Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm/arm64: Fix bug in advertising KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID capability

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Tue Jul 11 2017 - 12:35:39 EST


On 08/07/17 14:48, Shanker Donthineni wrote:
> Commit 0e4e82f154e3 ("KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Enable ITS emulation as
> a virtual MSI controller") tried to advertise KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID, but
> the code logic was not updating the dist->msis_require_devid field
> correctly. If hypervisor tool creates the ITS device after VGIC
> initialization then we don't advertise KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID capability.
>
> Update the field msis_require_devid to true inside vgic_its_create()
> to fix the issue.
>
> Fixes: 0e4e82f154e3 ("vgic-its: Enable ITS emulation as a virtual MSI controller")
> Signed-off-by: Shanker Donthineni <shankerd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c | 3 ---
> virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> index 3a0b899..5801261 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> @@ -285,9 +285,6 @@ int vgic_init(struct kvm *kvm)
> if (ret)
> goto out;
>
> - if (vgic_has_its(kvm))
> - dist->msis_require_devid = true;
> -
> kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm)
> kvm_vgic_vcpu_enable(vcpu);
>
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> index 2dff288..aa6b68d 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> @@ -1598,6 +1598,7 @@ static int vgic_its_create(struct kvm_device *dev, u32 type)
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&its->device_list);
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&its->collection_list);
>
> + dev->kvm->arch.vgic.msis_require_devid = true;
> dev->kvm->arch.vgic.has_its = true;
> its->enabled = false;
> its->dev = dev;
>

Seems sensible to me. Unless someone screams, I'll queue it for post -rc1.

Thanks,

M.
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