Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: vgic: Read HW interrupt pending state from the HW

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On Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 12:37:26PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> It appears that a read access to GIC[DR]_I[CS]PENDRn doesn't always
> result in the pending interrupts being accurately reported if they are
> mapped to a HW interrupt. This is particularily visible when acking
> the timer interrupt and reading the GICR_ISPENDR1 register immediately
> after, for example (the interrupt appears as not-pending while it really
> is...).
> 
> This is because a HW interrupt has its 'active and pending state' kept
> in the *physical* distributor, and not in the virtual one, as mandated
> by the spec (this is what allows the direct deactivation). The virtual
> distributor only caries the pending and active *states* (note the
> plural, as these are two independent and non-overlapping states).
> 
> Fix it by reading the HW state back, either from the timer itself or
> from the distributor if necessary.
> 
> Reported-by: Ricardo Koller <ricarkol@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c
> index 7068da080799..49837d3a3ef5 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c
> @@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ unsigned long vgic_mmio_read_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  						    IRQCHIP_STATE_PENDING,
>  						    &val);
>  			WARN_RATELIMIT(err, "IRQ %d", irq->host_irq);
> +		} else if (vgic_irq_is_mapped_level(irq)) {
> +			val = vgic_get_phys_line_level(irq);
>  		} else {
>  			val = irq_is_pending(irq);
>  		}
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 

Thanks Marc!

Tested this fix with a selftest that we are planning to upstream soon.
It fires and handles arch timer IRQs while checking the pending state
along the way.

Tested-by: Ricardo Koller <ricarkol@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ricardo Koller <ricarkol@xxxxxxxxxx>



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