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<title>KVM: arm64: vgic: Fix race between LPI release and re-registration</title>
<updated>2026-08-09T18:26:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Carlos López</name>
<email>clopez@suse.de</email>
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<published>2026-07-15T10:51:37+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit cbfe2b24a1ea9de35032dbdd100fdc700f5be92d ]

Fix a potential race between decrementing an LPI's reference count and
evicting that structure from the LPI xarray.

LPI structures are maintained in the VGIC LPI xarray (dist-&gt;lpi_xa).
When the reference count of an LPI structure drops to zero,
vgic_release_lpi_locked() removes the structure from the xarray and
frees it under the xarray lock.

However, the release of an LPI can race with a concurrent LPI
re-registration with the same INTID via vgic_add_lpi() on another CPU,
since the reference count drop and the xarray eviction are not performed
in a single atomic step. This can happen e.g. if the guest issues a
DISCARD while the LPI is still referenced from a vCPU's active-pending
list (ap_list), and the same INTID is re-mapped via MAPTI.

Particularly, vgic_release_lpi_locked() is called from two distinct
paths: direct release via vgic_put_irq(), and deferred release via
vgic_release_deleted_lpis(). During direct release, the issue can result
in deleting a newly registered LPI from the xarray:

  CPU0 (Releasing LPI)                    CPU1 (Adding new LPI)
  ====================                    =====================
  vgic_put_irq()
      __vgic_put_irq()
          refcount_dec_and_test()
                                          vgic_add_lpi()
                                              xa_lock_irqsave()
                                              old_irq = xa_load(.., intid)
                                              vgic_try_get_irq_ref(old_irq) == false
                        new IRQ inserted --&gt;  __xa_store(.., intid, ..)
                                              xa_unlock_irqrestore()
  xa_lock_irqsave();
  vgic_release_lpi_locked()
      __xa_erase(.., irq-&gt;intid)   &lt;-- BUG: new IRQ is erased
      kfree_rcu(old_irq)

During the deferred release path, the old IRQ can be leaked:

  CPU0 (Releasing LPI)                    CPU1 (Adding new LPI)
  ====================                    =====================
  vgic_put_irq_norelease()
      __vgic_put_irq()
          refcount_dec_and_test()
      irq-&gt;pending_release = true
                                          vgic_add_lpi()
                                              xa_lock_irqsave()
                                              old_irq = xa_load(.., intid)
                                              vgic_try_get_irq_ref(oldirq) == false
                 BUG: old IRQ overwritten --&gt; __xa_store(.., intid, ..)
                                              xa_unlock_irqrestore()

  vgic_release_deleted_lpis()
      xa_lock_irqsave()
      xa_for_each() { .. } &lt;-- old IRQ with pending_release = true
                               is gone, so it cannot be released

To fix the direct release path, move the reference count drop inside
the xarray lock, making sure that vgic_add_lpi() never encounters the
to-be-released LPI.

In the deferred release path, the refcount drop must happen under a raw
spinlock, so the xarray lock cannot be grabbed, and the same solution
does not work. Instead, update vgic_add_lpi(), so that if it evicts
an LPI from the xarray, it takes on the responsibility of freeing it.
Consequently, an LPI may now be freed concurrently after a deferred
release drops the refcount, so accessing the pending_release field is no
longer safe from use-after-free. Delete all uses of the flag, and update
vgic_release_deleted_lpis() to identify orphaned LPIs purely based on
their refcount.

Reported-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Fixes: 3a08a6ca7c37 ("KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: Use bare refcount for VGIC LPIs")
Fixes: d54594accf73 ("KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: Erase LPIs from xarray outside of raw spinlocks")
Signed-off-by: Carlos López &lt;clopez@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260715105137.3973823-4-clopez@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit cbfe2b24a1ea9de35032dbdd100fdc700f5be92d ]

Fix a potential race between decrementing an LPI's reference count and
evicting that structure from the LPI xarray.

LPI structures are maintained in the VGIC LPI xarray (dist-&gt;lpi_xa).
When the reference count of an LPI structure drops to zero,
vgic_release_lpi_locked() removes the structure from the xarray and
frees it under the xarray lock.

However, the release of an LPI can race with a concurrent LPI
re-registration with the same INTID via vgic_add_lpi() on another CPU,
since the reference count drop and the xarray eviction are not performed
in a single atomic step. This can happen e.g. if the guest issues a
DISCARD while the LPI is still referenced from a vCPU's active-pending
list (ap_list), and the same INTID is re-mapped via MAPTI.

Particularly, vgic_release_lpi_locked() is called from two distinct
paths: direct release via vgic_put_irq(), and deferred release via
vgic_release_deleted_lpis(). During direct release, the issue can result
in deleting a newly registered LPI from the xarray:

  CPU0 (Releasing LPI)                    CPU1 (Adding new LPI)
  ====================                    =====================
  vgic_put_irq()
      __vgic_put_irq()
          refcount_dec_and_test()
                                          vgic_add_lpi()
                                              xa_lock_irqsave()
                                              old_irq = xa_load(.., intid)
                                              vgic_try_get_irq_ref(old_irq) == false
                        new IRQ inserted --&gt;  __xa_store(.., intid, ..)
                                              xa_unlock_irqrestore()
  xa_lock_irqsave();
  vgic_release_lpi_locked()
      __xa_erase(.., irq-&gt;intid)   &lt;-- BUG: new IRQ is erased
      kfree_rcu(old_irq)

During the deferred release path, the old IRQ can be leaked:

  CPU0 (Releasing LPI)                    CPU1 (Adding new LPI)
  ====================                    =====================
  vgic_put_irq_norelease()
      __vgic_put_irq()
          refcount_dec_and_test()
      irq-&gt;pending_release = true
                                          vgic_add_lpi()
                                              xa_lock_irqsave()
                                              old_irq = xa_load(.., intid)
                                              vgic_try_get_irq_ref(oldirq) == false
                 BUG: old IRQ overwritten --&gt; __xa_store(.., intid, ..)
                                              xa_unlock_irqrestore()

  vgic_release_deleted_lpis()
      xa_lock_irqsave()
      xa_for_each() { .. } &lt;-- old IRQ with pending_release = true
                               is gone, so it cannot be released

To fix the direct release path, move the reference count drop inside
the xarray lock, making sure that vgic_add_lpi() never encounters the
to-be-released LPI.

In the deferred release path, the refcount drop must happen under a raw
spinlock, so the xarray lock cannot be grabbed, and the same solution
does not work. Instead, update vgic_add_lpi(), so that if it evicts
an LPI from the xarray, it takes on the responsibility of freeing it.
Consequently, an LPI may now be freed concurrently after a deferred
release drops the refcount, so accessing the pending_release field is no
longer safe from use-after-free. Delete all uses of the flag, and update
vgic_release_deleted_lpis() to identify orphaned LPIs purely based on
their refcount.

Reported-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Fixes: 3a08a6ca7c37 ("KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: Use bare refcount for VGIC LPIs")
Fixes: d54594accf73 ("KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: Erase LPIs from xarray outside of raw spinlocks")
Signed-off-by: Carlos López &lt;clopez@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260715105137.3973823-4-clopez@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: arm64: Kill arch_timer_context::direct field</title>
<updated>2026-04-01T14:42:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marc Zyngier</name>
<email>maz@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-01T10:36:06+00:00</published>
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The newly introduced arch_timer_context::direct field is a bit pointless,
as it is always set on timers that are... err... direct, while
we already have a way to get to that by doing a get_map() operation.

Additionally, this field is:

- only set when get_map() is called

- never cleared

and the single point where it is actually checked doesn't call get_map()
at all.

At this stage, it is probably better to just kill it, and rely on
get_map() to give us the correct information.

Reviewed-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Fixes: 9491c63b6cd7b ("KVM: arm64: gic-v5: Enlighten arch timer for GICv5")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260319154937.3619520-1-sascha.bischoff%40arm.com
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260401103611.357092-12-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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The newly introduced arch_timer_context::direct field is a bit pointless,
as it is always set on timers that are... err... direct, while
we already have a way to get to that by doing a get_map() operation.

Additionally, this field is:

- only set when get_map() is called

- never cleared

and the single point where it is actually checked doesn't call get_map()
at all.

At this stage, it is probably better to just kill it, and rely on
get_map() to give us the correct information.

Reviewed-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Fixes: 9491c63b6cd7b ("KVM: arm64: gic-v5: Enlighten arch timer for GICv5")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260319154937.3619520-1-sascha.bischoff%40arm.com
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260401103611.357092-12-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: arm64: gic-v5: Communicate userspace-driveable PPIs via a UAPI</title>
<updated>2026-03-19T18:21:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sascha Bischoff</name>
<email>Sascha.Bischoff@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-19T15:59:50+00:00</published>
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GICv5 systems will likely not support the full set of PPIs. The
presence of any virtual PPI is tied to the presence of the physical
PPI. Therefore, the available PPIs will be limited by the physical
host. Userspace cannot drive any PPIs that are not implemented.

Moreover, it is not desirable to expose all PPIs to the guest in the
first place, even if they are supported in hardware. Some devices,
such as the arch timer, are implemented in KVM, and hence those PPIs
shouldn't be driven by userspace, either.

Provided a new UAPI:
  KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CTRL =&gt; KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_USERPSPACE_PPIs

This allows userspace to query which PPIs it is able to drive via
KVM_IRQ_LINE.

Additionally, introduce a check in kvm_vm_ioctl_irq_line() to reject
any PPIs not in the userspace mask.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron &lt;jonathan.cameron@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-40-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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GICv5 systems will likely not support the full set of PPIs. The
presence of any virtual PPI is tied to the presence of the physical
PPI. Therefore, the available PPIs will be limited by the physical
host. Userspace cannot drive any PPIs that are not implemented.

Moreover, it is not desirable to expose all PPIs to the guest in the
first place, even if they are supported in hardware. Some devices,
such as the arch timer, are implemented in KVM, and hence those PPIs
shouldn't be driven by userspace, either.

Provided a new UAPI:
  KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CTRL =&gt; KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_USERPSPACE_PPIs

This allows userspace to query which PPIs it is able to drive via
KVM_IRQ_LINE.

Additionally, introduce a check in kvm_vm_ioctl_irq_line() to reject
any PPIs not in the userspace mask.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron &lt;jonathan.cameron@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-40-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: arm64: gic-v5: Mandate architected PPI for PMU emulation on GICv5</title>
<updated>2026-03-19T18:21:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sascha Bischoff</name>
<email>Sascha.Bischoff@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-19T15:58:01+00:00</published>
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Make it mandatory to use the architected PPI when running a GICv5
guest. Attempts to set anything other than the architected PPI (23)
are rejected.

Additionally, KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_INIT is relaxed to no longer require
KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_IRQ to be called for GICv5-based guests. In this
case, the architectued PPI is automatically used.

Documentation is bumped accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron &lt;jonathan.cameron@huawei.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-33-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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Make it mandatory to use the architected PPI when running a GICv5
guest. Attempts to set anything other than the architected PPI (23)
are rejected.

Additionally, KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_INIT is relaxed to no longer require
KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_IRQ to be called for GICv5-based guests. In this
case, the architectued PPI is automatically used.

Documentation is bumped accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron &lt;jonathan.cameron@huawei.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-33-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: arm64: gic-v5: Enlighten arch timer for GICv5</title>
<updated>2026-03-19T18:21:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sascha Bischoff</name>
<email>Sascha.Bischoff@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-19T15:57:45+00:00</published>
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Now that GICv5 has arrived, the arch timer requires some TLC to
address some of the key differences introduced with GICv5.

For PPIs on GICv5, the queue_irq_unlock irq_op is used as AP lists are
not required at all for GICv5. The arch timer also introduces an
irq_op - get_input_level. Extend the arch-timer-provided irq_ops to
include the PPI op for vgic_v5 guests.

When possible, DVI (Direct Virtual Interrupt) is set for PPIs when
using a vgic_v5, which directly inject the pending state into the
guest. This means that the host never sees the interrupt for the guest
for these interrupts. This has three impacts.

* First of all, the kvm_cpu_has_pending_timer check is updated to
  explicitly check if the timers are expected to fire.

* Secondly, for mapped timers (which use DVI) they must be masked on
  the host prior to entering a GICv5 guest, and unmasked on the return
  path. This is handled in set_timer_irq_phys_masked.

* Thirdly, it makes zero sense to attempt to inject state for a DVI'd
  interrupt. Track which timers are direct, and skip the call to
  kvm_vgic_inject_irq() for these.

The final, but rather important, change is that the architected PPIs
for the timers are made mandatory for a GICv5 guest. Attempts to set
them to anything else are actively rejected. Once a vgic_v5 is
initialised, the arch timer PPIs are also explicitly reinitialised to
ensure the correct GICv5-compatible PPIs are used - this also adds in
the GICv5 PPI type to the intid.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron &lt;jonathan.cameron@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-32-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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Now that GICv5 has arrived, the arch timer requires some TLC to
address some of the key differences introduced with GICv5.

For PPIs on GICv5, the queue_irq_unlock irq_op is used as AP lists are
not required at all for GICv5. The arch timer also introduces an
irq_op - get_input_level. Extend the arch-timer-provided irq_ops to
include the PPI op for vgic_v5 guests.

When possible, DVI (Direct Virtual Interrupt) is set for PPIs when
using a vgic_v5, which directly inject the pending state into the
guest. This means that the host never sees the interrupt for the guest
for these interrupts. This has three impacts.

* First of all, the kvm_cpu_has_pending_timer check is updated to
  explicitly check if the timers are expected to fire.

* Secondly, for mapped timers (which use DVI) they must be masked on
  the host prior to entering a GICv5 guest, and unmasked on the return
  path. This is handled in set_timer_irq_phys_masked.

* Thirdly, it makes zero sense to attempt to inject state for a DVI'd
  interrupt. Track which timers are direct, and skip the call to
  kvm_vgic_inject_irq() for these.

The final, but rather important, change is that the architected PPIs
for the timers are made mandatory for a GICv5 guest. Attempts to set
them to anything else are actively rejected. Once a vgic_v5 is
initialised, the arch timer PPIs are also explicitly reinitialised to
ensure the correct GICv5-compatible PPIs are used - this also adds in
the GICv5 PPI type to the intid.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron &lt;jonathan.cameron@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-32-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: arm64: gic-v5: Create and initialise vgic_v5</title>
<updated>2026-03-19T18:21:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sascha Bischoff</name>
<email>Sascha.Bischoff@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-19T15:56:59+00:00</published>
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Update kvm_vgic_create to create a vgic_v5 device. When creating a
vgic, FEAT_GCIE in the ID_AA64PFR2 is only exposed to vgic_v5-based
guests, and is hidden otherwise. GIC in ~ID_AA64PFR0_EL1 is never
exposed for a vgic_v5 guest.

When initialising a vgic_v5, skip kvm_vgic_dist_init as GICv5 doesn't
support one. The current vgic_v5 implementation only supports PPIs, so
no SPIs are initialised either.

The current vgic_v5 support doesn't extend to nested guests. Therefore,
the init of vgic_v5 for a nested guest is failed in vgic_v5_init.

As the current vgic_v5 doesn't require any resources to be mapped,
vgic_v5_map_resources is simply used to check that the vgic has indeed
been initialised. Again, this will change as more GICv5 support is
merged in.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron &lt;jonathan.cameron@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-29-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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Update kvm_vgic_create to create a vgic_v5 device. When creating a
vgic, FEAT_GCIE in the ID_AA64PFR2 is only exposed to vgic_v5-based
guests, and is hidden otherwise. GIC in ~ID_AA64PFR0_EL1 is never
exposed for a vgic_v5 guest.

When initialising a vgic_v5, skip kvm_vgic_dist_init as GICv5 doesn't
support one. The current vgic_v5 implementation only supports PPIs, so
no SPIs are initialised either.

The current vgic_v5 support doesn't extend to nested guests. Therefore,
the init of vgic_v5 for a nested guest is failed in vgic_v5_init.

As the current vgic_v5 doesn't require any resources to be mapped,
vgic_v5_map_resources is simply used to check that the vgic has indeed
been initialised. Again, this will change as more GICv5 support is
merged in.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron &lt;jonathan.cameron@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-29-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: arm64: Introduce set_direct_injection irq_op</title>
<updated>2026-03-19T18:21:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sascha Bischoff</name>
<email>Sascha.Bischoff@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-19T15:56:12+00:00</published>
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GICv5 adds support for directly injected PPIs. The mechanism for
setting this up is GICv5 specific, so rather than adding
GICv5-specific code to the common vgic code, we introduce a new
irq_op.

This new irq_op is intended to be used to enable or disable direct
injection for interrupts that support it. As it is an irq_op, it has
no effect unless explicitly populated in the irq_ops structure for a
particular interrupt.  The usage is demonstracted in the subsequent
change.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-26-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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GICv5 adds support for directly injected PPIs. The mechanism for
setting this up is GICv5 specific, so rather than adding
GICv5-specific code to the common vgic code, we introduce a new
irq_op.

This new irq_op is intended to be used to enable or disable direct
injection for interrupts that support it. As it is an irq_op, it has
no effect unless explicitly populated in the irq_ops structure for a
particular interrupt.  The usage is demonstracted in the subsequent
change.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-26-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>KVM: arm64: gic: Introduce queue_irq_unlock to irq_ops</title>
<updated>2026-03-19T18:21:28+00:00</updated>
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<name>Sascha Bischoff</name>
<email>Sascha.Bischoff@arm.com</email>
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<published>2026-03-19T15:54:39+00:00</published>
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There are times when the default behaviour of vgic_queue_irq_unlock()
is undesirable. This is because some GICs, such a GICv5 which is the
main driver for this change, handle the majority of the interrupt
lifecycle in hardware. In this case, there is no need for a per-VCPU
AP list as the interrupt can be made pending directly. This is done
either via the ICH_PPI_x_EL2 registers for PPIs, or with the VDPEND
system instruction for SPIs and LPIs.

The vgic_queue_irq_unlock() function is made overridable using a new
function pointer in struct irq_ops. vgic_queue_irq_unlock() is
overridden if the function pointer is non-null.

This new irq_op is unused in this change - it is purely providing the
infrastructure itself. The subsequent PPI injection changes provide a
demonstration of the usage of the queue_irq_unlock irq_op.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron &lt;jonathan.cameron@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-20-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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There are times when the default behaviour of vgic_queue_irq_unlock()
is undesirable. This is because some GICs, such a GICv5 which is the
main driver for this change, handle the majority of the interrupt
lifecycle in hardware. In this case, there is no need for a per-VCPU
AP list as the interrupt can be made pending directly. This is done
either via the ICH_PPI_x_EL2 registers for PPIs, or with the VDPEND
system instruction for SPIs and LPIs.

The vgic_queue_irq_unlock() function is made overridable using a new
function pointer in struct irq_ops. vgic_queue_irq_unlock() is
overridden if the function pointer is non-null.

This new irq_op is unused in this change - it is purely providing the
infrastructure itself. The subsequent PPI injection changes provide a
demonstration of the usage of the queue_irq_unlock irq_op.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron &lt;jonathan.cameron@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-20-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>KVM: arm64: gic-v5: Finalize GICv5 PPIs and generate mask</title>
<updated>2026-03-19T18:21:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sascha Bischoff</name>
<email>Sascha.Bischoff@arm.com</email>
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<published>2026-03-19T15:54:23+00:00</published>
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We only want to expose a subset of the PPIs to a guest. If a PPI does
not have an owner, it is not being actively driven by a device. The
SW_PPI is a special case, as it is likely for userspace to wish to
inject that.

Therefore, just prior to running the guest for the first time, we need
to finalize the PPIs. A mask is generated which, when combined with
trapping a guest's PPI accesses, allows for the guest's view of the
PPI to be filtered. This mask is global to the VM as all VCPUs PPI
configurations must match.

In addition, the PPI HMR is calculated.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron &lt;jonathan.cameron@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-19-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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We only want to expose a subset of the PPIs to a guest. If a PPI does
not have an owner, it is not being actively driven by a device. The
SW_PPI is a special case, as it is likely for userspace to wish to
inject that.

Therefore, just prior to running the guest for the first time, we need
to finalize the PPIs. A mask is generated which, when combined with
trapping a guest's PPI accesses, allows for the guest's view of the
PPI to be filtered. This mask is global to the VM as all VCPUs PPI
configurations must match.

In addition, the PPI HMR is calculated.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron &lt;jonathan.cameron@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-19-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>KVM: arm64: gic-v5: Implement GICv5 load/put and save/restore</title>
<updated>2026-03-19T18:21:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sascha Bischoff</name>
<email>Sascha.Bischoff@arm.com</email>
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<published>2026-03-19T15:54:08+00:00</published>
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This change introduces GICv5 load/put. Additionally, it plumbs in
save/restore for:

* PPIs (ICH_PPI_x_EL2 regs)
* ICH_VMCR_EL2
* ICH_APR_EL2
* ICC_ICSR_EL1

A GICv5-specific enable bit is added to struct vgic_vmcr as this
differs from previous GICs. On GICv5-native systems, the VMCR only
contains the enable bit (driven by the guest via ICC_CR0_EL1.EN) and
the priority mask (PCR).

A struct gicv5_vpe is also introduced. This currently only contains a
single field - bool resident - which is used to track if a VPE is
currently running or not, and is used to avoid a case of double load
or double put on the WFI path for a vCPU. This struct will be extended
as additional GICv5 support is merged, specifically for VPE doorbells.

Co-authored-by: Timothy Hayes &lt;timothy.hayes@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Timothy Hayes &lt;timothy.hayes@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron &lt;jonathan.cameron@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-18-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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This change introduces GICv5 load/put. Additionally, it plumbs in
save/restore for:

* PPIs (ICH_PPI_x_EL2 regs)
* ICH_VMCR_EL2
* ICH_APR_EL2
* ICC_ICSR_EL1

A GICv5-specific enable bit is added to struct vgic_vmcr as this
differs from previous GICs. On GICv5-native systems, the VMCR only
contains the enable bit (driven by the guest via ICC_CR0_EL1.EN) and
the priority mask (PCR).

A struct gicv5_vpe is also introduced. This currently only contains a
single field - bool resident - which is used to track if a VPE is
currently running or not, and is used to avoid a case of double load
or double put on the WFI path for a vCPU. This struct will be extended
as additional GICv5 support is merged, specifically for VPE doorbells.

Co-authored-by: Timothy Hayes &lt;timothy.hayes@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Timothy Hayes &lt;timothy.hayes@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff &lt;sascha.bischoff@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron &lt;jonathan.cameron@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319154937.3619520-18-sascha.bischoff@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
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