[PATCH v3 00/17] arm64: Use EL2 virtual timer when running VHE

Daniel Lezcano daniel.lezcano at oss.qualcomm.com
Tue Jun 2 09:10:15 PDT 2026


On 6/2/26 16:58, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Sat, 23 May 2026 15:02:25 +0100,
> Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org> wrote:
>>
>> This is the third version of the series initially posted at [1],
>> which
>>
>> - updates the ACPI GTDT parsing to deal the v3 layout and the EL2
>>    virtual timer,
>> - moves the architected timer driver to use it when running VHE,
>> - fixes a number of DTs to reflect the reality of the HW.
>>
>> This results in significant performance uplift in deeper nested virt
>> scenarios, at no overhead to the host.
>>
>> Patches based on -rc3, tested on Amlogic SM1, QC X1E, Ampere Altra,
>> and Apple M2, as well as KVM NV guests.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Daniel, can you please pick the first 3 patches? Or would you rather
> have them routed via the arm64 tree?

I'll pick them up

Thanks



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