[PATCH] Revert "irqchip/riscv-imsic: Embed the vector array in lpriv"

From: Anup Patel

Date: Tue Dec 23 2025 - 09:36:31 EST


The __alloc_percpu() fails when the number of IDs are greater than 959
because size parameter of __alloc_percpu() must be less than 32768 (aka
PCPU_MIN_UNIT_SIZE). This failure is observed with KVMTOOL when AIA is
trap-n-emulated by in-kernel KVM because in this case KVM guest has 2047
interrupt IDs.

To address this issue, don't embed vector array in struct imsic_local_priv
until __alloc_percpu() support size parameter greater than 32768.

This reverts commit 79eaabc61dfb ("irqchip/riscv-imsic: Embed the vector
array in lpriv").

Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup.patel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.c | 10 ++++++++--
drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.c
index 385368052d5c..b6cebfee9461 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.c
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ static void __init imsic_local_cleanup(void)
lpriv = per_cpu_ptr(imsic->lpriv, cpu);

bitmap_free(lpriv->dirty_bitmap);
+ kfree(lpriv->vectors);
}

free_percpu(imsic->lpriv);
@@ -490,8 +491,7 @@ static int __init imsic_local_init(void)
int cpu, i;

/* Allocate per-CPU private state */
- imsic->lpriv = __alloc_percpu(struct_size(imsic->lpriv, vectors, global->nr_ids + 1),
- __alignof__(*imsic->lpriv));
+ imsic->lpriv = alloc_percpu(typeof(*imsic->lpriv));
if (!imsic->lpriv)
return -ENOMEM;

@@ -511,6 +511,12 @@ static int __init imsic_local_init(void)
timer_setup(&lpriv->timer, imsic_local_timer_callback, TIMER_PINNED);
#endif

+ /* Allocate vector array */
+ lpriv->vectors = kcalloc(global->nr_ids + 1, sizeof(*lpriv->vectors),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!lpriv->vectors)
+ goto fail_local_cleanup;
+
/* Setup vector array */
for (i = 0; i <= global->nr_ids; i++) {
vec = &lpriv->vectors[i];
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.h b/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.h
index 6332501dcbd8..c42ee180b305 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.h
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct imsic_local_priv {
#endif

/* Local vector table */
- struct imsic_vector vectors[];
+ struct imsic_vector *vectors;
};

struct imsic_priv {
--
2.43.0