[PATCH] RISC-V: KVM: Fix timer state restore

Qiang Ma maqianga at uniontech.com
Tue May 26 00:55:44 PDT 2026


The KVM_REG_RISCV_TIMER_REG(state) one-reg write passes the value
written by userspace to kvm_riscv_vcpu_timer_next_event() when
re-enabling the timer.

That value is the timer state, KVM_RISCV_TIMER_STATE_ON, not the
timer compare value. During migration or state restore, userspace
restores the compare register separately, which stores the target
cycle in t->next_cycles. Re-arming the timer with the state value
schedules the next event at cycle 1 instead of the restored compare
value, causing the virtual timer to fire too early.

Use the restored compare value from t->next_cycles when turning the
timer back on.

Fixes: 3a9f66cb25e1 ("RISC-V: KVM: Add timer functionality")

Signed-off-by: Qiang Ma <maqianga at uniontech.com>
---
 arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c
index 9817ff802821..ae53133c7ab0 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ int kvm_riscv_vcpu_set_reg_timer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		break;
 	case KVM_REG_RISCV_TIMER_REG(state):
 		if (reg_val == KVM_RISCV_TIMER_STATE_ON)
-			ret = kvm_riscv_vcpu_timer_next_event(vcpu, reg_val);
+			ret = kvm_riscv_vcpu_timer_next_event(vcpu, t->next_cycles);
 		else
 			ret = kvm_riscv_vcpu_timer_cancel(t);
 		break;
-- 
2.20.1




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