[PATCH 3/3] arm: KVM: Disable virtual timer even if the guest is not using it

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Wed Sep 16 08:58:07 PDT 2015


When running a guest with the architected timer disabled (with QEMU and
the kernel_irqchip=off option, for example), it is important to make
sure the timer gets turned off. Otherwise, the guest may try to
enable it anyway, leading to a screaming HW interrupt.

The fix is to unconditionally turn off the virtual timer on guest
exit.

Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S b/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S
index 702740d..51a5950 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S
@@ -515,8 +515,7 @@ ARM_BE8(rev	r6, r6  )
 
 	mrc	p15, 0, r2, c14, c3, 1	@ CNTV_CTL
 	str	r2, [vcpu, #VCPU_TIMER_CNTV_CTL]
-	bic	r2, #1			@ Clear ENABLE
-	mcr	p15, 0, r2, c14, c3, 1	@ CNTV_CTL
+
 	isb
 
 	mrrc	p15, 3, rr_lo_hi(r2, r3), c14	@ CNTV_CVAL
@@ -529,6 +528,9 @@ ARM_BE8(rev	r6, r6  )
 	mcrr	p15, 4, r2, r2, c14	@ CNTVOFF
 
 1:
+	mov	r2, #0			@ Clear ENABLE
+	mcr	p15, 0, r2, c14, c3, 1	@ CNTV_CTL
+
 	@ Allow physical timer/counter access for the host
 	mrc	p15, 4, r2, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
 	orr	r2, r2, #(CNTHCTL_PL1PCEN | CNTHCTL_PL1PCTEN)
-- 
2.1.4




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