[PATCH v1 3/4] KVM: arm64: vgic: Do not access the GICv5 CPU interface from EL1
Fuad Tabba <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Aug 2026 11:02:55 +0100
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.kvmarm,org.infradead.lists.linux-arm-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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can_access_vgic_from_kernel() excludes only the GICv3 system register
interface, so on a native GICv5 system without FEAT_GCIE_LEGACY it
returns true under nVHE. The kernel then saves and restores the CPU
interface from EL1, where ICH_VMCR_EL2 and the ICH_PPI_* registers are
UNDEFINED, and the nVHE world switch already does that work at EL2.
Require VHE for GICv5 as for GICv3.
Fixes: 9b8e3d4ca0e73 ("KVM: arm64: gic-v5: Implement GICv5 load/put and save/restore")
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <[email protected]>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
index 74bace10a22ed..df58c0042ed63 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
@@ -1042,11 +1042,15 @@ static void vgic_flush_lr_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
static inline bool can_access_vgic_from_kernel(void)
{
/*
- * GICv2 can always be accessed from the kernel because it is
- * memory-mapped, and VHE systems can access GICv3 EL2 system
- * registers.
+ * GICv3 and GICv5 drive the CPU interface through EL2 system
+ * registers, so only VHE reaches them from the kernel. GICv2 is
+ * memory-mapped and always reachable.
*/
- return !static_branch_unlikely(&kvm_vgic_global_state.gicv3_cpuif) || has_vhe();
+ if (kvm_vgic_global_state.type == VGIC_V5 ||
+ static_branch_unlikely(&kvm_vgic_global_state.gicv3_cpuif))
+ return has_vhe();
+
+ return true;
}
static inline void vgic_save_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
--
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