[PATCH 2/3] KVM: arm64: Set ID_{AA64PFR0,PFR1}_EL1.GIC when GICv3 is configured

Marc Zyngier maz at kernel.org
Mon Oct 13 01:32:06 PDT 2025


Drive the idreg fields indicating the presence of GICv3 directly from
the vgic code. This avoids having to do any sort of runtime clearing
of the idreg.

Fixes: 5cb57a1aff755 ("KVM: arm64: Zero ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.GIC when no GICv3 is presented to the guest")
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
index 4c3c0d82e4760..2c518b0a4d81b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
@@ -161,10 +161,16 @@ int kvm_vgic_create(struct kvm *kvm, u32 type)
 
 	kvm->arch.vgic.vgic_dist_base = VGIC_ADDR_UNDEF;
 
-	if (type == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2)
+	*__vm_id_reg(&kvm->arch, SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1) &= ~ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_GIC;
+	*__vm_id_reg(&kvm->arch, SYS_ID_PFR1_EL1) &= ~ID_PFR1_EL1_GIC;
+
+	if (type == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2) {
 		kvm->arch.vgic.vgic_cpu_base = VGIC_ADDR_UNDEF;
-	else
+	} else {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kvm->arch.vgic.rd_regions);
+		*__vm_id_reg(&kvm->arch, SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1) |= SYS_FIELD_VALUE(ID_AA64PFR0_EL1, GIC, IMP);
+		*__vm_id_reg(&kvm->arch, SYS_ID_PFR1_EL1) |= SYS_FIELD_VALUE(ID_PFR1_EL1, GIC, GICv3);
+	}
 
 	if (type == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3)
 		kvm->arch.vgic.nassgicap = system_supports_direct_sgis();
-- 
2.47.3




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