* [PATCH v5 2/2] RISC-V: KVM: AIA: Make HGEI number management fully per-CPU
@ 2026-05-25 9:49 ` Anup Patel
0 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Anup Patel @ 2026-05-25 9:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Paolo Bonzini, Atish Patra, Thomas Gleixner
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt, Paul Walmsley, Anup Patel, Andrew Jones,
kvm-riscv, kvm, linux-riscv, linux-kernel,
Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy), Anup Patel
From: "Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy)" <guoren@kernel.org>
Previously, the number of Hypervisor Guest External Interrupt (HGEI)
lines was stored in a single global variable `kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei`
and assumed to be the same for all HARTs. This assumption does not
hold on heterogeneous RISC-V SoCs where different cores may expose
different HGEIE CSR widths.
Introduce `nr_hgei` field into the per-CPU `struct aia_hgei_control`
and probe the actual supported HGEI count for the current HART in
`kvm_riscv_aia_enable()` using the standard RISC-V CSR probe technique:
csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
nr = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
if (nr)
nr--;
All HGEI allocation, free and disable paths (`kvm_riscv_aia_free_hgei()`,
`kvm_riscv_aia_disable()`, etc.) now use the per-CPU value instead of
the global one.
The global `kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei` now represents the minimum number
of HGEI lines across HARTs and can be used to check whether HGEI
support is available or not.
This makes KVM AIA robust on big.LITTLE-style asymmetric platforms.
Signed-off-by: Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy) <guoren@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup.patel@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h | 2 +-
arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c | 88 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c | 4 +-
arch/riscv/kvm/main.c | 8 +--
4 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
index b04ecdd1a860..c67ec5ac0a14 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_aia {
#define irqchip_in_kernel(k) ((k)->arch.aia.in_kernel)
-extern unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
+extern atomic_t kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
extern unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids;
DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kvm_riscv_aia_available);
#define kvm_riscv_aia_available() \
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
index 5ec503288555..bafb009c5ce5 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
@@ -21,13 +21,15 @@
struct aia_hgei_control {
raw_spinlock_t lock;
+ bool free_bitmap_initialized;
unsigned long free_bitmap;
struct kvm_vcpu *owners[BITS_PER_LONG];
+ unsigned int nr_hgei;
};
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct aia_hgei_control, aia_hgei);
static int hgei_parent_irq;
-unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
+atomic_t kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids;
DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kvm_riscv_aia_available);
@@ -452,7 +454,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_free_hgei(int cpu, int hgei)
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
- if (hgei > 0 && hgei <= kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) {
+ if (hgei > 0 && hgei <= hgctrl->nr_hgei) {
if (!(hgctrl->free_bitmap & BIT(hgei))) {
hgctrl->free_bitmap |= BIT(hgei);
hgctrl->owners[hgei] = NULL;
@@ -486,26 +488,18 @@ static irqreturn_t hgei_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
static int aia_hgei_init(void)
{
- int cpu, rc;
- struct irq_domain *domain;
struct aia_hgei_control *hgctrl;
+ struct irq_domain *domain;
+ int cpu, rc;
/* Initialize per-CPU guest external interrupt line management */
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
hgctrl = per_cpu_ptr(&aia_hgei, cpu);
raw_spin_lock_init(&hgctrl->lock);
- if (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) {
- hgctrl->free_bitmap =
- BIT(kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei + 1) - 1;
- hgctrl->free_bitmap &= ~BIT(0);
- } else
- hgctrl->free_bitmap = 0;
+ hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized = false;
+ hgctrl->free_bitmap = 0;
}
- /* Skip SGEI interrupt setup for zero guest external interrupts */
- if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
- goto skip_sgei_interrupt;
-
/* Find INTC irq domain */
domain = irq_find_matching_fwnode(riscv_get_intc_hwnode(),
DOMAIN_BUS_ANY);
@@ -529,25 +523,60 @@ static int aia_hgei_init(void)
return rc;
}
-skip_sgei_interrupt:
return 0;
}
static void aia_hgei_exit(void)
{
- /* Do nothing for zero guest external interrupts */
- if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
- return;
-
/* Free per-CPU SGEI interrupt */
free_percpu_irq(hgei_parent_irq, &aia_hgei);
}
void kvm_riscv_aia_enable(void)
{
+ const struct imsic_global_config *gc;
+ const struct imsic_local_config *lc;
+ struct aia_hgei_control *hgctrl;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ int aia_nr_hgei;
+
if (!kvm_riscv_aia_available())
return;
+ gc = imsic_get_global_config();
+ lc = (gc) ? this_cpu_ptr(gc->local) : NULL;
+ hgctrl = this_cpu_ptr(&aia_hgei);
+
+ /* Figure-out number of bits in HGEIE */
+ csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
+ hgctrl->nr_hgei = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
+ csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, 0);
+ if (hgctrl->nr_hgei)
+ hgctrl->nr_hgei--;
+
+ /*
+ * Number of usable per-HART HGEI lines should be minimum of
+ * per-HART IMSIC guest files and number of bits in HGEIE.
+ */
+ if (lc)
+ hgctrl->nr_hgei = min((ulong)hgctrl->nr_hgei, lc->nr_guest_files);
+ else
+ hgctrl->nr_hgei = 0;
+
+ /* Update the number of IMSIC guest files across all HARTs */
+ aia_nr_hgei = atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei);
+ do {
+ if (aia_nr_hgei <= hgctrl->nr_hgei)
+ break;
+ } while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, &aia_nr_hgei, hgctrl->nr_hgei));
+
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
+ if (!hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized) {
+ hgctrl->free_bitmap = (hgctrl->nr_hgei) ? GENMASK_ULL(hgctrl->nr_hgei, 1) : 0;
+ hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized = true;
+ }
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
+
csr_write(CSR_HVICTL, aia_hvictl_value(false));
csr_write(CSR_HVIPRIO1, 0x0);
csr_write(CSR_HVIPRIO2, 0x0);
@@ -588,7 +617,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_disable(void)
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
- for (i = 0; i <= kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i <= hgctrl->nr_hgei; i++) {
vcpu = hgctrl->owners[i];
if (!vcpu)
continue;
@@ -628,26 +657,15 @@ int kvm_riscv_aia_init(void)
return -ENODEV;
gc = imsic_get_global_config();
- /* Figure-out number of bits in HGEIE */
- csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
- kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
- csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, 0);
- if (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
- kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei--;
-
- /*
- * Number of usable HGEI lines should be minimum of per-HART
- * IMSIC guest files and number of bits in HGEIE
- */
+ /* Set initial value of IMSIC guest files across all HARTs */
if (gc)
- kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = min((ulong)kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei,
- gc->nr_guest_files);
+ atomic_set(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, gc->nr_guest_files);
else
- kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = 0;
+ atomic_set(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, 0);
/* Find number of guest MSI IDs */
kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids = IMSIC_MAX_ID;
- if (gc && kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
+ if (gc)
kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids = gc->nr_guest_ids + 1;
/* Initialize guest external interrupt line management */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
index 3d1e81e2a36b..be83c2d5fc30 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int aia_config(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type,
* external interrupts (i.e. non-zero
* VS-level IMSIC pages).
*/
- if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
+ if (!atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei))
return -EINVAL;
break;
default:
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
*/
/* Initialize default values in AIA global context */
- aia->mode = (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) ?
+ aia->mode = (atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)) ?
KVM_DEV_RISCV_AIA_MODE_AUTO : KVM_DEV_RISCV_AIA_MODE_EMUL;
aia->nr_ids = kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids - 1;
aia->nr_sources = 0;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
index cb8a65273c1f..0924c75100a2 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
@@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ static int __init riscv_kvm_init(void)
kvm_info("VMID %ld bits available\n", kvm_riscv_gstage_vmid_bits());
- if (kvm_riscv_aia_available())
- kvm_info("AIA available with %d guest external interrupts\n",
- kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei);
-
kvm_riscv_setup_vendor_features();
kvm_register_perf_callbacks();
@@ -182,6 +178,10 @@ static int __init riscv_kvm_init(void)
return rc;
}
+ if (kvm_riscv_aia_available())
+ kvm_info("AIA available with %d guest external interrupts\n",
+ atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei));
+
return 0;
}
module_init(riscv_kvm_init);
--
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@ 2026-05-25 9:49 ` Anup Patel
0 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Anup Patel @ 2026-05-25 9:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Paolo Bonzini, Atish Patra, Thomas Gleixner
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt, Paul Walmsley, Anup Patel, Andrew Jones,
kvm-riscv, kvm, linux-riscv, linux-kernel,
Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy), Anup Patel
From: "Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy)" <guoren@kernel.org>
Previously, the number of Hypervisor Guest External Interrupt (HGEI)
lines was stored in a single global variable `kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei`
and assumed to be the same for all HARTs. This assumption does not
hold on heterogeneous RISC-V SoCs where different cores may expose
different HGEIE CSR widths.
Introduce `nr_hgei` field into the per-CPU `struct aia_hgei_control`
and probe the actual supported HGEI count for the current HART in
`kvm_riscv_aia_enable()` using the standard RISC-V CSR probe technique:
csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
nr = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
if (nr)
nr--;
All HGEI allocation, free and disable paths (`kvm_riscv_aia_free_hgei()`,
`kvm_riscv_aia_disable()`, etc.) now use the per-CPU value instead of
the global one.
The global `kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei` now represents the minimum number
of HGEI lines across HARTs and can be used to check whether HGEI
support is available or not.
This makes KVM AIA robust on big.LITTLE-style asymmetric platforms.
Signed-off-by: Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy) <guoren@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup.patel@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h | 2 +-
arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c | 88 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c | 4 +-
arch/riscv/kvm/main.c | 8 +--
4 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
index b04ecdd1a860..c67ec5ac0a14 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_aia {
#define irqchip_in_kernel(k) ((k)->arch.aia.in_kernel)
-extern unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
+extern atomic_t kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
extern unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids;
DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kvm_riscv_aia_available);
#define kvm_riscv_aia_available() \
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
index 5ec503288555..bafb009c5ce5 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
@@ -21,13 +21,15 @@
struct aia_hgei_control {
raw_spinlock_t lock;
+ bool free_bitmap_initialized;
unsigned long free_bitmap;
struct kvm_vcpu *owners[BITS_PER_LONG];
+ unsigned int nr_hgei;
};
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct aia_hgei_control, aia_hgei);
static int hgei_parent_irq;
-unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
+atomic_t kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids;
DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kvm_riscv_aia_available);
@@ -452,7 +454,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_free_hgei(int cpu, int hgei)
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
- if (hgei > 0 && hgei <= kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) {
+ if (hgei > 0 && hgei <= hgctrl->nr_hgei) {
if (!(hgctrl->free_bitmap & BIT(hgei))) {
hgctrl->free_bitmap |= BIT(hgei);
hgctrl->owners[hgei] = NULL;
@@ -486,26 +488,18 @@ static irqreturn_t hgei_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
static int aia_hgei_init(void)
{
- int cpu, rc;
- struct irq_domain *domain;
struct aia_hgei_control *hgctrl;
+ struct irq_domain *domain;
+ int cpu, rc;
/* Initialize per-CPU guest external interrupt line management */
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
hgctrl = per_cpu_ptr(&aia_hgei, cpu);
raw_spin_lock_init(&hgctrl->lock);
- if (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) {
- hgctrl->free_bitmap =
- BIT(kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei + 1) - 1;
- hgctrl->free_bitmap &= ~BIT(0);
- } else
- hgctrl->free_bitmap = 0;
+ hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized = false;
+ hgctrl->free_bitmap = 0;
}
- /* Skip SGEI interrupt setup for zero guest external interrupts */
- if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
- goto skip_sgei_interrupt;
-
/* Find INTC irq domain */
domain = irq_find_matching_fwnode(riscv_get_intc_hwnode(),
DOMAIN_BUS_ANY);
@@ -529,25 +523,60 @@ static int aia_hgei_init(void)
return rc;
}
-skip_sgei_interrupt:
return 0;
}
static void aia_hgei_exit(void)
{
- /* Do nothing for zero guest external interrupts */
- if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
- return;
-
/* Free per-CPU SGEI interrupt */
free_percpu_irq(hgei_parent_irq, &aia_hgei);
}
void kvm_riscv_aia_enable(void)
{
+ const struct imsic_global_config *gc;
+ const struct imsic_local_config *lc;
+ struct aia_hgei_control *hgctrl;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ int aia_nr_hgei;
+
if (!kvm_riscv_aia_available())
return;
+ gc = imsic_get_global_config();
+ lc = (gc) ? this_cpu_ptr(gc->local) : NULL;
+ hgctrl = this_cpu_ptr(&aia_hgei);
+
+ /* Figure-out number of bits in HGEIE */
+ csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
+ hgctrl->nr_hgei = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
+ csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, 0);
+ if (hgctrl->nr_hgei)
+ hgctrl->nr_hgei--;
+
+ /*
+ * Number of usable per-HART HGEI lines should be minimum of
+ * per-HART IMSIC guest files and number of bits in HGEIE.
+ */
+ if (lc)
+ hgctrl->nr_hgei = min((ulong)hgctrl->nr_hgei, lc->nr_guest_files);
+ else
+ hgctrl->nr_hgei = 0;
+
+ /* Update the number of IMSIC guest files across all HARTs */
+ aia_nr_hgei = atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei);
+ do {
+ if (aia_nr_hgei <= hgctrl->nr_hgei)
+ break;
+ } while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, &aia_nr_hgei, hgctrl->nr_hgei));
+
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
+ if (!hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized) {
+ hgctrl->free_bitmap = (hgctrl->nr_hgei) ? GENMASK_ULL(hgctrl->nr_hgei, 1) : 0;
+ hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized = true;
+ }
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
+
csr_write(CSR_HVICTL, aia_hvictl_value(false));
csr_write(CSR_HVIPRIO1, 0x0);
csr_write(CSR_HVIPRIO2, 0x0);
@@ -588,7 +617,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_disable(void)
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
- for (i = 0; i <= kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i <= hgctrl->nr_hgei; i++) {
vcpu = hgctrl->owners[i];
if (!vcpu)
continue;
@@ -628,26 +657,15 @@ int kvm_riscv_aia_init(void)
return -ENODEV;
gc = imsic_get_global_config();
- /* Figure-out number of bits in HGEIE */
- csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
- kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
- csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, 0);
- if (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
- kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei--;
-
- /*
- * Number of usable HGEI lines should be minimum of per-HART
- * IMSIC guest files and number of bits in HGEIE
- */
+ /* Set initial value of IMSIC guest files across all HARTs */
if (gc)
- kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = min((ulong)kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei,
- gc->nr_guest_files);
+ atomic_set(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, gc->nr_guest_files);
else
- kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = 0;
+ atomic_set(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, 0);
/* Find number of guest MSI IDs */
kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids = IMSIC_MAX_ID;
- if (gc && kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
+ if (gc)
kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids = gc->nr_guest_ids + 1;
/* Initialize guest external interrupt line management */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
index 3d1e81e2a36b..be83c2d5fc30 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int aia_config(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type,
* external interrupts (i.e. non-zero
* VS-level IMSIC pages).
*/
- if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
+ if (!atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei))
return -EINVAL;
break;
default:
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
*/
/* Initialize default values in AIA global context */
- aia->mode = (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) ?
+ aia->mode = (atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)) ?
KVM_DEV_RISCV_AIA_MODE_AUTO : KVM_DEV_RISCV_AIA_MODE_EMUL;
aia->nr_ids = kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids - 1;
aia->nr_sources = 0;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
index cb8a65273c1f..0924c75100a2 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
@@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ static int __init riscv_kvm_init(void)
kvm_info("VMID %ld bits available\n", kvm_riscv_gstage_vmid_bits());
- if (kvm_riscv_aia_available())
- kvm_info("AIA available with %d guest external interrupts\n",
- kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei);
-
kvm_riscv_setup_vendor_features();
kvm_register_perf_callbacks();
@@ -182,6 +178,10 @@ static int __init riscv_kvm_init(void)
return rc;
}
+ if (kvm_riscv_aia_available())
+ kvm_info("AIA available with %d guest external interrupts\n",
+ atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei));
+
return 0;
}
module_init(riscv_kvm_init);
--
2.43.0
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] RISC-V: KVM: AIA: Make HGEI number management fully per-CPU
2026-05-25 9:49 ` Anup Patel
(?)
(?)
@ 2026-05-25 10:58 ` sashiko-bot
-1 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: sashiko-bot @ 2026-05-25 10:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Anup Patel; +Cc: kvm
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
Pre-existing issues:
- [Critical] This problem wasn't introduced by this patch, but a Use-After-Free vulnerability exists in `kvm_riscv_aia_disable()` during concurrent VM destruction and CPU offline.
--
commit b20fb1dd06460a83c6a2cbe4fe6445306d7467e2
Author: Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy) <guoren@kernel.org>
RISC-V: KVM: AIA: Make HGEI number management fully per-CPU
This commit introduces a per-CPU field for the number of Hypervisor Guest
External Interrupt (HGEI) lines, replacing a single global variable. It
updates allocation, freeing, and disabling paths to use the probed
per-CPU values. The global value is retained to represent the minimum
number of HGEI lines across all HARTs.
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
> index 5ec503288555d..bafb009c5ce55 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -588,7 +617,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_disable(void)
>
> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
>
> - for (i = 0; i <= kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei; i++) {
> + for (i = 0; i <= hgctrl->nr_hgei; i++) {
> vcpu = hgctrl->owners[i];
> if (!vcpu)
> continue;
[Severity: Critical]
This is a pre-existing issue, but could this lead to a use-after-free
during concurrent VM destruction and CPU offline?
Looking at kvm_riscv_aia_disable(), the code reads the vcpu pointer and
temporarily drops the lock before using it:
vcpu = hgctrl->owners[i];
if (!vcpu)
continue;
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
kvm_riscv_vcpu_aia_imsic_release(vcpu);
If CPU hotplug runs concurrently with VM teardown:
CPU1 (CPU offline)
kvm_riscv_aia_disable()
vcpu = hgctrl->owners[i];
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
CPU2 (VM teardown)
kvm_destroy_vm()
kvm_vcpu_destroy()
kvm_riscv_vcpu_aia_deinit()
imsic_vsfile_cleanup()
kvm_riscv_aia_free_hgei()
// acquires hgctrl->lock, clears the owners slot
kmem_cache_free(vcpu)
CPU1 (CPU offline resumes)
kvm_riscv_aia_disable()
kvm_riscv_vcpu_aia_imsic_release(vcpu); // dereferences freed vcpu
Since kvm_vcpu_destroy() does not use RCU for reclamation and no reference
counts are held for the vcpu while the lock is dropped, the memory appears
to be freed immediately.
Is there a mechanism preventing this race?
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260525094945.3721783-1-anup.patel@oss.qualcomm.com?part=2
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] RISC-V: KVM: AIA: Make HGEI number management fully per-CPU
2026-05-25 9:49 ` Anup Patel
(?)
@ 2026-05-26 1:12 ` Guo Ren
-1 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Guo Ren @ 2026-05-26 1:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Anup Patel
Cc: Paolo Bonzini, Atish Patra, Thomas Gleixner, Palmer Dabbelt,
Paul Walmsley, Anup Patel, Andrew Jones, kvm-riscv, kvm,
linux-riscv, linux-kernel
On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 5:49 PM Anup Patel <anup.patel@oss.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>
> From: "Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy)" <guoren@kernel.org>
>
> Previously, the number of Hypervisor Guest External Interrupt (HGEI)
> lines was stored in a single global variable `kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei`
> and assumed to be the same for all HARTs. This assumption does not
> hold on heterogeneous RISC-V SoCs where different cores may expose
> different HGEIE CSR widths.
>
> Introduce `nr_hgei` field into the per-CPU `struct aia_hgei_control`
> and probe the actual supported HGEI count for the current HART in
> `kvm_riscv_aia_enable()` using the standard RISC-V CSR probe technique:
>
> csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
> nr = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
> if (nr)
> nr--;
>
> All HGEI allocation, free and disable paths (`kvm_riscv_aia_free_hgei()`,
> `kvm_riscv_aia_disable()`, etc.) now use the per-CPU value instead of
> the global one.
>
> The global `kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei` now represents the minimum number
> of HGEI lines across HARTs and can be used to check whether HGEI
> support is available or not.
>
> This makes KVM AIA robust on big.LITTLE-style asymmetric platforms.
>
> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy) <guoren@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup.patel@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
> arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h | 2 +-
> arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c | 88 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
> arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c | 4 +-
> arch/riscv/kvm/main.c | 8 +--
> 4 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
> index b04ecdd1a860..c67ec5ac0a14 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
> @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_aia {
>
> #define irqchip_in_kernel(k) ((k)->arch.aia.in_kernel)
>
> -extern unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
> +extern atomic_t kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
> extern unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids;
> DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kvm_riscv_aia_available);
> #define kvm_riscv_aia_available() \
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
> index 5ec503288555..bafb009c5ce5 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
> @@ -21,13 +21,15 @@
>
> struct aia_hgei_control {
> raw_spinlock_t lock;
> + bool free_bitmap_initialized;
> unsigned long free_bitmap;
> struct kvm_vcpu *owners[BITS_PER_LONG];
> + unsigned int nr_hgei;
> };
> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct aia_hgei_control, aia_hgei);
> static int hgei_parent_irq;
>
> -unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
> +atomic_t kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
> unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids;
> DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kvm_riscv_aia_available);
>
> @@ -452,7 +454,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_free_hgei(int cpu, int hgei)
>
> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
>
> - if (hgei > 0 && hgei <= kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) {
> + if (hgei > 0 && hgei <= hgctrl->nr_hgei) {
> if (!(hgctrl->free_bitmap & BIT(hgei))) {
> hgctrl->free_bitmap |= BIT(hgei);
> hgctrl->owners[hgei] = NULL;
> @@ -486,26 +488,18 @@ static irqreturn_t hgei_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
>
> static int aia_hgei_init(void)
> {
> - int cpu, rc;
> - struct irq_domain *domain;
> struct aia_hgei_control *hgctrl;
> + struct irq_domain *domain;
> + int cpu, rc;
>
> /* Initialize per-CPU guest external interrupt line management */
> for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> hgctrl = per_cpu_ptr(&aia_hgei, cpu);
> raw_spin_lock_init(&hgctrl->lock);
> - if (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) {
> - hgctrl->free_bitmap =
> - BIT(kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei + 1) - 1;
> - hgctrl->free_bitmap &= ~BIT(0);
> - } else
> - hgctrl->free_bitmap = 0;
> + hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized = false;
> + hgctrl->free_bitmap = 0;
> }
>
> - /* Skip SGEI interrupt setup for zero guest external interrupts */
> - if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> - goto skip_sgei_interrupt;
> -
> /* Find INTC irq domain */
> domain = irq_find_matching_fwnode(riscv_get_intc_hwnode(),
> DOMAIN_BUS_ANY);
> @@ -529,25 +523,60 @@ static int aia_hgei_init(void)
> return rc;
> }
>
> -skip_sgei_interrupt:
> return 0;
> }
>
> static void aia_hgei_exit(void)
> {
> - /* Do nothing for zero guest external interrupts */
> - if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> - return;
> -
> /* Free per-CPU SGEI interrupt */
> free_percpu_irq(hgei_parent_irq, &aia_hgei);
> }
>
> void kvm_riscv_aia_enable(void)
> {
> + const struct imsic_global_config *gc;
> + const struct imsic_local_config *lc;
> + struct aia_hgei_control *hgctrl;
> + unsigned long flags;
> + int aia_nr_hgei;
> +
> if (!kvm_riscv_aia_available())
> return;
>
> + gc = imsic_get_global_config();
> + lc = (gc) ? this_cpu_ptr(gc->local) : NULL;
> + hgctrl = this_cpu_ptr(&aia_hgei);
> +
> + /* Figure-out number of bits in HGEIE */
> + csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
> + hgctrl->nr_hgei = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
> + csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, 0);
> + if (hgctrl->nr_hgei)
> + hgctrl->nr_hgei--;
> +
> + /*
> + * Number of usable per-HART HGEI lines should be minimum of
> + * per-HART IMSIC guest files and number of bits in HGEIE.
> + */
> + if (lc)
> + hgctrl->nr_hgei = min((ulong)hgctrl->nr_hgei, lc->nr_guest_files);
Great! You correct that.
> + else
> + hgctrl->nr_hgei = 0;
> +
> + /* Update the number of IMSIC guest files across all HARTs */
> + aia_nr_hgei = atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei);
> + do {
> + if (aia_nr_hgei <= hgctrl->nr_hgei)
> + break;
> + } while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, &aia_nr_hgei, hgctrl->nr_hgei));
> +
> + raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
> + if (!hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized) {
> + hgctrl->free_bitmap = (hgctrl->nr_hgei) ? GENMASK_ULL(hgctrl->nr_hgei, 1) : 0;
> + hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized = true;
> + }
> + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
> +
> csr_write(CSR_HVICTL, aia_hvictl_value(false));
> csr_write(CSR_HVIPRIO1, 0x0);
> csr_write(CSR_HVIPRIO2, 0x0);
> @@ -588,7 +617,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_disable(void)
>
> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
>
> - for (i = 0; i <= kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei; i++) {
> + for (i = 0; i <= hgctrl->nr_hgei; i++) {
> vcpu = hgctrl->owners[i];
> if (!vcpu)
> continue;
> @@ -628,26 +657,15 @@ int kvm_riscv_aia_init(void)
> return -ENODEV;
> gc = imsic_get_global_config();
>
> - /* Figure-out number of bits in HGEIE */
> - csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
> - csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, 0);
> - if (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei--;
> -
> - /*
> - * Number of usable HGEI lines should be minimum of per-HART
> - * IMSIC guest files and number of bits in HGEIE
> - */
> + /* Set initial value of IMSIC guest files across all HARTs */
> if (gc)
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = min((ulong)kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei,
> - gc->nr_guest_files);
> + atomic_set(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, gc->nr_guest_files);
> else
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = 0;
> + atomic_set(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, 0);
>
> /* Find number of guest MSI IDs */
> kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids = IMSIC_MAX_ID;
> - if (gc && kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> + if (gc)
> kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids = gc->nr_guest_ids + 1;
>
> /* Initialize guest external interrupt line management */
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
> index 3d1e81e2a36b..be83c2d5fc30 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int aia_config(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type,
> * external interrupts (i.e. non-zero
> * VS-level IMSIC pages).
> */
> - if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> + if (!atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei))
> return -EINVAL;
> break;
> default:
> @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
> */
>
> /* Initialize default values in AIA global context */
> - aia->mode = (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) ?
> + aia->mode = (atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)) ?
> KVM_DEV_RISCV_AIA_MODE_AUTO : KVM_DEV_RISCV_AIA_MODE_EMUL;
> aia->nr_ids = kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids - 1;
> aia->nr_sources = 0;
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
> index cb8a65273c1f..0924c75100a2 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
> @@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ static int __init riscv_kvm_init(void)
>
> kvm_info("VMID %ld bits available\n", kvm_riscv_gstage_vmid_bits());
>
> - if (kvm_riscv_aia_available())
> - kvm_info("AIA available with %d guest external interrupts\n",
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei);
> -
> kvm_riscv_setup_vendor_features();
>
> kvm_register_perf_callbacks();
> @@ -182,6 +178,10 @@ static int __init riscv_kvm_init(void)
> return rc;
> }
>
> + if (kvm_riscv_aia_available())
> + kvm_info("AIA available with %d guest external interrupts\n",
> + atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei));
> +
> return 0;
> }
> module_init(riscv_kvm_init);
> --
> 2.43.0
>
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] RISC-V: KVM: AIA: Make HGEI number management fully per-CPU
@ 2026-05-26 1:12 ` Guo Ren
0 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Guo Ren @ 2026-05-26 1:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Anup Patel
Cc: Paolo Bonzini, Atish Patra, Thomas Gleixner, Palmer Dabbelt,
Paul Walmsley, Anup Patel, Andrew Jones, kvm-riscv, kvm,
linux-riscv, linux-kernel
On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 5:49 PM Anup Patel <anup.patel@oss.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>
> From: "Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy)" <guoren@kernel.org>
>
> Previously, the number of Hypervisor Guest External Interrupt (HGEI)
> lines was stored in a single global variable `kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei`
> and assumed to be the same for all HARTs. This assumption does not
> hold on heterogeneous RISC-V SoCs where different cores may expose
> different HGEIE CSR widths.
>
> Introduce `nr_hgei` field into the per-CPU `struct aia_hgei_control`
> and probe the actual supported HGEI count for the current HART in
> `kvm_riscv_aia_enable()` using the standard RISC-V CSR probe technique:
>
> csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
> nr = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
> if (nr)
> nr--;
>
> All HGEI allocation, free and disable paths (`kvm_riscv_aia_free_hgei()`,
> `kvm_riscv_aia_disable()`, etc.) now use the per-CPU value instead of
> the global one.
>
> The global `kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei` now represents the minimum number
> of HGEI lines across HARTs and can be used to check whether HGEI
> support is available or not.
>
> This makes KVM AIA robust on big.LITTLE-style asymmetric platforms.
>
> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy) <guoren@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup.patel@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
> arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h | 2 +-
> arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c | 88 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
> arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c | 4 +-
> arch/riscv/kvm/main.c | 8 +--
> 4 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
> index b04ecdd1a860..c67ec5ac0a14 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
> @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_aia {
>
> #define irqchip_in_kernel(k) ((k)->arch.aia.in_kernel)
>
> -extern unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
> +extern atomic_t kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
> extern unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids;
> DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kvm_riscv_aia_available);
> #define kvm_riscv_aia_available() \
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
> index 5ec503288555..bafb009c5ce5 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
> @@ -21,13 +21,15 @@
>
> struct aia_hgei_control {
> raw_spinlock_t lock;
> + bool free_bitmap_initialized;
> unsigned long free_bitmap;
> struct kvm_vcpu *owners[BITS_PER_LONG];
> + unsigned int nr_hgei;
> };
> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct aia_hgei_control, aia_hgei);
> static int hgei_parent_irq;
>
> -unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
> +atomic_t kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
> unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids;
> DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kvm_riscv_aia_available);
>
> @@ -452,7 +454,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_free_hgei(int cpu, int hgei)
>
> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
>
> - if (hgei > 0 && hgei <= kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) {
> + if (hgei > 0 && hgei <= hgctrl->nr_hgei) {
> if (!(hgctrl->free_bitmap & BIT(hgei))) {
> hgctrl->free_bitmap |= BIT(hgei);
> hgctrl->owners[hgei] = NULL;
> @@ -486,26 +488,18 @@ static irqreturn_t hgei_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
>
> static int aia_hgei_init(void)
> {
> - int cpu, rc;
> - struct irq_domain *domain;
> struct aia_hgei_control *hgctrl;
> + struct irq_domain *domain;
> + int cpu, rc;
>
> /* Initialize per-CPU guest external interrupt line management */
> for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> hgctrl = per_cpu_ptr(&aia_hgei, cpu);
> raw_spin_lock_init(&hgctrl->lock);
> - if (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) {
> - hgctrl->free_bitmap =
> - BIT(kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei + 1) - 1;
> - hgctrl->free_bitmap &= ~BIT(0);
> - } else
> - hgctrl->free_bitmap = 0;
> + hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized = false;
> + hgctrl->free_bitmap = 0;
> }
>
> - /* Skip SGEI interrupt setup for zero guest external interrupts */
> - if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> - goto skip_sgei_interrupt;
> -
> /* Find INTC irq domain */
> domain = irq_find_matching_fwnode(riscv_get_intc_hwnode(),
> DOMAIN_BUS_ANY);
> @@ -529,25 +523,60 @@ static int aia_hgei_init(void)
> return rc;
> }
>
> -skip_sgei_interrupt:
> return 0;
> }
>
> static void aia_hgei_exit(void)
> {
> - /* Do nothing for zero guest external interrupts */
> - if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> - return;
> -
> /* Free per-CPU SGEI interrupt */
> free_percpu_irq(hgei_parent_irq, &aia_hgei);
> }
>
> void kvm_riscv_aia_enable(void)
> {
> + const struct imsic_global_config *gc;
> + const struct imsic_local_config *lc;
> + struct aia_hgei_control *hgctrl;
> + unsigned long flags;
> + int aia_nr_hgei;
> +
> if (!kvm_riscv_aia_available())
> return;
>
> + gc = imsic_get_global_config();
> + lc = (gc) ? this_cpu_ptr(gc->local) : NULL;
> + hgctrl = this_cpu_ptr(&aia_hgei);
> +
> + /* Figure-out number of bits in HGEIE */
> + csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
> + hgctrl->nr_hgei = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
> + csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, 0);
> + if (hgctrl->nr_hgei)
> + hgctrl->nr_hgei--;
> +
> + /*
> + * Number of usable per-HART HGEI lines should be minimum of
> + * per-HART IMSIC guest files and number of bits in HGEIE.
> + */
> + if (lc)
> + hgctrl->nr_hgei = min((ulong)hgctrl->nr_hgei, lc->nr_guest_files);
Great! You correct that.
> + else
> + hgctrl->nr_hgei = 0;
> +
> + /* Update the number of IMSIC guest files across all HARTs */
> + aia_nr_hgei = atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei);
> + do {
> + if (aia_nr_hgei <= hgctrl->nr_hgei)
> + break;
> + } while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, &aia_nr_hgei, hgctrl->nr_hgei));
> +
> + raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
> + if (!hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized) {
> + hgctrl->free_bitmap = (hgctrl->nr_hgei) ? GENMASK_ULL(hgctrl->nr_hgei, 1) : 0;
> + hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized = true;
> + }
> + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
> +
> csr_write(CSR_HVICTL, aia_hvictl_value(false));
> csr_write(CSR_HVIPRIO1, 0x0);
> csr_write(CSR_HVIPRIO2, 0x0);
> @@ -588,7 +617,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_disable(void)
>
> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
>
> - for (i = 0; i <= kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei; i++) {
> + for (i = 0; i <= hgctrl->nr_hgei; i++) {
> vcpu = hgctrl->owners[i];
> if (!vcpu)
> continue;
> @@ -628,26 +657,15 @@ int kvm_riscv_aia_init(void)
> return -ENODEV;
> gc = imsic_get_global_config();
>
> - /* Figure-out number of bits in HGEIE */
> - csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
> - csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, 0);
> - if (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei--;
> -
> - /*
> - * Number of usable HGEI lines should be minimum of per-HART
> - * IMSIC guest files and number of bits in HGEIE
> - */
> + /* Set initial value of IMSIC guest files across all HARTs */
> if (gc)
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = min((ulong)kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei,
> - gc->nr_guest_files);
> + atomic_set(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, gc->nr_guest_files);
> else
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = 0;
> + atomic_set(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, 0);
>
> /* Find number of guest MSI IDs */
> kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids = IMSIC_MAX_ID;
> - if (gc && kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> + if (gc)
> kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids = gc->nr_guest_ids + 1;
>
> /* Initialize guest external interrupt line management */
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
> index 3d1e81e2a36b..be83c2d5fc30 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int aia_config(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type,
> * external interrupts (i.e. non-zero
> * VS-level IMSIC pages).
> */
> - if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> + if (!atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei))
> return -EINVAL;
> break;
> default:
> @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
> */
>
> /* Initialize default values in AIA global context */
> - aia->mode = (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) ?
> + aia->mode = (atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)) ?
> KVM_DEV_RISCV_AIA_MODE_AUTO : KVM_DEV_RISCV_AIA_MODE_EMUL;
> aia->nr_ids = kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids - 1;
> aia->nr_sources = 0;
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
> index cb8a65273c1f..0924c75100a2 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
> @@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ static int __init riscv_kvm_init(void)
>
> kvm_info("VMID %ld bits available\n", kvm_riscv_gstage_vmid_bits());
>
> - if (kvm_riscv_aia_available())
> - kvm_info("AIA available with %d guest external interrupts\n",
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei);
> -
> kvm_riscv_setup_vendor_features();
>
> kvm_register_perf_callbacks();
> @@ -182,6 +178,10 @@ static int __init riscv_kvm_init(void)
> return rc;
> }
>
> + if (kvm_riscv_aia_available())
> + kvm_info("AIA available with %d guest external interrupts\n",
> + atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei));
> +
> return 0;
> }
> module_init(riscv_kvm_init);
> --
> 2.43.0
>
--
Best Regards
Guo Ren
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] RISC-V: KVM: AIA: Make HGEI number management fully per-CPU
@ 2026-05-26 1:12 ` Guo Ren
0 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Guo Ren @ 2026-05-26 1:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Anup Patel
Cc: Paolo Bonzini, Atish Patra, Thomas Gleixner, Palmer Dabbelt,
Paul Walmsley, Anup Patel, Andrew Jones, kvm-riscv, kvm,
linux-riscv, linux-kernel
On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 5:49 PM Anup Patel <anup.patel@oss.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>
> From: "Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy)" <guoren@kernel.org>
>
> Previously, the number of Hypervisor Guest External Interrupt (HGEI)
> lines was stored in a single global variable `kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei`
> and assumed to be the same for all HARTs. This assumption does not
> hold on heterogeneous RISC-V SoCs where different cores may expose
> different HGEIE CSR widths.
>
> Introduce `nr_hgei` field into the per-CPU `struct aia_hgei_control`
> and probe the actual supported HGEI count for the current HART in
> `kvm_riscv_aia_enable()` using the standard RISC-V CSR probe technique:
>
> csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
> nr = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
> if (nr)
> nr--;
>
> All HGEI allocation, free and disable paths (`kvm_riscv_aia_free_hgei()`,
> `kvm_riscv_aia_disable()`, etc.) now use the per-CPU value instead of
> the global one.
>
> The global `kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei` now represents the minimum number
> of HGEI lines across HARTs and can be used to check whether HGEI
> support is available or not.
>
> This makes KVM AIA robust on big.LITTLE-style asymmetric platforms.
>
> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy) <guoren@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup.patel@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
> arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h | 2 +-
> arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c | 88 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
> arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c | 4 +-
> arch/riscv/kvm/main.c | 8 +--
> 4 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
> index b04ecdd1a860..c67ec5ac0a14 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_aia.h
> @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_aia {
>
> #define irqchip_in_kernel(k) ((k)->arch.aia.in_kernel)
>
> -extern unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
> +extern atomic_t kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
> extern unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids;
> DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kvm_riscv_aia_available);
> #define kvm_riscv_aia_available() \
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
> index 5ec503288555..bafb009c5ce5 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c
> @@ -21,13 +21,15 @@
>
> struct aia_hgei_control {
> raw_spinlock_t lock;
> + bool free_bitmap_initialized;
> unsigned long free_bitmap;
> struct kvm_vcpu *owners[BITS_PER_LONG];
> + unsigned int nr_hgei;
> };
> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct aia_hgei_control, aia_hgei);
> static int hgei_parent_irq;
>
> -unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
> +atomic_t kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei;
> unsigned int kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids;
> DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kvm_riscv_aia_available);
>
> @@ -452,7 +454,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_free_hgei(int cpu, int hgei)
>
> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
>
> - if (hgei > 0 && hgei <= kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) {
> + if (hgei > 0 && hgei <= hgctrl->nr_hgei) {
> if (!(hgctrl->free_bitmap & BIT(hgei))) {
> hgctrl->free_bitmap |= BIT(hgei);
> hgctrl->owners[hgei] = NULL;
> @@ -486,26 +488,18 @@ static irqreturn_t hgei_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
>
> static int aia_hgei_init(void)
> {
> - int cpu, rc;
> - struct irq_domain *domain;
> struct aia_hgei_control *hgctrl;
> + struct irq_domain *domain;
> + int cpu, rc;
>
> /* Initialize per-CPU guest external interrupt line management */
> for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> hgctrl = per_cpu_ptr(&aia_hgei, cpu);
> raw_spin_lock_init(&hgctrl->lock);
> - if (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) {
> - hgctrl->free_bitmap =
> - BIT(kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei + 1) - 1;
> - hgctrl->free_bitmap &= ~BIT(0);
> - } else
> - hgctrl->free_bitmap = 0;
> + hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized = false;
> + hgctrl->free_bitmap = 0;
> }
>
> - /* Skip SGEI interrupt setup for zero guest external interrupts */
> - if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> - goto skip_sgei_interrupt;
> -
> /* Find INTC irq domain */
> domain = irq_find_matching_fwnode(riscv_get_intc_hwnode(),
> DOMAIN_BUS_ANY);
> @@ -529,25 +523,60 @@ static int aia_hgei_init(void)
> return rc;
> }
>
> -skip_sgei_interrupt:
> return 0;
> }
>
> static void aia_hgei_exit(void)
> {
> - /* Do nothing for zero guest external interrupts */
> - if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> - return;
> -
> /* Free per-CPU SGEI interrupt */
> free_percpu_irq(hgei_parent_irq, &aia_hgei);
> }
>
> void kvm_riscv_aia_enable(void)
> {
> + const struct imsic_global_config *gc;
> + const struct imsic_local_config *lc;
> + struct aia_hgei_control *hgctrl;
> + unsigned long flags;
> + int aia_nr_hgei;
> +
> if (!kvm_riscv_aia_available())
> return;
>
> + gc = imsic_get_global_config();
> + lc = (gc) ? this_cpu_ptr(gc->local) : NULL;
> + hgctrl = this_cpu_ptr(&aia_hgei);
> +
> + /* Figure-out number of bits in HGEIE */
> + csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
> + hgctrl->nr_hgei = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
> + csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, 0);
> + if (hgctrl->nr_hgei)
> + hgctrl->nr_hgei--;
> +
> + /*
> + * Number of usable per-HART HGEI lines should be minimum of
> + * per-HART IMSIC guest files and number of bits in HGEIE.
> + */
> + if (lc)
> + hgctrl->nr_hgei = min((ulong)hgctrl->nr_hgei, lc->nr_guest_files);
Great! You correct that.
> + else
> + hgctrl->nr_hgei = 0;
> +
> + /* Update the number of IMSIC guest files across all HARTs */
> + aia_nr_hgei = atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei);
> + do {
> + if (aia_nr_hgei <= hgctrl->nr_hgei)
> + break;
> + } while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, &aia_nr_hgei, hgctrl->nr_hgei));
> +
> + raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
> + if (!hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized) {
> + hgctrl->free_bitmap = (hgctrl->nr_hgei) ? GENMASK_ULL(hgctrl->nr_hgei, 1) : 0;
> + hgctrl->free_bitmap_initialized = true;
> + }
> + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
> +
> csr_write(CSR_HVICTL, aia_hvictl_value(false));
> csr_write(CSR_HVIPRIO1, 0x0);
> csr_write(CSR_HVIPRIO2, 0x0);
> @@ -588,7 +617,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_disable(void)
>
> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&hgctrl->lock, flags);
>
> - for (i = 0; i <= kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei; i++) {
> + for (i = 0; i <= hgctrl->nr_hgei; i++) {
> vcpu = hgctrl->owners[i];
> if (!vcpu)
> continue;
> @@ -628,26 +657,15 @@ int kvm_riscv_aia_init(void)
> return -ENODEV;
> gc = imsic_get_global_config();
>
> - /* Figure-out number of bits in HGEIE */
> - csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, -1UL);
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = fls_long(csr_read(CSR_HGEIE));
> - csr_write(CSR_HGEIE, 0);
> - if (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei--;
> -
> - /*
> - * Number of usable HGEI lines should be minimum of per-HART
> - * IMSIC guest files and number of bits in HGEIE
> - */
> + /* Set initial value of IMSIC guest files across all HARTs */
> if (gc)
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = min((ulong)kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei,
> - gc->nr_guest_files);
> + atomic_set(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, gc->nr_guest_files);
> else
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei = 0;
> + atomic_set(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei, 0);
>
> /* Find number of guest MSI IDs */
> kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids = IMSIC_MAX_ID;
> - if (gc && kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> + if (gc)
> kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids = gc->nr_guest_ids + 1;
>
> /* Initialize guest external interrupt line management */
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
> index 3d1e81e2a36b..be83c2d5fc30 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c
> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int aia_config(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type,
> * external interrupts (i.e. non-zero
> * VS-level IMSIC pages).
> */
> - if (!kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)
> + if (!atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei))
> return -EINVAL;
> break;
> default:
> @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
> */
>
> /* Initialize default values in AIA global context */
> - aia->mode = (kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei) ?
> + aia->mode = (atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei)) ?
> KVM_DEV_RISCV_AIA_MODE_AUTO : KVM_DEV_RISCV_AIA_MODE_EMUL;
> aia->nr_ids = kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids - 1;
> aia->nr_sources = 0;
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
> index cb8a65273c1f..0924c75100a2 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
> @@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ static int __init riscv_kvm_init(void)
>
> kvm_info("VMID %ld bits available\n", kvm_riscv_gstage_vmid_bits());
>
> - if (kvm_riscv_aia_available())
> - kvm_info("AIA available with %d guest external interrupts\n",
> - kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei);
> -
> kvm_riscv_setup_vendor_features();
>
> kvm_register_perf_callbacks();
> @@ -182,6 +178,10 @@ static int __init riscv_kvm_init(void)
> return rc;
> }
>
> + if (kvm_riscv_aia_available())
> + kvm_info("AIA available with %d guest external interrupts\n",
> + atomic_read(&kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei));
> +
> return 0;
> }
> module_init(riscv_kvm_init);
> --
> 2.43.0
>
--
Best Regards
Guo Ren
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