* [PATCH v3 1/6] KVM: arm64: timer: Repaint kvm_timer_{should,irq_can}_fire() to kvm_timer_{pending,enabled}()
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From: Marc Zyngier @ 2026-05-20 10:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kvmarm, linux-arm-kernel
Cc: Deepanshu Kartikey, Steffen Eiden, Joey Gouly, Suzuki K Poulose,
Oliver Upton, Zenghui Yu
kvm_timer_should_fire() seems to date back to a time where the author
of the timer code didn't seem to have made the word "pending" part of
their vocabulary.
Having since slightly improved on that front, let's rename this predicate
to kvm_timer_pending(), which clearly indicates whether the timer
interrupt is pending or not.
Similarly, kvm_timer_irq_can_fire() is renamed to kvm_timer_enabled().
Reviewed-by: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
index cbea4d9ee9552..d8add34717f07 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@ static const u8 default_ppi[] = {
[TIMER_HVTIMER] = 28,
};
-static bool kvm_timer_irq_can_fire(struct arch_timer_context *timer_ctx);
static void kvm_timer_update_irq(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool new_level,
struct arch_timer_context *timer_ctx);
-static bool kvm_timer_should_fire(struct arch_timer_context *timer_ctx);
+static bool kvm_timer_pending(struct arch_timer_context *timer_ctx);
static void kvm_arm_timer_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
struct arch_timer_context *timer,
enum kvm_arch_timer_regs treg,
@@ -224,7 +223,7 @@ static irqreturn_t kvm_arch_timer_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
else
ctx = map.direct_ptimer;
- if (kvm_timer_should_fire(ctx))
+ if (kvm_timer_pending(ctx))
kvm_timer_update_irq(vcpu, true, ctx);
if (userspace_irqchip(vcpu->kvm) &&
@@ -257,7 +256,7 @@ static u64 kvm_timer_compute_delta(struct arch_timer_context *timer_ctx)
return kvm_counter_compute_delta(timer_ctx, timer_get_cval(timer_ctx));
}
-static bool kvm_timer_irq_can_fire(struct arch_timer_context *timer_ctx)
+static bool kvm_timer_enabled(struct arch_timer_context *timer_ctx)
{
WARN_ON(timer_ctx && timer_ctx->loaded);
return timer_ctx &&
@@ -294,7 +293,7 @@ static u64 kvm_timer_earliest_exp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
struct arch_timer_context *ctx = &vcpu->arch.timer_cpu.timers[i];
WARN(ctx->loaded, "timer %d loaded\n", i);
- if (kvm_timer_irq_can_fire(ctx))
+ if (kvm_timer_enabled(ctx))
min_delta = min(min_delta, kvm_timer_compute_delta(ctx));
}
@@ -358,7 +357,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart kvm_hrtimer_expire(struct hrtimer *hrt)
return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
}
-static bool kvm_timer_should_fire(struct arch_timer_context *timer_ctx)
+static bool kvm_timer_pending(struct arch_timer_context *timer_ctx)
{
enum kvm_arch_timers index;
u64 cval, now;
@@ -391,7 +390,7 @@ static bool kvm_timer_should_fire(struct arch_timer_context *timer_ctx)
!(cnt_ctl & ARCH_TIMER_CTRL_IT_MASK);
}
- if (!kvm_timer_irq_can_fire(timer_ctx))
+ if (!kvm_timer_enabled(timer_ctx))
return false;
cval = timer_get_cval(timer_ctx);
@@ -417,9 +416,9 @@ void kvm_timer_update_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
/* Populate the device bitmap with the timer states */
regs->device_irq_level &= ~(KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_VTIMER |
KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_PTIMER);
- if (kvm_timer_should_fire(vtimer))
+ if (kvm_timer_pending(vtimer))
regs->device_irq_level |= KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_VTIMER;
- if (kvm_timer_should_fire(ptimer))
+ if (kvm_timer_pending(ptimer))
regs->device_irq_level |= KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_PTIMER;
}
@@ -473,21 +472,21 @@ static void kvm_timer_update_irq(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool new_level,
/* Only called for a fully emulated timer */
static void timer_emulate(struct arch_timer_context *ctx)
{
- bool should_fire = kvm_timer_should_fire(ctx);
+ bool pending = kvm_timer_pending(ctx);
- trace_kvm_timer_emulate(ctx, should_fire);
+ trace_kvm_timer_emulate(ctx, pending);
- if (should_fire != ctx->irq.level)
- kvm_timer_update_irq(timer_context_to_vcpu(ctx), should_fire, ctx);
+ if (pending != ctx->irq.level)
+ kvm_timer_update_irq(timer_context_to_vcpu(ctx), pending, ctx);
- kvm_timer_update_status(ctx, should_fire);
+ kvm_timer_update_status(ctx, pending);
/*
- * If the timer can fire now, we don't need to have a soft timer
- * scheduled for the future. If the timer cannot fire at all,
- * then we also don't need a soft timer.
+ * If the timer is pending, we don't need to have a soft timer
+ * scheduled for the future. If the timer is disabled, then
+ * we don't need a soft timer either.
*/
- if (should_fire || !kvm_timer_irq_can_fire(ctx))
+ if (pending || !kvm_timer_enabled(ctx))
return;
soft_timer_start(&ctx->hrtimer, kvm_timer_compute_delta(ctx));
@@ -594,10 +593,10 @@ static void kvm_timer_blocking(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* If no timers are capable of raising interrupts (disabled or
* masked), then there's no more work for us to do.
*/
- if (!kvm_timer_irq_can_fire(map.direct_vtimer) &&
- !kvm_timer_irq_can_fire(map.direct_ptimer) &&
- !kvm_timer_irq_can_fire(map.emul_vtimer) &&
- !kvm_timer_irq_can_fire(map.emul_ptimer) &&
+ if (!kvm_timer_enabled(map.direct_vtimer) &&
+ !kvm_timer_enabled(map.direct_ptimer) &&
+ !kvm_timer_enabled(map.emul_vtimer) &&
+ !kvm_timer_enabled(map.emul_ptimer) &&
!vcpu_has_wfit_active(vcpu))
return;
@@ -685,7 +684,7 @@ static void kvm_timer_vcpu_load_gic(struct arch_timer_context *ctx)
* this point and the register restoration, we'll take the
* interrupt anyway.
*/
- kvm_timer_update_irq(vcpu, kvm_timer_should_fire(ctx), ctx);
+ kvm_timer_update_irq(vcpu, kvm_timer_pending(ctx), ctx);
if (irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm))
phys_active = kvm_vgic_map_is_active(vcpu, timer_irq(ctx));
@@ -706,7 +705,7 @@ static void kvm_timer_vcpu_load_nogic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* this point and the register restoration, we'll take the
* interrupt anyway.
*/
- kvm_timer_update_irq(vcpu, kvm_timer_should_fire(vtimer), vtimer);
+ kvm_timer_update_irq(vcpu, kvm_timer_pending(vtimer), vtimer);
/*
* When using a userspace irqchip with the architected timers and a
@@ -917,8 +916,8 @@ bool kvm_timer_should_notify_user(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
vlevel = sregs->device_irq_level & KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_VTIMER;
plevel = sregs->device_irq_level & KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_PTIMER;
- return kvm_timer_should_fire(vtimer) != vlevel ||
- kvm_timer_should_fire(ptimer) != plevel;
+ return kvm_timer_pending(vtimer) != vlevel ||
+ kvm_timer_pending(ptimer) != plevel;
}
void kvm_timer_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -1006,7 +1005,7 @@ static void unmask_vtimer_irq_user(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct arch_timer_context *vtimer = vcpu_vtimer(vcpu);
- if (!kvm_timer_should_fire(vtimer)) {
+ if (!kvm_timer_pending(vtimer)) {
kvm_timer_update_irq(vcpu, false, vtimer);
if (static_branch_likely(&has_gic_active_state))
set_timer_irq_phys_active(vtimer, false);
@@ -1579,7 +1578,7 @@ static bool kvm_arch_timer_get_input_level(int vintid)
ctx = vcpu_get_timer(vcpu, i);
if (timer_irq(ctx) == vintid)
- return kvm_timer_should_fire(ctx);
+ return kvm_timer_pending(ctx);
}
/* A timer IRQ has fired, but no matching timer was found? */
--
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From: Marc Zyngier @ 2026-05-20 10:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kvmarm, linux-arm-kernel
Cc: Deepanshu Kartikey, Steffen Eiden, Joey Gouly, Suzuki K Poulose,
Oliver Upton, Zenghui Yu
The userspace notification of interrupts is has a few problems:
- it is utterly pointless
- it is annoyingly split between detecting the need for notification
and the population of the interrupts in the run structure
We can't do anything about the former (yet), but the latter can be
addressed. If we detect that we must notify userspace, we know that
we are going to exit, as we populate the exit status. Which means
we can also populate the interrupt state at this stage and be done
with it.
This simplifies the structure of the code.
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c | 49 +++++++++++++++---------------------
arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 24 ++++++++++--------
arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c | 18 +++++--------
include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h | 2 +-
include/kvm/arm_pmu.h | 4 +--
5 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
index d8add34717f07..7236dd6a99e67 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
@@ -404,22 +404,30 @@ int kvm_cpu_has_pending_timer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
return vcpu_has_wfit_active(vcpu) && wfit_delay_ns(vcpu) == 0;
}
+static u64 kvm_timer_needs_notify(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ u64 v = vcpu->run->s.regs.device_irq_level;
+
+ v ^= kvm_timer_pending(vcpu_vtimer(vcpu)) ? KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_VTIMER : 0;
+ v ^= kvm_timer_pending(vcpu_ptimer(vcpu)) ? KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_PTIMER : 0;
+
+ return v & (KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_VTIMER | KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_PTIMER);
+}
+
+bool kvm_timer_should_notify_user(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ return !!kvm_timer_needs_notify(vcpu);
+}
+
/*
* Reflect the timer output level into the kvm_run structure
*/
-void kvm_timer_update_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+bool kvm_timer_update_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- struct arch_timer_context *vtimer = vcpu_vtimer(vcpu);
- struct arch_timer_context *ptimer = vcpu_ptimer(vcpu);
- struct kvm_sync_regs *regs = &vcpu->run->s.regs;
-
- /* Populate the device bitmap with the timer states */
- regs->device_irq_level &= ~(KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_VTIMER |
- KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_PTIMER);
- if (kvm_timer_pending(vtimer))
- regs->device_irq_level |= KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_VTIMER;
- if (kvm_timer_pending(ptimer))
- regs->device_irq_level |= KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_PTIMER;
+ u64 mask = kvm_timer_needs_notify(vcpu);
+ if (mask)
+ vcpu->run->s.regs.device_irq_level ^= mask;
+ return !!mask;
}
static void kvm_timer_update_status(struct arch_timer_context *ctx, bool level)
@@ -903,23 +911,6 @@ void kvm_timer_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
timer_set_traps(vcpu, &map);
}
-bool kvm_timer_should_notify_user(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
- struct arch_timer_context *vtimer = vcpu_vtimer(vcpu);
- struct arch_timer_context *ptimer = vcpu_ptimer(vcpu);
- struct kvm_sync_regs *sregs = &vcpu->run->s.regs;
- bool vlevel, plevel;
-
- if (likely(irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm)))
- return false;
-
- vlevel = sregs->device_irq_level & KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_VTIMER;
- plevel = sregs->device_irq_level & KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_PTIMER;
-
- return kvm_timer_pending(vtimer) != vlevel ||
- kvm_timer_pending(ptimer) != plevel;
-}
-
void kvm_timer_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct arch_timer_cpu *timer = vcpu_timer(vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 8bb2c7422cc8b..6e6dc17f8b606 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -1163,6 +1163,15 @@ static bool vcpu_mode_is_bad_32bit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
return !kvm_supports_32bit_el0();
}
+static bool kvm_irq_update_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ bool r;
+
+ r = kvm_timer_update_run(vcpu);
+ r |= kvm_pmu_update_run(vcpu);
+ return r;
+}
+
/**
* kvm_vcpu_exit_request - returns true if the VCPU should *not* enter the guest
* @vcpu: The VCPU pointer
@@ -1184,13 +1193,11 @@ static bool kvm_vcpu_exit_request(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int *ret)
/*
* If we're using a userspace irqchip, then check if we need
* to tell a userspace irqchip about timer or PMU level
- * changes and if so, exit to userspace (the actual level
- * state gets updated in kvm_timer_update_run and
- * kvm_pmu_update_run below).
+ * changes and if so, exit to userspace while updating the run
+ * state.
*/
if (unlikely(!irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm))) {
- if (kvm_timer_should_notify_user(vcpu) ||
- kvm_pmu_should_notify_user(vcpu)) {
+ if (unlikely(kvm_irq_update_run(vcpu))) {
*ret = -EINTR;
run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTR;
return true;
@@ -1405,11 +1412,8 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
ret = handle_exit(vcpu, ret);
}
- /* Tell userspace about in-kernel device output levels */
- if (unlikely(!irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm))) {
- kvm_timer_update_run(vcpu);
- kvm_pmu_update_run(vcpu);
- }
+ if (unlikely(!irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm)))
+ kvm_irq_update_run(vcpu);
kvm_sigset_deactivate(vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
index e1860acae641f..31a472a2c4881 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
@@ -413,27 +413,21 @@ static void kvm_pmu_update_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
bool kvm_pmu_should_notify_user(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- struct kvm_pmu *pmu = &vcpu->arch.pmu;
struct kvm_sync_regs *sregs = &vcpu->run->s.regs;
bool run_level = sregs->device_irq_level & KVM_ARM_DEV_PMU;
- if (likely(irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm)))
- return false;
-
- return pmu->irq_level != run_level;
+ return kvm_pmu_overflow_status(vcpu) != run_level;
}
/*
* Reflect the PMU overflow interrupt output level into the kvm_run structure
*/
-void kvm_pmu_update_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+bool kvm_pmu_update_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- struct kvm_sync_regs *regs = &vcpu->run->s.regs;
-
- /* Populate the timer bitmap for user space */
- regs->device_irq_level &= ~KVM_ARM_DEV_PMU;
- if (vcpu->arch.pmu.irq_level)
- regs->device_irq_level |= KVM_ARM_DEV_PMU;
+ bool update = kvm_pmu_should_notify_user(vcpu);
+ if (update)
+ vcpu->run->s.regs.device_irq_level ^= KVM_ARM_DEV_PMU;
+ return update;
}
/**
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h b/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
index bf8cc9589bd09..9e4076eebd29f 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void kvm_timer_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
void kvm_timer_sync_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
void kvm_timer_sync_user(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
bool kvm_timer_should_notify_user(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
-void kvm_timer_update_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+bool kvm_timer_update_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
void kvm_timer_vcpu_terminate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
void kvm_timer_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
index 0a36a3d5c8944..3e844c5ee9174 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void kvm_pmu_reprogram_counter_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val);
void kvm_pmu_flush_hwstate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
void kvm_pmu_sync_hwstate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
bool kvm_pmu_should_notify_user(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
-void kvm_pmu_update_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+bool kvm_pmu_update_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
void kvm_pmu_software_increment(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val);
void kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val);
void kvm_pmu_set_counter_event_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 data,
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static inline bool kvm_pmu_should_notify_user(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
return false;
}
-static inline void kvm_pmu_update_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {}
+static inline bool kvm_pmu_update_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) { return false; }
static inline void kvm_pmu_software_increment(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val) {}
static inline void kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val) {}
static inline void kvm_pmu_set_counter_event_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
--
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From: Marc Zyngier @ 2026-05-20 10:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kvmarm, linux-arm-kernel
Cc: Deepanshu Kartikey, Steffen Eiden, Joey Gouly, Suzuki K Poulose,
Oliver Upton, Zenghui Yu
The timer code makes use of a per-timer irq level cache, which
looks like a very minor optimisation to avoid taking a lock upon
updating the GIC view of the interrupt when it is unchanged from
the previous state.
This is coming in the way of more important correctness issues,
so get rid of the cache, which simplifies a couple of minor things.
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c | 20 +++++++++-----------
include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h | 5 -----
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
index 7236dd6a99e67..c3b8257888e89 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
@@ -453,9 +453,8 @@ static void kvm_timer_update_irq(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool new_level,
{
kvm_timer_update_status(timer_ctx, new_level);
- timer_ctx->irq.level = new_level;
trace_kvm_timer_update_irq(vcpu->vcpu_id, timer_irq(timer_ctx),
- timer_ctx->irq.level);
+ new_level);
if (userspace_irqchip(vcpu->kvm))
return;
@@ -473,7 +472,7 @@ static void kvm_timer_update_irq(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool new_level,
kvm_vgic_inject_irq(vcpu->kvm, vcpu,
timer_irq(timer_ctx),
- timer_ctx->irq.level,
+ new_level,
timer_ctx);
}
@@ -484,10 +483,7 @@ static void timer_emulate(struct arch_timer_context *ctx)
trace_kvm_timer_emulate(ctx, pending);
- if (pending != ctx->irq.level)
- kvm_timer_update_irq(timer_context_to_vcpu(ctx), pending, ctx);
-
- kvm_timer_update_status(ctx, pending);
+ kvm_timer_update_irq(timer_context_to_vcpu(ctx), pending, ctx);
/*
* If the timer is pending, we don't need to have a soft timer
@@ -684,6 +680,7 @@ static inline void set_timer_irq_phys_active(struct arch_timer_context *ctx, boo
static void kvm_timer_vcpu_load_gic(struct arch_timer_context *ctx)
{
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = timer_context_to_vcpu(ctx);
+ bool pending = kvm_timer_pending(ctx);
bool phys_active = false;
/*
@@ -692,12 +689,12 @@ static void kvm_timer_vcpu_load_gic(struct arch_timer_context *ctx)
* this point and the register restoration, we'll take the
* interrupt anyway.
*/
- kvm_timer_update_irq(vcpu, kvm_timer_pending(ctx), ctx);
+ kvm_timer_update_irq(vcpu, pending, ctx);
if (irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm))
phys_active = kvm_vgic_map_is_active(vcpu, timer_irq(ctx));
- phys_active |= ctx->irq.level;
+ phys_active |= pending;
phys_active |= vgic_is_v5(vcpu->kvm);
set_timer_irq_phys_active(ctx, phys_active);
@@ -706,6 +703,7 @@ static void kvm_timer_vcpu_load_gic(struct arch_timer_context *ctx)
static void kvm_timer_vcpu_load_nogic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct arch_timer_context *vtimer = vcpu_vtimer(vcpu);
+ bool pending = kvm_timer_pending(vtimer);
/*
* Update the timer output so that it is likely to match the
@@ -713,7 +711,7 @@ static void kvm_timer_vcpu_load_nogic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* this point and the register restoration, we'll take the
* interrupt anyway.
*/
- kvm_timer_update_irq(vcpu, kvm_timer_pending(vtimer), vtimer);
+ kvm_timer_update_irq(vcpu, pending, vtimer);
/*
* When using a userspace irqchip with the architected timers and a
@@ -725,7 +723,7 @@ static void kvm_timer_vcpu_load_nogic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* being de-asserted, we unmask the interrupt again so that we exit
* from the guest when the timer fires.
*/
- if (vtimer->irq.level)
+ if (pending)
disable_percpu_irq(host_vtimer_irq);
else
enable_percpu_irq(host_vtimer_irq, host_vtimer_irq_flags);
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h b/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
index 9e4076eebd29f..15a4f97f81051 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@ struct arch_timer_context {
*/
bool loaded;
- /* Output level of the timer IRQ */
- struct {
- bool level;
- } irq;
-
/* Who am I? */
enum kvm_arch_timers timer_id;
--
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From: Marc Zyngier @ 2026-05-20 10:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kvmarm, linux-arm-kernel
Cc: Deepanshu Kartikey, Steffen Eiden, Joey Gouly, Suzuki K Poulose,
Oliver Upton, Zenghui Yu
Just like the timer, the PMU has an interrupt cache that serves little
purpose. Drop it.
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c | 13 +++----------
include/kvm/arm_pmu.h | 1 -
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
index 31a472a2c4881..edb21239478a9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
@@ -396,19 +396,12 @@ static bool kvm_pmu_overflow_status(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
static void kvm_pmu_update_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct kvm_pmu *pmu = &vcpu->arch.pmu;
- bool overflow;
- overflow = kvm_pmu_overflow_status(vcpu);
- if (pmu->irq_level == overflow)
+ if (unlikely(!irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm)))
return;
- pmu->irq_level = overflow;
-
- if (likely(irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm))) {
- int ret = kvm_vgic_inject_irq(vcpu->kvm, vcpu,
- pmu->irq_num, overflow, pmu);
- WARN_ON(ret);
- }
+ WARN_ON(kvm_vgic_inject_irq(vcpu->kvm, vcpu, pmu->irq_num,
+ kvm_pmu_overflow_status(vcpu), pmu));
}
bool kvm_pmu_should_notify_user(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
index 3e844c5ee9174..b5e5942204fc6 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ struct kvm_pmu {
struct kvm_pmc pmc[KVM_ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTERS];
int irq_num;
bool created;
- bool irq_level;
};
struct arm_pmu_entry {
--
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From: Marc Zyngier @ 2026-05-20 10:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kvmarm, linux-arm-kernel
Cc: Deepanshu Kartikey, Steffen Eiden, Joey Gouly, Suzuki K Poulose,
Oliver Upton, Zenghui Yu
Make sure that any attempt to inject an interrupt from userspace
or an irqfd results in the GICv2 lazy init to take place.
This is not currently necessary as the init is also performed on
*any* interrupt injection. But as we're about to remove that,
let's introduce it here.
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-irqfd.c | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 6e6dc17f8b606..cfb7921fc7d75 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
#include <linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v5.h>
+#include "vgic/vgic.h"
#include "sys_regs.h"
static enum kvm_mode kvm_mode = KVM_MODE_DEFAULT;
@@ -1497,8 +1498,13 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_irq_line(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irq_level *irq_level,
return vcpu_interrupt_line(vcpu, irq_num, level);
case KVM_ARM_IRQ_TYPE_PPI:
- if (!irqchip_in_kernel(kvm))
+ if (irqchip_in_kernel(kvm)) {
+ int ret = vgic_lazy_init(kvm);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ } else {
return -ENXIO;
+ }
vcpu = kvm_get_vcpu_by_id(kvm, vcpu_id);
if (!vcpu)
@@ -1525,8 +1531,13 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_irq_line(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irq_level *irq_level,
return kvm_vgic_inject_irq(kvm, vcpu, irq_num, level, NULL);
case KVM_ARM_IRQ_TYPE_SPI:
- if (!irqchip_in_kernel(kvm))
+ if (irqchip_in_kernel(kvm)) {
+ int ret = vgic_lazy_init(kvm);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ } else {
return -ENXIO;
+ }
if (vgic_is_v5(kvm)) {
/* Build a GICv5-style IntID here */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-irqfd.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-irqfd.c
index b9b86e3a6c862..19a1094536e6a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-irqfd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-irqfd.c
@@ -20,9 +20,15 @@ static int vgic_irqfd_set_irq(struct kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry *e,
int level, bool line_status)
{
unsigned int spi_id = e->irqchip.pin + VGIC_NR_PRIVATE_IRQS;
+ int ret;
if (!vgic_valid_spi(kvm, spi_id))
return -EINVAL;
+
+ ret = vgic_lazy_init(kvm);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
return kvm_vgic_inject_irq(kvm, NULL, spi_id, level, NULL);
}
--
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From: Marc Zyngier @ 2026-05-20 10:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kvmarm, linux-arm-kernel
Cc: Deepanshu Kartikey, Steffen Eiden, Joey Gouly, Suzuki K Poulose,
Oliver Upton, Zenghui Yu
We how have the lazy init on three paths:
- on first run of a vcpu
- on first injection of an interrupt from userspace and irqfd
- on first injection of an interrupt from kernel space as
part of the device emulation (timers, PMU, vgic MI)
Given that we recompute the state of each in-kernel interrupt
every time we are about to enter the guest, we can drop the lazy
init from the kernel injection path.
This solves a bunch of issues related to vgic_lazy_init() being called
in non-preemptible context, such as vcpu reset.
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
index 1e9fe8764584d..9e29f03d3463c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
@@ -534,11 +534,9 @@ int kvm_vgic_inject_irq(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
{
struct vgic_irq *irq;
unsigned long flags;
- int ret;
- ret = vgic_lazy_init(kvm);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
+ if (unlikely(!vgic_initialized(kvm)))
+ return 0;
if (!vcpu && irq_is_private(kvm, intid))
return -EINVAL;
--
2.47.3
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