From: Shanker Donthineni Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:38:07 +0000 (-0600) Subject: KVM: arm/arm64: No need to zero CNTVOFF in kvm_timer_vcpu_put() for VHE X-Git-Url: http://git.lede-project.org./?a=commitdiff_plain;h=250be9d61cf8898b1eea140fa31fe7713c49e989;p=openwrt%2Fstaging%2Fblogic.git KVM: arm/arm64: No need to zero CNTVOFF in kvm_timer_vcpu_put() for VHE In AArch64/AArch32, the virtual counter uses a fixed virtual offset of zero in the following situations as per ARMv8 specifications: 1) HCR_EL2.E2H is 1, and CNTVCT_EL0/CNTVCT are read from EL2. 2) HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is {1, 1}, and either: — CNTVCT_EL0 is read from Non-secure EL0 or EL2. — CNTVCT is read from Non-secure EL0. So, no need to zero CNTVOFF_EL2/CNTVOFF for VHE case. Acked-by: Marc Zyngier Acked-by: Christoffer Dall Signed-off-by: Shanker Donthineni Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall --- diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c index 70268c0bec79..86eca32474cc 100644 --- a/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c @@ -541,9 +541,11 @@ void kvm_timer_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) * The kernel may decide to run userspace after calling vcpu_put, so * we reset cntvoff to 0 to ensure a consistent read between user * accesses to the virtual counter and kernel access to the physical - * counter. + * counter of non-VHE case. For VHE, the virtual counter uses a fixed + * virtual offset of zero, so no need to zero CNTVOFF_EL2 register. */ - set_cntvoff(0); + if (!has_vhe()) + set_cntvoff(0); } /*