Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] KVM: arm64: GICv4.1: Restore VLPI pending state to physical side

[Marc Zyngier]

On 2021-03-13 08:38, Shenming Lu wrote:
> From: Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When setting the forwarding path of a VLPI (switch to the HW mode),
> we can also transfer the pending state from irq->pending_latch to
> VPT (especially in migration, the pending states of VLPIs are restored
> into kvm’s vgic first). And we currently send "INT+VSYNC" to trigger
> a VLPI to pending.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Shenming Lu <lushenming@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v4.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v4.c 
> b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v4.c
> index ac029ba3d337..3b82ab80c2f3 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v4.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v4.c
> @@ -449,6 +449,24 @@ int kvm_vgic_v4_set_forwarding(struct kvm *kvm, 
> int virq,
>  	irq->host_irq	= virq;
>  	atomic_inc(&map.vpe->vlpi_count);
>
> +	/* Transfer pending state */
> +	if (irq->pending_latch) {
> +		unsigned long flags;
> +
> +		ret = irq_set_irqchip_state(irq->host_irq,
> +					    IRQCHIP_STATE_PENDING,
> +					    irq->pending_latch);
> +		WARN_RATELIMIT(ret, "IRQ %d", irq->host_irq);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Clear pending_latch and communicate this state
> +		 * change via vgic_queue_irq_unlock.
> +		 */
> +		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&irq->irq_lock, flags);
> +		irq->pending_latch = false;
> +		vgic_queue_irq_unlock(kvm, irq, flags);
> +	}
> +
>  out:
>  	mutex_unlock(&its->its_lock);
>  	return ret;

The read side of the pending state isn't locked, but the write side is.
I'd rather you lock the whole sequence for peace of mind.

Thanks,

        M.
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