Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: vgic: Fix detection of MI on no pending LR

From: Marc Zyngier

Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 07:37:16 EST


[Fixing up the initial recipient list...]

On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:29:24 +0100,
Kajetan Puchalski <kajetan.puchalski@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> As per the ARM GICv3 spec, the maintenance interrupt identified by
> ICH_MISR_EL2.NP is asserted when it is enabled and no List register is
> in pending state. This is further described in the document as "no List
> registers with the State field set to 0b01 (pending)". By checking only
> the pending bit of the LR (bit 62), KVM currently asserts the MI when
> there are no LRs in "pending" or "pending and active" states.
> Fix the detection logic to consider only the "pending" state.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 96c2f03311de ("KVM: arm64: nv: Plumb handling of GICv3 EL2 accesses")
> Signed-off-by: Kajetan Puchalski <kajetan.puchalski@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3-nested.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3-nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3-nested.c
> index 5c69fa615823..e3e84d7f5ad5 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3-nested.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3-nested.c
> @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static void vgic_compute_mi_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct mi_state *mi_sta
> eisr |= BIT(i);
> if (!(lr & ICH_LR_STATE))
> elrsr |= BIT(i);
> - pend |= (lr & ICH_LR_PENDING_BIT);
> + pend |= (lr & ICH_LR_STATE) == ICH_LR_PENDING_BIT;
> }
>
> mi_state->eisr = eisr;

Thanks for catching this.

Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>

M.

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