[PATCH] KVM: arm64: vgic: fix incorrect spinlock API usage
Marc Zyngier
maz at kernel.org
Mon Sep 8 01:16:10 PDT 2025
[removing @arm.com addresses that haven't been in use for a very long
time]
On Sun, 07 Sep 2025 21:14:13 +0100,
Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari at oracle.com> wrote:
>
> The function vgic_flush_lr_state() was calling _raw_spin_unlock()
s/was/is/
> instead of the proper raw_spin_unlock().
>
> _raw_spin_unlock() is an internal low-level API and should not
> be used directly; using raw_spin_unlock() ensures proper locking
> semantics in the vgic code.
>
> This change replaces low-level API usage with the general kernel
> spinlock API, avoiding misuse of internal functions and aligning
> with kernel locking conventions.
This paragraph doesn't add much, please drop it.
>
> Fixes: 8fa3adb8c6be ("KVM: arm/arm64: vgic: Make vgic_irq->irq_lock a raw_spinlock")
> Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari at oracle.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
> index f5148b38120a..c74d6120a12c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
> @@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ static void vgic_flush_lr_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> * the AP list has been sorted already.
> */
> if (multi_sgi && irq->priority > prio) {
> - _raw_spin_unlock(&irq->irq_lock);
> + raw_spin_unlock(&irq->irq_lock);
> break;
> }
>
With the above fixed:
Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
M.
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