• Marc Zyngier's avatar
    KVM: arm64: timers: Use CNTHCTL_EL2 when setting non-CNTKCTL_EL1 bits · fe769e6c
    Marc Zyngier authored
    It recently appeared that, when running VHE, there is a notable
    difference between using CNTKCTL_EL1 and CNTHCTL_EL2, despite what
    the architecture documents:
    
    - When accessed from EL2, bits [19:18] and [16:10] of CNTKCTL_EL1 have
      the same assignment as CNTHCTL_EL2
    - When accessed from EL1, bits [19:18] and [16:10] are RES0
    
    It is all OK, until you factor in NV, where the EL2 guest runs at EL1.
    In this configuration, CNTKCTL_EL11 doesn't trap, nor ends up in
    the VNCR page. This means that any write from the guest affecting
    CNTHCTL_EL2 using CNTKCTL_EL1 ends up losing some state. Not good.
    
    The fix it obvious: don't use CNTKCTL_EL1 if you want to change bits
    that are not part of the EL1 definition of CNTKCTL_EL1, and use
    CNTHCTL_EL2 instead. This doesn't change anything for a bare-metal OS,
    and fixes it when running under NV. The NV hypervisor will itself
    have to work harder to merge the two accessors.
    
    Note that there is a pending update to the architecture to address
    this issue by making the affected bits UNKNOWN when CNTKCTL_EL1 is
    used from EL2 with VHE enabled.
    
    Fixes: c605ee24 ("KVM: arm64: timers: Allow physical offset without CNTPOFF_EL2")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMarc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.4
    Reviewed-by: default avatarEric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230627140557.544885-1-maz@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarOliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
    fe769e6c
arch_timer.c 41 KB