Re: [PATCH v4] target/riscv: Clearing the CSR values at reset and syncing the MPSTATE with the host

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:33:32 +0200
Newsgroups org.nongnu.qemu-riscv,org.nongnu.qemu-devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

(old patch committed as 8633951530cc923f1e7a6cd250f670f24c0ed817)

On 13/9/23 11:13, liguang.zhang wrote:
> From: "liguang.zhang" <[email protected]>
> 
> Fix the guest reboot error when using KVM
> There are two issues when rebooting a guest using KVM
> 1. When the guest initiates a reboot the host is unable to stop the vcpu
> 2. When running a SMP guest the qemu monitor system_reset causes a vcpu crash
> 
> This can be fixed by clearing the CSR values at reset and syncing the
> MPSTATE with the host.
> 
> v4 update:
> rebase on riscv-to-apply
> 
> Signed-off-by: liguang.zhang <[email protected]>
> ---
>   target/riscv/kvm.c       | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   target/riscv/kvm_riscv.h |  1 +
>   2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/target/riscv/kvm.c b/target/riscv/kvm.c
> index c01cfb03f4..8ee410b9b1 100644
> --- a/target/riscv/kvm.c
> +++ b/target/riscv/kvm.c
> @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ void riscv_kvm_aplic_request(void *opaque, int irq, int level)
>       kvm_set_irq(kvm_state, irq, !!level);
>   }
>   
> +static bool cap_has_mp_state;
> +
>   static uint64_t kvm_riscv_reg_id(CPURISCVState *env, uint64_t type,
>                                    uint64_t idx)
>   {
> @@ -797,6 +799,24 @@ int kvm_arch_get_registers(CPUState *cs)
>       return ret;
>   }
>   
> +int kvm_riscv_sync_mpstate_to_kvm(RISCVCPU *cpu, int state)
> +{
> +    if (cap_has_mp_state) {
> +        struct kvm_mp_state mp_state = {
> +            .mp_state = state
> +        };
> +
> +        int ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(CPU(cpu), KVM_SET_MP_STATE, &mp_state);
> +        if (ret) {
> +            fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to sync MP_STATE %d/%s\n",
> +                    __func__, ret, strerror(-ret));
> +            return -1;
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
>   int kvm_arch_put_registers(CPUState *cs, int level)
>   {
>       int ret = 0;
> @@ -816,6 +836,18 @@ int kvm_arch_put_registers(CPUState *cs, int level)
>           return ret;
>       }
>   
> +    if (KVM_PUT_RESET_STATE == level) {

Why only RESET_STATE? Don't we also want that for FULL_STATE? IOW:

        if (level >= KVM_PUT_RESET_STATE) {

> +        RISCVCPU *cpu = RISCV_CPU(cs);
> +        if (cs->cpu_index == 0) {
> +            ret = kvm_riscv_sync_mpstate_to_kvm(cpu, KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE);
> +        } else {
> +            ret = kvm_riscv_sync_mpstate_to_kvm(cpu, KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED);
> +        }
> +        if (ret) {
> +            return ret;
> +        }
> +    }
> +
>       return ret;
>   }
>   
> @@ -928,6 +960,7 @@ int kvm_arch_get_default_type(MachineState *ms)
>   
>   int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s)
>   {
> +    cap_has_mp_state = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_MP_STATE);
>       return 0;
>   }
>   
> @@ -1014,10 +1047,19 @@ void kvm_riscv_reset_vcpu(RISCVCPU *cpu)
>       if (!kvm_enabled()) {
>           return;
>       }
> +    for (int i=0; i<32; i++)
> +        env->gpr[i] = 0;
>       env->pc = cpu->env.kernel_addr;
>       env->gpr[10] = kvm_arch_vcpu_id(CPU(cpu)); /* a0 */
>       env->gpr[11] = cpu->env.fdt_addr;          /* a1 */
>       env->satp = 0;
> +    env->mie = 0;
> +    env->stvec = 0;
> +    env->sscratch = 0;
> +    env->sepc = 0;
> +    env->scause = 0;
> +    env->stval = 0;
> +    env->mip = 0;
>   }
>   
>   void kvm_riscv_set_irq(RISCVCPU *cpu, int irq, int level)
> diff --git a/target/riscv/kvm_riscv.h b/target/riscv/kvm_riscv.h
> index de8c209ebc..8f8c1f969a 100644
> --- a/target/riscv/kvm_riscv.h
> +++ b/target/riscv/kvm_riscv.h
> @@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ void kvm_riscv_aia_create(MachineState *machine, uint64_t group_shift,
>                             uint64_t aplic_base, uint64_t imsic_base,
>                             uint64_t guest_num);
>   void riscv_kvm_aplic_request(void *opaque, int irq, int level);
> +int kvm_riscv_sync_mpstate_to_kvm(RISCVCPU *cpu, int state);
>   
>   #endif