Re: [RESPIN PATCH] irqchip/gic-v4.1:Fix VSYNC referencing an unmapped VPE

From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
To: Nianyao Tang <tangnianyao@huawei.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: <yuzenghui@huawei.com>, <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <guoyang2@huawei.com>,
	<wangwudi@hisilicon.com>
Subject: Re: [RESPIN PATCH] irqchip/gic-v4.1:Fix VSYNC referencing an unmapped VPE
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2024 10:58:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87edbisthp.wl-maz@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240406022737.3898763-1-tangnianyao@huawei.com>

On Sat, 06 Apr 2024 03:27:37 +0100,
Nianyao Tang <tangnianyao@huawei.com> wrote:
> 
> As per the GICv4.1 spec (Arm IHI 0069H, 5.3.19):
> 
> "A VMAPP with {V, Alloc}=={0, x} is self-synchronizing, This means the
> ITS command queue does not show the command as consumed until all of
> its effects are completed."
> 
> Furthermore, VSYNC is allowed to deliver an SError when referencing a
> non existent VPE.
> 
> By these definitions, a VMAPP followed by a VSYNC is a bug, as the
> later references a VPE that has been unmapped by the former.
> 
> Fix it by eliding the VSYNC in this scenario.
> 
> Fixes: 64edfaa9a234 ("irqchip/gic-v4.1: Implement the v4.1 flavour of VMAPP")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nianyao Tang <tangnianyao@huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

Thanks for having taken my remarks into account, it looks good now.

Thomas, can you please take this as a fix for 6.9?

Thanks,

	M.

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