[PATCH 09/33] KVM: arm64: GICv3: Drop LPI active state when folding LRs

Marc Zyngier maz at kernel.org
Mon Nov 3 08:54:53 PST 2025


Despite LPIs not having an active state, *virtual* LPIs do have
one, which gets cleared on EOI. So far, so good.

However, this leads to a small problem: when an active LPI is not
in the LRs, that EOImode==0 and that the guest EOIs it, EOIcount
doesn't get bumped up. Which means that in these condition, the
LPI would stay active forever.

Clearly, we can't have that. So if we spot an active LPI, we drop
that state. It's pretty pointless anyway, and only serves as a way
to trip SW over.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
index c71cf2bcc57c9..ba2b9d4d0c778 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ void vgic_v3_fold_lr_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 		raw_spin_lock(&irq->irq_lock);
 
-		/* Always preserve the active bit, note deactivation */
+		/* Always preserve the active bit for !LPIs, note deactivation */
+		if (irq->intid >= VGIC_MIN_LPI)
+			val &= ~ICH_LR_ACTIVE_BIT;
 		deactivated = irq->active && !(val & ICH_LR_ACTIVE_BIT);
 		irq->active = !!(val & ICH_LR_ACTIVE_BIT);
 
-- 
2.47.3




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