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From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
To: 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 <oupton@kernel.org>,
	Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	Hyesoo Yu <hyesoo.yu@samsung.com>,
	Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm64: Force the use of CNTVCT_EL0 in __delay()
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:16:19 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260213141619.1791283-1-maz@kernel.org> (raw)

Quentin forwards a report from Hyesoo Yu, describing an interesting
problem with the use of WFxT in __delay() when a vcpu is loaded and
that KVM is *not* in VHE mode (either nVHE or hVHE).

In this case, CNTVOFF_EL2 is set to a non-zero value to reflect the
state of the guest virtual counter. At the same time, __delay() is
using get_cycles() to read the counter value, which is indirected to
reading CNTPCT_EL0.

The core of the issue is that WFxT is using the *virtual* counter,
while the kernel is using the physical counter, and that the offset
introduces a really bad discrepancy between the two.

Fix this by forcing the use of CNTVCT_EL0, making __delay() consistent
irrespective of the value of CNTVOFF_EL2.

Reported-by: Hyesoo Yu <hyesoo.yu@samsung.com>
Reported-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com>
Fixes: 7d26b0516a0df ("arm64: Use WFxT for __delay() when possible")
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ktosachvft2cgqd5qkukn275ugmhy6xrhxur4zqpdxlfr3qh5h@o3zrfnsq63od
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
 arch/arm64/lib/delay.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/lib/delay.c b/arch/arm64/lib/delay.c
index cb2062e7e2340..d02341303899e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/lib/delay.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/lib/delay.c
@@ -23,9 +23,20 @@ static inline unsigned long xloops_to_cycles(unsigned long xloops)
 	return (xloops * loops_per_jiffy * HZ) >> 32;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Force the use of CNTVCT_EL0 in order to have the same base as WFxT.
+ * This avoids some annoying issues when CNTVOFF_EL2 is not reset 0 on a
+ * KVM host running at EL1 until we do a vcpu_put() on the vcpu. When
+ * running at EL2, the effective offset is always 0.
+ *
+ * Note that userspace cannot change the offset behind our back either,
+ * as the vcpu mutex is held as long as KVM_RUN is in progress.
+ */
+#define __delay_cycles()	__arch_counter_get_cntvct_stable()
+
 void __delay(unsigned long cycles)
 {
-	cycles_t start = get_cycles();
+	cycles_t start = __delay_cycles();
 
 	if (alternative_has_cap_unlikely(ARM64_HAS_WFXT)) {
 		u64 end = start + cycles;
@@ -35,17 +46,17 @@ void __delay(unsigned long cycles)
 		 * early, use a WFET loop to complete the delay.
 		 */
 		wfit(end);
-		while ((get_cycles() - start) < cycles)
+		while ((__delay_cycles() - start) < cycles)
 			wfet(end);
 	} else 	if (arch_timer_evtstrm_available()) {
 		const cycles_t timer_evt_period =
 			USECS_TO_CYCLES(ARCH_TIMER_EVT_STREAM_PERIOD_US);
 
-		while ((get_cycles() - start + timer_evt_period) < cycles)
+		while ((__delay_cycles() - start + timer_evt_period) < cycles)
 			wfe();
 	}
 
-	while ((get_cycles() - start) < cycles)
+	while ((__delay_cycles() - start) < cycles)
 		cpu_relax();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__delay);
-- 
2.47.3


             reply	other threads:[~2026-02-13 14:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-13 14:16 Marc Zyngier [this message]
2026-02-19 13:27 ` [PATCH] arm64: Force the use of CNTVCT_EL0 in __delay() Will Deacon
2026-02-23 11:16 ` Ben Horgan
2026-02-23 14:31   ` Marc Zyngier
2026-02-23 15:14     ` Ben Horgan
2026-02-25 22:36     ` Will Deacon
2026-02-26  8:16       ` Marc Zyngier

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