[PATCH v3 2/2] RISC-V KVM: Remove unnecessary HGATP csr_read
Troy Mitchell
troy.mitchell at linux.dev
Wed Aug 20 07:40:29 PDT 2025
On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 08:59:52PM +0800, fangyu.yu at linux.alibaba.com wrote:
> From: "Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy)" <guoren at kernel.org>
>
> The HGATP has been set to zero in gstage_mode_detect(), so there
> is no need to save the old context. Unify the code convention
> with gstage_mode_detect().
>
> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy) <guoren at kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Fangyu Yu <fangyu.yu at linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
> arch/riscv/kvm/vmid.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vmid.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vmid.c
> index 5f33625f4070..abb1c2bf2542 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vmid.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vmid.c
> @@ -25,15 +25,12 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(vmid_lock);
>
> void __init kvm_riscv_gstage_vmid_detect(void)
> {
> - unsigned long old;
> -
> /* Figure-out number of VMID bits in HW */
> - old = csr_read(CSR_HGATP);
> csr_write(CSR_HGATP, (kvm_riscv_gstage_mode << HGATP_MODE_SHIFT) | HGATP_VMID);
> vmid_bits = csr_read(CSR_HGATP);
> vmid_bits = (vmid_bits & HGATP_VMID) >> HGATP_VMID_SHIFT;
> vmid_bits = fls_long(vmid_bits);
> - csr_write(CSR_HGATP, old);
> + csr_write(CSR_HGATP, 0);
Is setting HGATP to 0 in gstage_mode_detect meaningless now?
If so, it might be better to drop it and just keep the one here.
- Troy
>
> /* We polluted local TLB so flush all guest TLB */
> kvm_riscv_local_hfence_gvma_all();
> --
> 2.49.0
>
>
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