linux-kernel - [PATCH] KVM: arm64: vgic: fix incorrect spinlock API usage

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Message-ID: <20250907201421.3612784-1-alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com>
Date: Sun,  7 Sep 2025 13:14:13 -0700
From: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@...cle.com>
To: julien.thierry@....com, marc.zyngier@....com, jintack@...columbia.edu,
        christoffer.dall@....com, maz@...nel.org, oliver.upton@...ux.dev,
        joey.gouly@....com, suzuki.poulose@....com, yuzenghui@...wei.com,
        catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev
Cc: alok.a.tiwari@...cle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: vgic: fix incorrect spinlock API usage

The function vgic_flush_lr_state() was calling _raw_spin_unlock()
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.

Fixes: 8fa3adb8c6be ("KVM: arm/arm64: vgic: Make vgic_irq->irq_lock a raw_spinlock")
Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@...cle.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;
 		}
 
-- 
2.50.1