[PATCH v6 20/39] KVM: arm64: gic-v5: Init Private IRQs (PPIs) for GICv5
Marc Zyngier
maz at kernel.org
Tue Mar 17 09:42:32 PDT 2026
On Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:45:10 +0000,
Sascha Bischoff <Sascha.Bischoff at arm.com> wrote:
>
> Initialise the private interrupts (PPIs, only) for GICv5. This means
> that a GICv5-style intid is generated (which encodes the PPI type in
> the top bits) instead of the 0-based index that is used for older
> GICs.
>
> Additionally, set all of the GICv5 PPIs to use Level for the handling
> mode, with the exception of the SW_PPI which uses Edge. This matches
> the architecturally-defined set in the GICv5 specification (the CTIIRQ
> handling mode is IMPDEF, so Level has been picked for that).
>
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff <sascha.bischoff at arm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron at huawei.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> index e1be9c5ada7b3..f8d7d5a895e79 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> @@ -250,9 +250,64 @@ int kvm_vgic_vcpu_nv_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> return ret;
> }
>
> +static void vgic_allocate_private_irq(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int i, u32 type)
> +{
> + struct vgic_irq *irq = &vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.private_irqs[i];
> +
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&irq->ap_list);
> + raw_spin_lock_init(&irq->irq_lock);
> + irq->vcpu = NULL;
> + irq->target_vcpu = vcpu;
> + refcount_set(&irq->refcount, 0);
> +
> + irq->intid = i;
> + if (vgic_irq_is_sgi(i)) {
> + /* SGIs */
> + irq->enabled = 1;
> + irq->config = VGIC_CONFIG_EDGE;
> + } else {
> + /* PPIs */
> + irq->config = VGIC_CONFIG_LEVEL;
> + }
> +
> + switch (type) {
> + case KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3:
> + irq->group = 1;
> + irq->mpidr = kvm_vcpu_get_mpidr_aff(vcpu);
> + break;
> + case KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2:
> + irq->group = 0;
> + irq->targets = BIT(vcpu->vcpu_id);
> + break;
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static void vgic_v5_allocate_private_irq(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int i, u32 type)
> +{
> + struct vgic_irq *irq = &vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.private_irqs[i];
> +
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&irq->ap_list);
> + raw_spin_lock_init(&irq->irq_lock);
> + irq->vcpu = NULL;
> + irq->target_vcpu = vcpu;
> + refcount_set(&irq->refcount, 0);
> +
> + irq->intid = vgic_v5_make_ppi(i);
> +
> + /* The only Edge architected PPI is the SW_PPI */
> + if (i == GICV5_ARCH_PPI_SW_PPI)
> + irq->config = VGIC_CONFIG_EDGE;
> + else
> + irq->config = VGIC_CONFIG_LEVEL;
> +
> + /* Register the GICv5-specific PPI ops */
> + vgic_v5_set_ppi_ops(irq);
I'd definitely expect this to use the generic accessor instead of
something v5-specific.
Thanks,
M.
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