[PATCH 05/18] KVM: arm64: vgic: Constify struct irq_ops usage
Joey Gouly
joey.gouly at arm.com
Tue Apr 21 08:54:06 PDT 2026
On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 12:55:46PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> vgic-v5 has introduced much more prevalent usage of the struct
> irq_ops mechanism.
>
> In the process, it becomes evident that suffers from two related
> problems:
>
> - it contains flags, rather than only callbacks
> - it is mutable, because we need to update the above flags
>
> Swap the flags for a helper retrieving the flags, and make all
> irq_ops const, something that is slightly satisfying.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly at arm.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c | 14 +++++++++-----
> arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v5.c | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c | 2 +-
> include/kvm/arm_vgic.h | 9 +++++----
> 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
> index cbea4d9ee9552..f003df76fdda7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
> @@ -52,11 +52,17 @@ static u64 kvm_arm_timer_read(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> enum kvm_arch_timer_regs treg);
> static bool kvm_arch_timer_get_input_level(int vintid);
>
> -static struct irq_ops arch_timer_irq_ops = {
> +static unsigned long kvm_arch_timer_get_irq_flags(void)
> +{
> + return kvm_vgic_global_state.no_hw_deactivation ? VGIC_IRQ_SW_RESAMPLE : 0;
> +}
> +
> +static const struct irq_ops arch_timer_irq_ops = {
> + .get_flags = kvm_arch_timer_get_irq_flags,
> .get_input_level = kvm_arch_timer_get_input_level,
> };
>
> -static struct irq_ops arch_timer_irq_ops_vgic_v5 = {
> +static const struct irq_ops arch_timer_irq_ops_vgic_v5 = {
> .get_input_level = kvm_arch_timer_get_input_level,
> .queue_irq_unlock = vgic_v5_ppi_queue_irq_unlock,
> .set_direct_injection = vgic_v5_set_ppi_dvi,
> @@ -1392,8 +1398,6 @@ static int kvm_irq_init(struct arch_timer_kvm_info *info)
> return -ENOMEM;
> }
>
> - if (kvm_vgic_global_state.no_hw_deactivation)
> - arch_timer_irq_ops.flags |= VGIC_IRQ_SW_RESAMPLE;
> WARN_ON(irq_domain_push_irq(domain, host_vtimer_irq,
> (void *)TIMER_VTIMER));
> }
> @@ -1591,8 +1595,8 @@ static bool kvm_arch_timer_get_input_level(int vintid)
> int kvm_timer_enable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> struct arch_timer_cpu *timer = vcpu_timer(vcpu);
> + const struct irq_ops *ops;
> struct timer_map map;
> - struct irq_ops *ops;
> int ret;
>
> if (timer->enabled)
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v5.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v5.c
> index 0101ec3f55283..757484d2493b2 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v5.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v5.c
> @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ void vgic_v5_set_ppi_dvi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vgic_irq *irq, bool dvi)
> __assign_bit(ppi, cpu_if->vgic_ppi_dvir, dvi);
> }
>
> -static struct irq_ops vgic_v5_ppi_irq_ops = {
> +static const struct irq_ops vgic_v5_ppi_irq_ops = {
> .queue_irq_unlock = vgic_v5_ppi_queue_irq_unlock,
> .set_direct_injection = vgic_v5_set_ppi_dvi,
> };
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
> index 1e9fe8764584d..3ac6d49bc4876 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
> @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ int kvm_vgic_inject_irq(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> }
>
> void kvm_vgic_set_irq_ops(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 vintid,
> - struct irq_ops *ops)
> + const struct irq_ops *ops)
> {
> struct vgic_irq *irq = vgic_get_vcpu_irq(vcpu, vintid);
>
> diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h b/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
> index ea793479ab254..fe49fb56dc3c9 100644
> --- a/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
> +++ b/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
> @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ struct vgic_irq;
> */
> struct irq_ops {
> /* Per interrupt flags for special-cased interrupts */
> - unsigned long flags;
> + unsigned long (*get_flags)(void);
>
> #define VGIC_IRQ_SW_RESAMPLE BIT(0) /* Clear the active state for resampling */
>
> @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ struct vgic_irq {
> u8 priority;
> u8 group; /* 0 == group 0, 1 == group 1 */
>
> - struct irq_ops *ops;
> + const struct irq_ops *ops;
>
> void *owner; /* Opaque pointer to reserve an interrupt
> for in-kernel devices. */
> @@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ struct vgic_irq {
>
> static inline bool vgic_irq_needs_resampling(struct vgic_irq *irq)
> {
> - return irq->ops && (irq->ops->flags & VGIC_IRQ_SW_RESAMPLE);
> + return irq->ops && irq->ops->get_flags &&
> + (irq->ops->get_flags() & VGIC_IRQ_SW_RESAMPLE);
> }
>
> struct vgic_register_region;
> @@ -557,7 +558,7 @@ void kvm_vgic_init_cpu_hardware(void);
> int kvm_vgic_inject_irq(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> unsigned int intid, bool level, void *owner);
> void kvm_vgic_set_irq_ops(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 vintid,
> - struct irq_ops *ops);
> + const struct irq_ops *ops);
> void kvm_vgic_clear_irq_ops(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 vintid);
> int kvm_vgic_map_phys_irq(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int host_irq,
> u32 vintid);
> --
> 2.47.3
>
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