[PATCH v1 10/26] KVM: arm64: Fix set_oslsr_el1 to write to OSLAR_EL1

Steffen Eiden seiden at linux.ibm.com
Fri May 29 08:55:43 PDT 2026


From: Andreas Grapentin <gra at linux.ibm.com>

The set_oslsr_el1() function was incorrectly writing directly to the
OSLSR_EL1 register, which is architecturally a read-only status register
that reflects the state of the OS Lock.

Fix this by extracting the OSLK bit from the user-provided value and
writing it to OSLAR_EL1 (OS Lock Access Register) instead, which is the
proper control register for managing the OS Lock state. OSLSR_EL1 will
then reflect this state when read.

This ensures the implementation follows the ARM architecture
specification where OSLAR_EL1 controls the lock and OSLSR_EL1 provides
status information.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Grapentin <gra at linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden at linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h    |  1 +
 arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c            | 10 +++++++++-
 include/arch/arm64/asm/sysreg-defs.h |  1 +
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index a8efff6ea01d..5734e93cad57 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ enum vcpu_sysreg {
 	PAR_EL1,	/* Physical Address Register */
 	MDCCINT_EL1,	/* Monitor Debug Comms Channel Interrupt Enable Reg */
 	OSLSR_EL1,	/* OS Lock Status Register */
+	OSLAR_EL1,	/* OS Lock Access Register */
 	DISR_EL1,	/* Deferred Interrupt Status Register */
 
 	/* Performance Monitors Registers */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
index 195ecdac7bd6..6522f9302967 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
@@ -822,6 +822,8 @@ static bool trap_oslsr_el1(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 static int set_oslsr_el1(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc *rd,
 			 u64 val)
 {
+	u64 oslk;
+
 	/*
 	 * The only modifiable bit is the OSLK bit. Refuse the write if
 	 * userspace attempts to change any other bit in the register.
@@ -829,7 +831,13 @@ static int set_oslsr_el1(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc *rd,
 	if ((val ^ rd->val) & ~OSLSR_EL1_OSLK)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	__vcpu_assign_sys_reg(vcpu, rd->reg, val);
+	/*
+	 * Redirect the write to the proper control register.
+	 * OSLSR is read-only
+	 */
+	oslk = SYS_FIELD_GET(OSLSR_EL1, OSLK, val);
+	__vcpu_assign_sys_reg(vcpu, OSLAR_EL1,
+			      SYS_FIELD_PREP(OSLAR_EL1, OSLK, oslk));
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/arch/arm64/asm/sysreg-defs.h b/include/arch/arm64/asm/sysreg-defs.h
index 3e280d4156ce..c6bdb0f11e1b 100644
--- a/include/arch/arm64/asm/sysreg-defs.h
+++ b/include/arch/arm64/asm/sysreg-defs.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 #define OSLSR_EL1_OSLM_NI		0
 #define OSLSR_EL1_OSLM_IMPLEMENTED	BIT(3)
 #define OSLSR_EL1_OSLK			BIT(1)
+#define OSLSR_EL1_OSLK_MASK             BIT(1)
 
 #define SYS_OSDLR_EL1			sys_reg(2, 0, 1, 3, 4)
 #define SYS_DBGPRCR_EL1			sys_reg(2, 0, 1, 4, 4)
-- 
2.53.0




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