[PATCH] RISC-V: KVM: Use a raw lock for IMSIC wakeup state
From: Andrew Jones
Date: Fri Sep 25 2026 - 11:59:11 EST
kvm_riscv_vcpu_aia_imsic_put() can run from the scheduler preemption
notifier while the raw runqueue lock is held. Taking vsfile_lock, an
rwlock_t, there violates the lockdep wait-context rules.
Protect the CPU/HGEI pair with a separate raw spinlock. All updates to
that pair retain vsfile_lock and take the new lock, while scheduler-out
uses only the new lock around the HGEIE update. This keeps the wakeup
setup serialized with VS-file publication and release without bringing
wider IMSIC operations into a raw critical section.
Fixes: 4cec89db80ba ("RISC-V: KVM: Move HGEI[E|P] CSR access to IMSIC virtualization")
Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <andrew.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c
index c1af23e79ae0..1ccb7eac9f45 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ struct imsic {
/* IMSIC VS-file */
rwlock_t vsfile_lock;
+ /* Writers hold both locks; scheduler-out only takes hgei_lock. */
+ raw_spinlock_t hgei_lock;
int vsfile_cpu;
int vsfile_hgei;
void __iomem *vsfile_va;
@@ -582,6 +584,17 @@ static void imsic_vsfile_local_update(int vsfile_hgei, u32 nr_eix,
csr_write(CSR_VSISELECT, old_vsiselect);
}
+static void imsic_vsfile_set_hgei(struct imsic *imsic, int cpu, int hgei)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ /* Serialize the CPU/HGEI pair with scheduler-out's wakeup setup. */
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&imsic->hgei_lock, flags);
+ imsic->vsfile_cpu = cpu;
+ imsic->vsfile_hgei = hgei;
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&imsic->hgei_lock, flags);
+}
+
static void imsic_vsfile_cleanup(struct imsic *imsic)
{
int old_vsfile_hgei, old_vsfile_cpu;
@@ -596,7 +609,7 @@ static void imsic_vsfile_cleanup(struct imsic *imsic)
write_lock_irqsave(&imsic->vsfile_lock, flags);
old_vsfile_hgei = imsic->vsfile_hgei;
old_vsfile_cpu = imsic->vsfile_cpu;
- imsic->vsfile_cpu = imsic->vsfile_hgei = -1;
+ imsic_vsfile_set_hgei(imsic, -1, -1);
imsic->vsfile_va = NULL;
imsic->vsfile_pa = 0;
write_unlock_irqrestore(&imsic->vsfile_lock, flags);
@@ -727,10 +740,10 @@ void kvm_riscv_vcpu_aia_imsic_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (!kvm_vcpu_is_blocking(vcpu))
return;
- read_lock_irqsave(&imsic->vsfile_lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&imsic->hgei_lock, flags);
if (imsic->vsfile_cpu > -1)
csr_set(CSR_HGEIE, BIT(imsic->vsfile_hgei));
- read_unlock_irqrestore(&imsic->vsfile_lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&imsic->hgei_lock, flags);
}
void kvm_riscv_vcpu_aia_imsic_release(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -747,7 +760,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_vcpu_aia_imsic_release(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
write_lock_irqsave(&imsic->vsfile_lock, flags);
old_vsfile_hgei = imsic->vsfile_hgei;
old_vsfile_cpu = imsic->vsfile_cpu;
- imsic->vsfile_cpu = imsic->vsfile_hgei = -1;
+ imsic_vsfile_set_hgei(imsic, -1, -1);
imsic->vsfile_va = NULL;
imsic->vsfile_pa = 0;
write_unlock_irqrestore(&imsic->vsfile_lock, flags);
@@ -861,8 +874,7 @@ int kvm_riscv_vcpu_aia_imsic_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
/* Update new IMSIC VS-file details in IMSIC context */
write_lock_irqsave(&imsic->vsfile_lock, flags);
- imsic->vsfile_hgei = new_vsfile_hgei;
- imsic->vsfile_cpu = vcpu->cpu;
+ imsic_vsfile_set_hgei(imsic, vcpu->cpu, new_vsfile_hgei);
imsic->vsfile_va = new_vsfile_va;
imsic->vsfile_pa = new_vsfile_pa;
write_unlock_irqrestore(&imsic->vsfile_lock, flags);
@@ -1112,6 +1124,7 @@ int kvm_riscv_vcpu_aia_imsic_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
/* Setup IMSIC context */
imsic->nr_msis = kvm->arch.aia.nr_ids + 1;
rwlock_init(&imsic->vsfile_lock);
+ raw_spin_lock_init(&imsic->hgei_lock);
imsic->nr_eix = BITS_TO_U64(imsic->nr_msis);
imsic->nr_hw_eix = BITS_TO_U64(kvm_riscv_aia_max_ids);
imsic->vsfile_hgei = imsic->vsfile_cpu = -1;
--
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