From: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
To: kvmarm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@google.com>,
Zhou Wang <wangzhou1@hisilicon.com>,
Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v4 6/6] Documentation: KVM: arm64: Describe VGICv3 registers writable pre-init
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 14:14:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250709211417.2074487-7-oliver.upton@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250709211417.2074487-1-oliver.upton@linux.dev>
KVM allows userspace to control GICD_IIDR.Revision and
GICD_TYPER2.nASSGIcap prior to initialization for the sake of
provisioning the guest-visible feature set. Document the userspace
expectations surrounding accesses to these registers.
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-v3.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-v3.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-v3.rst
index e860498b1e35..c7a1cd22d814 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-v3.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-v3.rst
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ Groups:
-ENXIO The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device
or hardware support is missing.
-EFAULT Invalid user pointer for attr->addr.
+ -EBUSY Attempt to write a register that is read-only after
+ initialization
======= =============================================================
@@ -120,6 +122,15 @@ Groups:
Note that distributor fields are not banked, but return the same value
regardless of the mpidr used to access the register.
+ Userspace is allowed to write the following register fields prior to
+ initialization of the VGIC:
+
+ =====================
+ GICD_IIDR.Revision
+ GICD_TYPER2.nASSGIcap
+ =====================
+
+
GICD_IIDR.Revision is updated when the KVM implementation is changed in a
way directly observable by the guest or userspace. Userspace should read
GICD_IIDR from KVM and write back the read value to confirm its expected
@@ -128,6 +139,12 @@ Groups:
behavior.
+ GICD_TYPER2.nASSGIcap allows userspace to control the support of SGIs
+ without an active state. At VGIC creation the field resets to the
+ maximum capability of the system. Userspace is expected to read the field
+ to determine the supported value(s) before writing to the field.
+
+
The GICD_STATUSR and GICR_STATUSR registers are architecturally defined such
that a write of a clear bit has no effect, whereas a write with a set bit
clears that value. To allow userspace to freely set the values of these two
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-09 21:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-09 21:14 [PATCH v4 0/6] KVM: arm64: Allow userspace to write GICD_TYPER2.nASSGIcap Oliver Upton
2025-07-09 21:14 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] KVM: arm64: Disambiguate support for vSGIs v. vLPIs Oliver Upton
2025-07-10 8:59 ` Ben Horgan
2025-07-10 16:22 ` Oliver Upton
2025-07-14 10:20 ` Eric Auger
2025-07-22 21:36 ` Oliver Upton
2025-07-09 21:14 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: Consolidate MAINT_IRQ handling Oliver Upton
2025-07-14 12:52 ` Eric Auger
2025-07-14 12:59 ` Eric Auger
2025-07-22 21:42 ` Oliver Upton
2025-07-09 21:14 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: Allow access to GICD_IIDR prior to initialization Oliver Upton
2025-07-14 14:41 ` Eric Auger
2025-07-22 21:47 ` Oliver Upton
2025-08-21 10:55 ` Zhou Wang
2025-08-21 18:43 ` Oliver Upton
2025-08-22 1:54 ` Zhou Wang
2025-07-09 21:14 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: Allow userspace to write GICD_TYPER2.nASSGIcap Oliver Upton
2025-07-14 14:58 ` Eric Auger
2025-07-09 21:14 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] KVM: arm64: selftests: Add test for nASSGIcap attribute Oliver Upton
2025-07-14 15:03 ` Eric Auger
2025-07-09 21:14 ` Oliver Upton [this message]
2025-07-14 15:06 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] Documentation: KVM: arm64: Describe VGICv3 registers writable pre-init Eric Auger
2025-07-22 21:50 ` Oliver Upton
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