[PATCH v2 0/4] KVM: Speed up MMIO registrations

From: Keir Fraser
Date: Wed Jul 16 2025 - 07:08:04 EST


This is version 2 of the patches I previously posted here:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250624092256.1105524-1-keirf@xxxxxxxxxx/

Changes since v1:

* Memory barriers introduced (or implied and documented) on the
kvm->buses[] SRCU read paths

* Disallow kvm_get_bus() from SRCU readers

* Rebased to v6.16-rc6

Thanks to Sean for the review feedback and patch suggestions!

Keir Fraser (4):
KVM: arm64: vgic-init: Remove vgic_ready() macro
KVM: arm64: vgic: Explicitly implement vgic_dist::ready ordering
KVM: Implement barriers before accessing kvm->buses[] on SRCU read
paths
KVM: Avoid synchronize_srcu() in kvm_io_bus_register_dev()

arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c | 14 +++--------
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 7 ++++++
include/kvm/arm_vgic.h | 1 -
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 11 ++++++---
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
5 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

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