Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] KVM: arm64: fix VGICv3 redistributor rollback

From: Karl Mehltretter

Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 13:45:57 EST


On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 10:10:00AM +0100, Karl Mehltretter wrote:
> Changes since v3:
> - Dropped the REDIST/REDIST_REGION serialization and VGIC init/destroy
> rework, keeping the fix close to v2. (Marc)
> - Limited rollback to assignments from the new region so an older-region
> assignment cannot be missed during concurrent vCPU creation.
> - Added Fuad's Reviewed-by tags to patches 1, 3 and 4. These are otherwise
> unchanged from v3 (formerly patches 1, 4 and 5).
>
> Previous version:
> v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260822095346.53882-1-kmehltretter@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Karl Mehltretter (4):
> KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: Undo assignment on iodev registration failure
> KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: Roll back assignments from the new region
> KVM: arm64: selftests: Pass guest code to vm_gic_create_with_vcpus()
> KVM: arm64: selftests: Test VGICv3 redistributor region retry
>
> arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c | 54 ++++++--
> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/vgic_init.c | 116 ++++++++++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 151 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

A friendly ping on v4. Patches 1, 3, and 4 have Fuad's Reviewed-by;
patch 2 was revised following Marc's feedback.

Thanks,
Karl