[PATCH 00/13] KVM: arm64: De-specialise the timer UAPI

[Marc Zyngier]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:04:44 +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Since the beginning of the KVM/arm64 port, the timer registers were
> handled out of the normal sysreg flow when it came to userspace
> access, leading to extra complexity and a bit of code duplication.
> 
> When NV was introduced, the decision was made early to handle the new
> timer registers as part of the generic infrastructure. However, the
> EL0 timers were left behind until someone could be bothered to
> entangle that mess.
> 
> [...]

Applied to fixes, thanks!

[01/13] KVM: arm64: Hide CNTHV_*_EL2 from userspace for nVHE guests
        commit: 4cab5c857d1f92b4b322e30349fdc5e2e38e7a2f
[02/13] KVM: arm64: Introduce timer_context_to_vcpu() helper
        commit: aa68975c973ed3b0bd4ff513113495588afb855c
[03/13] KVM: arm64: Replace timer context vcpu pointer with timer_id
        commit: 8625a670afb05f1e1d69d50a74dbcc9d1b855efe
[04/13] KVM: arm64: Make timer_set_offset() generally accessible
        commit: a92d552266890f83126fdef4f777a985cc1302bd
[05/13] KVM: arm64: Add timer UAPI workaround to sysreg infrastructure
        commit: 77a0c42eaf03c66936429d190bb2ea1a214bd528
[06/13] KVM: arm64: Move CNT*_CTL_EL0 userspace accessors to generic infrastructure
        commit: 09424d5d7d4e8b427ee4a737fb7765103789e08a
[07/13] KVM: arm64: Move CNT*_CVAL_EL0 userspace accessors to generic infrastructure
        commit: 8af198980eff2ed2a5df3d2ee39f8c9d61f40559
[08/13] KVM: arm64: Move CNT*CT_EL0 userspace accessors to generic infrastructure
        commit: c3be3a48fb18f9d243fac452e0be41469bb246b4
[09/13] KVM: arm64: Fix WFxT handling of nested virt
        commit: 892f7c38ba3b7de19b3dffb8e148d5fbf1228f20
[10/13] KVM: arm64: Kill leftovers of ad-hoc timer userspace access
        commit: 386aac77da112651a5cdadc4a6b29181592f5aa0
[11/13] KVM: arm64: selftests: Make dependencies on VHE-specific registers explicit
        commit: 6418330c8478735f625398bc4e96d3ac6ce1e055
[12/13] KVM: arm64: selftests: Add an E2H=0-specific configuration to get_reg_list
        commit: 4da5a9af78b74fb771a4d25dc794296d10e170b1
[13/13] KVM: arm64: selftest: Fix misleading comment about virtual timer encoding
        commit: 5c7cf1e44e94a5408b1b5277810502b0f82b77fe

Cheers,

	M.
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