[PATCH 29/32] irqchip/gic-v5: Check if impl is virt capable

[Lorenzo Pieralisi]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 03:22:45PM +0000, Sascha Bischoff wrote:
> Now that there is support for creating a GICv5-based guest with KVM,

The only comment I have is - as discussed, this patch is not really
dependent on GICv5 KVM support - ie, if IRS_IDR0.VIRT == b0 there isn't
a chance GIC v3 legacy support is implemented either, maybe it is worth
clarifying that.

Otherwise LGTM:

Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi at kernel.org>

> check that the hardware itself supports virtualisation, skipping the
> setting of struct gic_kvm_info if not.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff <sascha.bischoff at arm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-irs.c   | 4 ++++
>  drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5.c       | 5 +++++
>  include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v5.h | 4 ++++
>  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)


> 
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-irs.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-irs.c
> index ce2732d649a3e..eebf9f219ac8c 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-irs.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-irs.c
> @@ -744,6 +744,10 @@ static int __init gicv5_irs_init(struct device_node *node)
>  	 */
>  	if (list_empty(&irs_nodes)) {
>  
> +		idr = irs_readl_relaxed(irs_data, GICV5_IRS_IDR0);
> +		gicv5_global_data.virt_capable =
> +			!!FIELD_GET(GICV5_IRS_IDR0_VIRT, idr);
> +
>  		idr = irs_readl_relaxed(irs_data, GICV5_IRS_IDR1);
>  		irs_setup_pri_bits(idr);
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5.c
> index 41ef286c4d781..f5b17a2557aa1 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5.c
> @@ -1064,6 +1064,11 @@ static struct gic_kvm_info gic_v5_kvm_info __initdata;
>  
>  static void __init gic_of_setup_kvm_info(struct device_node *node)
>  {
> +	if (!gicv5_global_data.virt_capable) {
> +		pr_info("GIC implementation is not virtualization capable\n");
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
>  	gic_v5_kvm_info.type = GIC_V5;
>  
>  	/* GIC Virtual CPU interface maintenance interrupt */
> diff --git a/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v5.h b/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v5.h
> index 9607b36f021ee..36f4c0e8ef8e9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v5.h
> +++ b/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v5.h
> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
>  /*
>   * IRS registers and tables structures
>   */
> +#define GICV5_IRS_IDR0			0x0000
>  #define GICV5_IRS_IDR1			0x0004
>  #define GICV5_IRS_IDR2			0x0008
>  #define GICV5_IRS_IDR5			0x0014
> @@ -65,6 +66,8 @@
>  #define GICV5_IRS_IST_STATUSR		0x0194
>  #define GICV5_IRS_MAP_L2_ISTR		0x01c0
>  
> +#define GICV5_IRS_IDR0_VIRT		BIT(6)
> +
>  #define GICV5_IRS_IDR1_PRIORITY_BITS	GENMASK(22, 20)
>  #define GICV5_IRS_IDR1_IAFFID_BITS	GENMASK(19, 16)
>  
> @@ -280,6 +283,7 @@ struct gicv5_chip_data {
>  	u8			cpuif_pri_bits;
>  	u8			cpuif_id_bits;
>  	u8			irs_pri_bits;
> +	bool			virt_capable;
>  	struct {
>  		__le64 *l1ist_addr;
>  		u32 l2_size;
> -- 
> 2.34.1