbol dependency in __hyp_call_panic_nvhe

[Oliver Upton]

> That means we have two options:
> (a) define __hyp_panic_string in a different .c file in all pre-5.9 branches, or
> (b) revert the backported patch.
> 
> The patch was needed in 5.9 and should stay there. It wasn't needed in earlier
> versions because the symbol was being kept alive by another user. It did "fix"
> the inline asm semantics, but the problem was never triggered in pre-5.9.
> 
> Sasha, with this and the GCC bug in mind, would you agree that (b) is the
> better course of action?

Sasha,

Any chance we can get this patch reverted as David has suggested? It was
backported to 5.4 LTS in commit 653ae33b030b ("KVM: arm64: Fix symbol dependency in __hyp_call_panic_nvhe")
and is causing build issues with a 4.9.4 vintage of GCC.

Thanks!

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Oliver