linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm/arm64: Fix bug in advertising KVM_CAP_MSI

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Date:   Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:35:25 +0100
From:   Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To:     Shanker Donthineni <shankerd@...eaurora.org>,
        Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        kvmarm <kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu>, kvm <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>,
        Vikram Sethi <vikrams@...eaurora.org>,
        Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm/arm64: Fix bug in advertising KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID
 capability

On 08/07/17 14:48, Shanker Donthineni wrote:
> Commit 0e4e82f154e3 ("KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Enable ITS emulation as
> a virtual MSI controller") tried to advertise KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID, but
> the code logic was not updating the dist->msis_require_devid field
> correctly. If hypervisor tool creates the ITS device after VGIC
> initialization then we don't advertise KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID capability.
> 
> Update the field msis_require_devid to true inside vgic_its_create()
> to fix the issue.
> 
> Fixes: 0e4e82f154e3 ("vgic-its: Enable ITS emulation as a virtual MSI controller")
> Signed-off-by: Shanker Donthineni <shankerd@...eaurora.org>
> ---
>  virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c | 3 ---
>  virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c  | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> index 3a0b899..5801261 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> @@ -285,9 +285,6 @@ int vgic_init(struct kvm *kvm)
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto out;
>  
> -	if (vgic_has_its(kvm))
> -		dist->msis_require_devid = true;
> -
>  	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm)
>  		kvm_vgic_vcpu_enable(vcpu);
>  
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> index 2dff288..aa6b68d 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> @@ -1598,6 +1598,7 @@ static int vgic_its_create(struct kvm_device *dev, u32 type)
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&its->device_list);
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&its->collection_list);
>  
> +	dev->kvm->arch.vgic.msis_require_devid = true;
>  	dev->kvm->arch.vgic.has_its = true;
>  	its->enabled = false;
>  	its->dev = dev;
> 

Seems sensible to me. Unless someone screams, I'll queue it for post -rc1.

Thanks,

	M.
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