[PATCH v3 4/8] arm/arm64: KVM: Implement GICD_ICFGR as RO for PPIs

[Andre Przywara]

Hi Christoffer,

On 29/09/15 15:49, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> The GICD_ICFGR allows the bits for the SGIs and PPIs to be read only.
> We currently simulate this behavior by writing a hardcoded value to the
> register for the SGIs and PPIs on every write of these bits to the
> register (ignoring what the guest actually wrote), and by writing the
> same value as the reset value to the register.
> 
> This is a bit counter-intuitive, as the register is RO for these bits,
> and we can just implement it that way, allowing us to control the value
> of the bits purely in the reset code.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>
> ---
>  virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
> index fe0e5db..e606f78 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
> @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ bool vgic_handle_cfg_reg(u32 *reg, struct kvm_exit_mmio *mmio,
>  			ACCESS_READ_VALUE | ACCESS_WRITE_VALUE);
>  	if (mmio->is_write) {
>  		if (offset < 8) {
> -			*reg = ~0U; /* Force PPIs/SGIs to 1 */
> +			/* Ignore writes to read-only SGI and PPI bits */
>  			return false;
>  		}

Nit: Isn't this now violating kernel coding style because of a single
statement not needing braces? Maybe move the comment in front of the
if-statement to make this more obvious?

Other than that:

Reviewed-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com>

Cheers,
Andre.