From: D Scott Phillips <scott@os.amperecomputing.com>
To: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Force HCR_EL2.xMO to 1 at all times in VHE mode
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:24:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86jz799ozo.fsf@scott-ph-mail.amperecomputing.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250422123901.2675976-1-maz@kernel.org>
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> writes:
> We keep setting and clearing these bits depending on the role of
> the host kernel, mimicking what we do for nVHE. But that's actually
> pretty pointless, as we always want physical interrupts to make it
> to the host, at EL2.
>
> This has also two problems:
>
> - it prevents IRQs from being taken when these bits are cleared
> if the implementation has chosen to implement these bits as
> masks when HCR_EL2.{TGE,xMO}=={0,0}
>
> - it triggers a bad erratum on the AmpereOne HW, which catches
> fire on clearing these bits while an interrupt is being taken
> (AC03_CPU_36).
>
> Let's kill these two birds with a single stone.
>
> Reported-by: D Scott Phillips <scott@os.amperecomputing.com>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> index 974d72b5905b8..bba4b0e930915 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
> HCR_FMO | HCR_IMO | HCR_PTW | HCR_TID3 | HCR_TID1)
> #define HCR_HOST_NVHE_FLAGS (HCR_RW | HCR_API | HCR_APK | HCR_ATA)
> #define HCR_HOST_NVHE_PROTECTED_FLAGS (HCR_HOST_NVHE_FLAGS | HCR_TSC)
> -#define HCR_HOST_VHE_FLAGS (HCR_RW | HCR_TGE | HCR_E2H)
> +#define HCR_HOST_VHE_FLAGS (HCR_RW | HCR_TGE | HCR_E2H | HCR_AMO | HCR_IMO | HCR_FMO)
>
> #define HCRX_HOST_FLAGS (HCRX_EL2_MSCEn | HCRX_EL2_TCR2En | HCRX_EL2_EnFPM)
> #define MPAMHCR_HOST_FLAGS 0
Should the xMO twiddling in __vgic_v3_get_gic_config() also get dropped
here?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-04-24 22:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-04-22 12:39 [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Force HCR_EL2.xMO to 1 at all times in VHE mode Marc Zyngier
2025-04-24 22:24 ` D Scott Phillips [this message]
2025-04-26 18:13 ` Marc Zyngier
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