Re: [PATCH v5 21/23] KVM: arm64: GICv4.1: Reload VLPI configuration on distributor enable/disable

From: Zenghui Yu
Date: Tue Mar 17 2020 - 23:18:15 EST


On 2020/3/5 4:33, Marc Zyngier wrote:
Each time a Group-enable bit gets flipped, the state of these bits
needs to be forwarded to the hardware. This is a pretty heavy
handed operation, requiring all vcpus to reload their GICv4
configuration. It is thus implemented as a new request type.

[note to myself]
... and the status are forwarded to HW by programming VGrp{0,1}En
fields of GICR_VPENDBASER when vPEs are made resident next time.


Of course, we only support Group-1 for now...

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@xxxxxxxxxx>


Thanks