[PATCH v5 11/26] KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Handle INT command applied to a VLPI
Auger Eric
eric.auger at redhat.com
Tue Nov 7 12:15:29 PST 2017
Hi Marc,
On 27/10/2017 16:28, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> If the guest issues an INT command targetting a VLPI, let's
> call into the irq_set_irqchip_state() helper to make it pending
> on the physical side.
>
> This works just as well if userspace decides to inject an interrupt
> using the normal userspace API...
There is also another path:
KVM_SIGNAL_MSI ioctl / kvm_send_userspace_msi / kvm_set_msi /
vgic_its_inject_msi / vgic_its_trigger_msi
I wonder whether we shouldn't prevent the userspace from messing up with
the host irq pending state?
Thanks
Eric
>
> Acked-by: Christoffer Dall <cdall at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
> ---
> virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> index 89768d2b6a91..b2a678d131d0 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> @@ -578,6 +578,10 @@ static int vgic_its_trigger_msi(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_its *its,
> if (err)
> return err;
>
> + if (irq->hw)
> + return irq_set_irqchip_state(irq->host_irq,
> + IRQCHIP_STATE_PENDING, true);
> +
> spin_lock(&irq->irq_lock);
> irq->pending_latch = true;
> vgic_queue_irq_unlock(kvm, irq);
>
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