[PATCH 3/3] KVM: arm64: timer: Consolidate NV configuration of virtual timers
Marc Zyngier
maz at kernel.org
Fri Jan 31 00:46:11 PST 2025
On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 21:41:04 +0000,
Oliver Upton <oliver.upton at linux.dev> wrote:
>
> > +void kvm_timer_vcpu_nv_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > +{
> > + /*
> > + * A vcpu running at EL2 is in charge of the offset applied to
> > + * the virtual timer, so use the physical VM offset, and point
> > + * the vcpu offset to CNTVOFF_EL2.
> > + *
> > + * The virtual offset behaviour is "interesting", as it always
> > + * applies when HCR_EL2.E2H==0, but only when accessed from EL1 when
> > + * HCR_EL2.E2H==1. Apply it to the HV timer when E2H==0.
> > + */
>
> I'm definitely being pedantic, but all the talk of an HV timer when
> E2H==0 isn't sitting well with me. Since a programmable E2H has gone
> out the window there isn't such thing as an HV timer when E2H==0, as
> FEAT_VHE isn't implemented for the VM.
Ah, that's a very good point!
> And along those lines, accesses to CNTHV_*_EL2 registers should undef
> when FEAT_VHE isn't implemented for the VM but I don't think we have any
> enforcement of that.
Indeed. Let me fix this and add the required UNDEF behaviour.
Thanks,
M.
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