[PATCH v2 2/3] KVM: arm64: Set ID_{AA64PFR0,PFR1}_EL1.GIC when GICv3 is configured

Marc Zyngier maz at kernel.org
Thu Oct 30 05:27:06 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 | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
index 1796b1a22a72a..ca411cce41409 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static int vgic_allocate_private_irqs_locked(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 type);
 int kvm_vgic_create(struct kvm *kvm, u32 type)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
+	u64 aa64pfr0, pfr1;
 	unsigned long i;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -161,10 +162,19 @@ 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)
+	aa64pfr0 = kvm_read_vm_id_reg(kvm, SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1) & ~ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_GIC;
+	pfr1 = kvm_read_vm_id_reg(kvm, 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);
+		aa64pfr0 |= SYS_FIELD_PREP_ENUM(ID_AA64PFR0_EL1, GIC, IMP);
+		pfr1 |= SYS_FIELD_PREP_ENUM(ID_PFR1_EL1, GIC, GICv3);
+	}
+
+	kvm_set_vm_id_reg(kvm, SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1, aa64pfr0);
+	kvm_set_vm_id_reg(kvm, SYS_ID_PFR1_EL1, pfr1);
 
 	if (type == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3)
 		kvm->arch.vgic.nassgicap = system_supports_direct_sgis();
-- 
2.47.3




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