Re: [PATCH] irqchip/gic-v3-its: Don't need VSYNC if VMAPP with {V, Alloc}=={0, x}

[Marc Zyngier]

On Wed, 03 Apr 2024 03:18:51 +0100,
Tangnianyao <tangnianyao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 4/2/2024 21:43, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > On Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:32:40 +0100,
> > Tangnianyao <tangnianyao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >> Thank you for quick fix, it would be great to remove this VSYNC. ITS handling VSYNC unmap
> >> vpeid may waste some time, trigger exception and needed to be
> >> handled.
> > Do you actually see an exception being delivered from this?
> >
> > In any case, feel free to respin the patch after having tested this
> > diff, with the commit message fixed and a Fixes: tag attached to it.
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> In our developing implemenation, ITS would report RAS when doing vsync
> and reaching an invalid vpe table entry. It is reasonable to report RAS, right?

If a RAS error is the only reporting method you have, then I suspect
you don't have much of a choice (the pseudocode indicates an IMPDEF
SError for VSYNC). Shame this wasn't caught earlier.

> It just reports, and kernel can still run normally regardless of
> this RAS message.

That really depends on the policy behind RAS errors.

Looking forward to your respinning of this patch.

Thanks,

	M.

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