[PATCH 18/31] KVM: arm64: Enable GICv3 Group-1 sysreg trapping via command-line

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Wed May 3 03:45:53 PDT 2017


Now that we're able to safely handle Group-1 sysreg access, let's
give the user the opportunity to enable it by passing a specific
command-line option (vgic_v3.group1_trap).

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
---
 virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
index 547b8374fb64..71ecf448ca49 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
@@ -324,6 +324,12 @@ int vgic_v3_map_resources(struct kvm *kvm)
 
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(vgic_v3_cpuif_trap);
 
+static int __init early_group1_trap_cfg(char *buf)
+{
+	return strtobool(buf, &group1_trap);
+}
+early_param("vgic_v3.group1_trap", early_group1_trap_cfg);
+
 /**
  * vgic_v3_probe - probe for a GICv3 compatible interrupt controller in DT
  * @node:	pointer to the DT node
@@ -375,6 +381,11 @@ int vgic_v3_probe(const struct gic_kvm_info *info)
 	if (kvm_vgic_global_state.vcpu_base == 0)
 		kvm_info("disabling GICv2 emulation\n");
 
+	if (group1_trap) {
+		kvm_info("GICv3 sysreg trapping enabled (reduced performance)\n");
+		static_branch_enable(&vgic_v3_cpuif_trap);
+	}
+
 	kvm_vgic_global_state.vctrl_base = NULL;
 	kvm_vgic_global_state.type = VGIC_V3;
 	kvm_vgic_global_state.max_gic_vcpus = VGIC_V3_MAX_CPUS;
-- 
2.11.0




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