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From: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com>
To: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
Cc: "Ross Lagerwall" <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com>,
	"Paul Durrant" <paul@xen.org>, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@suse.com>,
	"Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	"Roger Pau Monné" <roger@xenproject.org>,
	"Teddy Astie" <teddy.astie@vates.tech>
Subject: [PATCH v1 2/2] x86/viridian: Implement synthetic timer direct mode
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:11:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260828131142.3986110-3-ross.lagerwall@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260828131142.3986110-1-ross.lagerwall@citrix.com>

In direct mode, the timer asserts an interrupt on expiration rather than
using a SynIC message. It is useful to implement this since Windows 11's
Hyper-V can only use synthetic timers in direct mode.

Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com>
---

Should this use a new Viridian feature bit or is it OK to use the
existing stimer bit?

 xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian/time.c     | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
 xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian/viridian.c |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian/time.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian/time.c
index 082528dc9416..2b0ac3eac963 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian/time.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian/time.c
@@ -223,6 +223,14 @@ static void start_stimer(struct viridian_stimer *vs)
     set_timer(&vs->timer, timeout + NOW());
 }
 
+static void stimer_deliver_direct(struct vcpu *v, struct viridian_stimer *vs)
+{
+    struct vlapic *vlapic = vcpu_vlapic(v);
+
+    if ( vlapic_enabled(vlapic) )
+        vlapic_set_irq(vcpu_vlapic(v), vs->config.apic_vector, 0);
+}
+
 static void poll_stimer(struct vcpu *v, unsigned int stimerx)
 {
     struct viridian_vcpu *vv = v->arch.hvm.viridian;
@@ -242,9 +250,11 @@ static void poll_stimer(struct vcpu *v, unsigned int stimerx)
     if ( !test_bit(stimerx, &vv->stimer_pending) )
         return;
 
-    if ( !viridian_synic_deliver_timer_msg(v, vs->config.sintx,
-                                           stimerx, vs->expiration,
-                                           time_ref_count(v->domain)) )
+    if ( vs->config.direct_mode )
+        stimer_deliver_direct(v, vs);
+    else if ( !viridian_synic_deliver_timer_msg(v, vs->config.sintx,
+                                                stimerx, vs->expiration,
+                                                time_ref_count(v->domain)) )
         return;
 
     clear_bit(stimerx, &vv->stimer_pending);
@@ -372,7 +382,7 @@ int viridian_time_wrmsr(struct vcpu *v, uint32_t idx, uint64_t val)
 
         vs->config.as_uint64 = val;
 
-        if ( !vs->config.sintx || !vs->count )
+        if ( (!vs->config.direct_mode && !vs->config.sintx) || !vs->count )
             vs->config.enable = 0;
 
         if ( vs->config.enable )
@@ -583,8 +593,11 @@ void viridian_time_load_vcpu_ctxt(
 
         vs->config.as_uint64 = ctxt->stimer_config_msr[i];
         vs->count = ctxt->stimer_count_msr[i];
-        if ( !vs->config.sintx || !vs->count )
-            /* Reject enabling with a zero sintx or count fields. */
+        if ( (!vs->config.direct_mode && !vs->config.sintx) || !vs->count )
+            /*
+             * Reject enabling with a zero sintx (if not using direct mode) or
+             * zero count field.
+             */
             vs->config.enable = 0;
     }
 }
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian/viridian.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian/viridian.c
index 90e749ceb581..99192e8d077d 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian/viridian.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian/viridian.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ typedef union _HV_CRASH_CTL_REG_CONTENTS
 #define CPUID3D_CPU_DYNAMIC_PARTITIONING (1 << 3)
 #define CPUID3D_CRASH_MSRS (1 << 10)
 #define CPUID3D_SINT_POLLING (1 << 17)
+#define CPUID3D_STIMER_DIRECT_MODE (1 << 19)
 
 /* Viridian CPUID leaf 4: Implementation Recommendations. */
 #define CPUID4A_HCALL_REMOTE_TLB_FLUSH (1 << 2)
@@ -185,6 +186,8 @@ void cpuid_viridian_leaves(const struct vcpu *v, uint32_t leaf,
             res->d |= CPUID3D_CRASH_MSRS;
         if ( viridian_feature_mask(d) & HVMPV_synic )
             res->d |= CPUID3D_SINT_POLLING;
+        if ( viridian_feature_mask(d) & HVMPV_stimer )
+            res->d |= CPUID3D_STIMER_DIRECT_MODE;
 
         break;
     }
-- 
2.53.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-28 13:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-28 13:11 [PATCH v1 0/2] Viridian changes for Hyper-V as a guest Ross Lagerwall
2026-08-28 13:11 ` [PATCH v1 1/2] x86/viridian: Workaround Hyper-V GP fault writing to MSR Ross Lagerwall
2026-08-28 13:11 ` Ross Lagerwall [this message]
2026-08-28 14:11   ` [PATCH v1 2/2] x86/viridian: Implement synthetic timer direct mode Tu Dinh
2026-08-28 14:17     ` Ross Lagerwall

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