[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Stop the hyp trace clock worker on disable

Vincent Donnefort vdonnefort at google.com
Mon Jul 20 12:02:59 PDT 2026


On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 08:01:55PM +0100, Vincent Donnefort wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 07:48:50PM +0100, Fuad Tabba wrote:
> > When disabling, hyp_trace_clock_enable() cancels the clock work but then
> > falls through into the enable path, which re-schedules it and marks the
> > clock running again, so the worker never stops. Return once the work is
> > cancelled.
> > 
> > Fixes: b22888917fa41 ("KVM: arm64: Sync boot clock with the nVHE/pKVM hyp")
> > Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot at kernel.org>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260720172923.E4F161F000E9@smtp.kernel.org/
> > Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba at linux.dev>
> 
> Done here already https://lore.kernel.org/all/alczBmnItMwq8xj4@google.com/

sorry I meant here:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260715105100.3178255-1-vdonnefort@google.com/


> 
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp_trace.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp_trace.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp_trace.c
> > index 2411b4c32932c..27367843fd211 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp_trace.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp_trace.c
> > @@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ static void hyp_trace_clock_enable(struct hyp_trace_clock *hyp_clock, bool enabl
> >  	if (!enable) {
> >  		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hyp_clock->work);
> >  		hyp_clock->running = false;
> > +		return;
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	ktime_get_snapshot_id(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, &snap);
> > 
> > base-commit: 1590cf0329716306e948a8fc29f1d3ee87d3989f
> > -- 
> > 2.39.5
> > 



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