From: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: will@kernel.org, julien.thierry.kdev@gmail.com, praan@google.com,
eric.auger@redhat.com, alex@shazbot.org,
Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH kvmtool 3/9] vfio: Support edge-triggered wired IRQs
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:18:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261024161902.2093581-4-smostafa@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261024161902.2093581-1-smostafa@google.com>
PCI INTx is are level-triggered and automasked, but platform
device interrupts can also be edge-triggered.
Pass an automasked boolean to vfio_irq_enable() and only create and
register unmask_fd when the interrupt is automasked.
Signed-off-by: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
---
include/kvm/vfio.h | 2 +-
vfio/core.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
vfio/pci.c | 3 ++-
3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/kvm/vfio.h b/include/kvm/vfio.h
index 9a5783e..0b2b105 100644
--- a/include/kvm/vfio.h
+++ b/include/kvm/vfio.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ int vfio_map_region(struct kvm *kvm, struct vfio_device *vdev,
struct vfio_region *region);
void vfio_unmap_region(struct kvm *kvm, struct vfio_region *region);
int vfio_irq_enable(struct kvm *kvm, struct vfio_device *vdev,
- unsigned int index, struct vfio_irq *irq);
+ unsigned int index, bool automasked, struct vfio_irq *irq);
void vfio_irq_disable(struct kvm *kvm, struct vfio_device *vdev,
unsigned int index, struct vfio_irq *irq);
int vfio_pci_setup_device(struct kvm *kvm, struct vfio_device *device);
diff --git a/vfio/core.c b/vfio/core.c
index 24d3f2d..aa124d2 100644
--- a/vfio/core.c
+++ b/vfio/core.c
@@ -301,15 +301,16 @@ void vfio_irq_disable(struct kvm *kvm, struct vfio_device *vdev,
irq__del_irqfd(kvm, gsi, irq->trigger_fd);
close(irq->trigger_fd);
- close(irq->unmask_fd);
+ if (irq->unmask_fd >= 0)
+ close(irq->unmask_fd);
irq->trigger_fd = -1;
}
int vfio_irq_enable(struct kvm *kvm, struct vfio_device *vdev,
- unsigned int index, struct vfio_irq *irq)
+ unsigned int index, bool automasked, struct vfio_irq *irq)
{
int ret;
- int trigger_fd, unmask_fd;
+ int trigger_fd, unmask_fd = -1;
union vfio_irq_eventfd trigger;
union vfio_irq_eventfd unmask;
int gsi = irq->gsi;
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ int vfio_irq_enable(struct kvm *kvm, struct vfio_device *vdev,
return 0;
/*
- * PCI IRQ is level-triggered, so we use two eventfds. trigger_fd
+ * Level-triggered IRQ is automasked, so we use two eventfds. trigger_fd
* signals an interrupt from host to guest, and unmask_fd signals the
* deassertion of the line from guest to host.
*/
@@ -328,11 +329,13 @@ int vfio_irq_enable(struct kvm *kvm, struct vfio_device *vdev,
return trigger_fd;
}
- unmask_fd = eventfd(0, 0);
- if (unmask_fd < 0) {
- vfio_dev_err(vdev, "failed to create unmask eventfd");
- close(trigger_fd);
- return unmask_fd;
+ if (automasked) {
+ unmask_fd = eventfd(0, 0);
+ if (unmask_fd < 0) {
+ vfio_dev_err(vdev, "failed to create unmask eventfd");
+ close(trigger_fd);
+ return unmask_fd;
+ }
}
ret = irq__add_irqfd(kvm, gsi, trigger_fd, unmask_fd);
@@ -354,19 +357,22 @@ int vfio_irq_enable(struct kvm *kvm, struct vfio_device *vdev,
goto err_delete_line;
}
- unmask.irq = (struct vfio_irq_set) {
- .argsz = sizeof(unmask),
- .flags = VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_EVENTFD | VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_UNMASK,
- .index = index,
- .start = 0,
- .count = 1,
- };
- set_vfio_irq_eventd_payload(&unmask, unmask_fd);
+ if (unmask_fd >= 0) {
+ unmask.irq = (struct vfio_irq_set) {
+ .argsz = sizeof(unmask),
+ .flags = VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_EVENTFD |
+ VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_UNMASK,
+ .index = index,
+ .start = 0,
+ .count = 1,
+ };
+ set_vfio_irq_eventd_payload(&unmask, unmask_fd);
- ret = ioctl(vdev->fd, VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS, &unmask);
- if (ret < 0) {
- vfio_dev_err(vdev, "failed to setup unmask IRQ");
- goto err_remove_event;
+ ret = ioctl(vdev->fd, VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS, &unmask);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ vfio_dev_err(vdev, "failed to setup unmask IRQ");
+ goto err_remove_event;
+ }
}
irq->trigger_fd = trigger_fd;
@@ -385,7 +391,8 @@ err_delete_line:
err_close:
close(trigger_fd);
- close(unmask_fd);
+ if (unmask_fd >= 0)
+ close(unmask_fd);
return ret;
}
diff --git a/vfio/pci.c b/vfio/pci.c
index fb98435..9bf2f9e 100644
--- a/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/vfio/pci.c
@@ -1216,7 +1216,8 @@ static int vfio_pci_enable_intx(struct kvm *kvm, struct vfio_device *vdev)
{
struct vfio_pci_device *pdev = &vdev->pci;
- return vfio_irq_enable(kvm, vdev, VFIO_PCI_INTX_IRQ_INDEX, &pdev->intx);
+ return vfio_irq_enable(kvm, vdev, VFIO_PCI_INTX_IRQ_INDEX, true,
+ &pdev->intx);
}
static int vfio_pci_init_intx(struct kvm *kvm, struct vfio_device *vdev)
--
2.56.0.307.g5fe7bd680c-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-24 16:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-24 16:18 [PATCH kvmtool 0/9] vfio: Add support for platform devices Mostafa Saleh
2026-10-24 16:18 ` [PATCH kvmtool 1/9] vfio: Fix fd leak in vfio_group_get_for_dev() Mostafa Saleh
2026-10-24 16:18 ` [PATCH kvmtool 2/9] vfio: Factor out wired IRQ setup and teardown Mostafa Saleh
2026-10-24 16:18 ` Mostafa Saleh [this message]
2026-10-24 16:18 ` [PATCH kvmtool 4/9] fdt: Allow fdt_irq_fn to generate multiple interrupts Mostafa Saleh
2026-10-24 16:18 ` [PATCH kvmtool 5/9] fdt: Add helper to copy an FDT node Mostafa Saleh
2026-10-24 16:18 ` [PATCH kvmtool 6/9] vfio: Reserve guest address space for VFIO platform Mostafa Saleh
2026-10-24 16:19 ` [PATCH kvmtool 7/9] vfio: Add basic support for vfio-platform Mostafa Saleh
2026-10-24 16:19 ` [PATCH kvmtool 8/9] vfio: platform: Add interrupts support Mostafa Saleh
2026-10-24 16:19 ` [PATCH kvmtool 9/9] vfio: platform: Take the guest node from a device tree template Mostafa Saleh
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