[PATCH 0/3] KVM: arm64: Assorted vgic fixes for 6.14

Oliver Upton oliver.upton at linux.dev
Fri Feb 7 10:03:55 PST 2025


On Thu, Feb 06, 2025 at 03:20:57PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Alexander, while fuzzing KVM/arm64, found an annoying set of problems,
> all stemming from the fact that the vgic can be destroyed in parallel
> with the rest of the guest still being live.
> 
> Yes, this is annoying.
> 
> Fixing this is not going to happen overnight (though I have some
> ideas), but we can make what we have today a bit more robust.
> 
> This is what patch #2 is doing. Patch #1 is just removing a loud
> WARN_ON() that serves little purpose, and patch #3 fixes the actual
> bug that Alex reported.
> 
> Hopefully, none of that is controversial...

I'm a bit grumbly about slapping bandaids on the problem, but given the
fact that glider reported all of this a while ago and we still haven't
fixed it is enough to justify these patches. So:

Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton at linux.dev>

-- 
Thanks,
Oliver



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