[PATCH] KVM: riscv: Avoid redundant interrupt check for pending timers

Jinyu Tang jinyu.tang at linux.dev
Fri Aug 14 05:35:41 PDT 2026


kvm_vcpu_check_block() calls kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable() before
checking whether a timer is pending. On RISC-V, kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable()
already checks all pending guest interrupts through
kvm_riscv_vcpu_has_interrupts(vcpu, -1UL), including IRQ_VS_TIMER.

Drop the repeated IRQ_VS_TIMER pending-interrupt check from
kvm_riscv_vcpu_timer_pending() and keep the helper focused on the timer
deadline state. If the timer becomes pending after the runnable check,
the timer path still injects IRQ_VS_TIMER and kicks the vCPU through the
normal wakeup path.

Signed-off-by: Jinyu Tang <jinyu.tang at linux.dev>
---
 arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c
index ae53133c7ab0..0e01bd793772 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c
@@ -132,11 +132,7 @@ bool kvm_riscv_vcpu_timer_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	struct kvm_vcpu_timer *t = &vcpu->arch.timer;
 	struct kvm_guest_timer *gt = &vcpu->kvm->arch.timer;
 
-	if (!kvm_riscv_delta_cycles2ns(t->next_cycles, gt, t) ||
-	    kvm_riscv_vcpu_has_interrupts(vcpu, 1UL << IRQ_VS_TIMER))
-		return true;
-	else
-		return false;
+	return !kvm_riscv_delta_cycles2ns(t->next_cycles, gt, t);
 }
 
 static void kvm_riscv_vcpu_timer_blocking(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-- 
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