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From: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
To: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
Cc: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
	Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
	Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
	Zenghui Yu <zenghui.yu@linux.dev>,
	Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gankulkarni@os.amperecomputing.com>,
	Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>,
	kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: arm64: timers: Compute an offset-applied CVAL from the current count
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:04:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260921140427.2211373-2-fuad.tabba@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260921140427.2211373-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev>

When the hardware won't apply a timer's offset, KVM programs CVAL +
offset and lets it compare that against the raw counter. The compare is
unsigned (IsTimerConditionMet, DDI0487M_c J1.4.3.29):

  condition_met = (UInt(PhysicalCountInt() - offset) -
                   UInt(compare_value)) >= 0;

Adding the offset to both sides preserves it only when both sums wrap
or neither does: a guest whose counter is ahead of the host's by more
than CVAL has an expired timer that CVAL + offset puts in the far
future, and one behind it has a far-future timer that CVAL + offset
wraps into the past.

On a CNTPOFF_EL2 host the first case livelocks: __activate_traps()
reloads the guest's CVAL and the timer fires, __deactivate_traps()
rewrites it as CVAL + offset on the way out and the line drops before
the host can take the interrupt, and the vCPU only makes progress once
an unrelated vcpu_put() and vcpu_load() inject the interrupt from the
memory copy. arch_timer_edge_cases stops in its physical past-timer
cases. Without CNTPOFF_EL2 the same cases hang until the vCPU is next
loaded, which is what Zenghui reported on a Kunpeng920.

Derive the programmed value from the current count instead: CVAL +
offset while the deadline is ahead, 0 for a timer that has already
expired for the guest, ~0 for one past the counter's wrap. That value
can't be inverted, so timer_save_state() keeps the memory copy whenever
an offset is in play; it's current there, written by the trap handler
when the accesses are trapped and by __deactivate_traps() on the
CNTPOFF_EL2 path. kvm_hyp_handle_timer() subtracted the offset back out
for a guest hypervisor's read of its own physical CVAL, so return the
memory copy there too.

Fixes: c605ee245097 ("KVM: arm64: timers: Allow physical offset without CNTPOFF_EL2")
Fixes: 9404673293b0 ("KVM: arm64: timers: Correctly handle TGE flip with CNTPOFF_EL2")
Fixes: 0bc9a9e85fcf ("KVM: arm64: Work around x1e's CNTVOFF_EL2 bogosity")
Reported-by: Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/460258be-0102-e922-c342-4e87cd94b9e5@huawei.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c     | 27 ++++++++++++---------------
 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/switch.c | 11 ++++++-----
 include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h    | 15 +++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
index 6ac3321f4c575..9278b5383c044 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
@@ -528,17 +528,11 @@ static void timer_save_state(struct arch_timer_context *ctx)
 		goto out;
 
 	switch (index) {
-		u64 cval;
-
 	case TIMER_VTIMER:
 	case TIMER_HVTIMER:
 		timer_set_ctl(ctx, read_sysreg_el0(SYS_CNTV_CTL));
-		cval = read_sysreg_el0(SYS_CNTV_CVAL);
-
-		if (has_broken_cntvoff())
-			cval -= timer_get_offset(ctx);
-
-		timer_set_cval(ctx, cval);
+		if (!has_broken_cntvoff() || !timer_get_offset(ctx))
+			timer_set_cval(ctx, read_sysreg_el0(SYS_CNTV_CVAL));
 
 		/* Disable the timer */
 		write_sysreg_el0(0, SYS_CNTV_CTL);
@@ -564,11 +558,12 @@ static void timer_save_state(struct arch_timer_context *ctx)
 	case TIMER_PTIMER:
 	case TIMER_HPTIMER:
 		timer_set_ctl(ctx, read_sysreg_el0(SYS_CNTP_CTL));
-		cval = read_sysreg_el0(SYS_CNTP_CVAL);
-
-		cval -= timer_get_offset(ctx);
-
-		timer_set_cval(ctx, cval);
+		/*
+		 * With an offset, memory already holds the guest's CVAL (the
+		 * trap handler or __deactivate_traps() wrote it).
+		 */
+		if (!timer_get_offset(ctx))
+			timer_set_cval(ctx, read_sysreg_el0(SYS_CNTP_CVAL));
 
 		/* Disable the timer */
 		write_sysreg_el0(0, SYS_CNTP_CTL);
@@ -647,7 +642,8 @@ static void timer_restore_state(struct arch_timer_context *ctx)
 		offset = timer_get_offset(ctx);
 		if (has_broken_cntvoff()) {
 			set_cntvoff(0);
-			cval += offset;
+			if (offset)
+				cval = timer_apply_offset(cval, offset, kvm_phys_timer_read());
 		} else {
 			set_cntvoff(offset);
 		}
@@ -660,7 +656,8 @@ static void timer_restore_state(struct arch_timer_context *ctx)
 		cval = timer_get_cval(ctx);
 		offset = timer_get_offset(ctx);
 		set_cntpoff(offset);
-		cval += offset;
+		if (offset)
+			cval = timer_apply_offset(cval, offset, kvm_phys_timer_read());
 		write_sysreg_el0(cval, SYS_CNTP_CVAL);
 		isb();
 		write_sysreg_el0(timer_get_ctl(ctx), SYS_CNTP_CTL);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/switch.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/switch.c
index 7875911c05063..14aada311bac4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/switch.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/switch.c
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ static void __deactivate_traps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		offset = read_sysreg_s(SYS_CNTPOFF_EL2);
 
 		if (map.direct_ptimer && offset) {
-			write_sysreg_el0(val + offset, SYS_CNTP_CVAL);
+			val = timer_apply_offset(val, offset, arch_timer_read_cntpct_el0());
+			write_sysreg_el0(val, SYS_CNTP_CVAL);
 			isb();
 		}
 	}
@@ -296,10 +297,10 @@ static bool kvm_hyp_handle_timer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *exit_code)
 		break;
 	case SYS_CNTP_CVAL_EL0:
 		if (vcpu_el2_e2h_is_set(vcpu)) {
-			val = read_sysreg_el0(SYS_CNTP_CVAL);
-
-			if (!has_cntpoff())
-				val -= timer_get_offset(vcpu_hptimer(vcpu));
+			if (!has_cntpoff() && timer_get_offset(vcpu_hptimer(vcpu)))
+				val = __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, CNTHP_CVAL_EL2);
+			else
+				val = read_sysreg_el0(SYS_CNTP_CVAL);
 		} else {
 			val = __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, CNTP_CVAL_EL0);
 		}
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h b/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
index bc6f2fdd7ad33..80f96ea59f1ae 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
@@ -195,4 +195,19 @@ static inline void timer_set_offset(struct arch_timer_context *ctxt, u64 offset)
 	WRITE_ONCE(*ctxt->offset.vm_offset, offset);
 }
 
+/*
+ * CVAL to program when the hardware won't apply the timer's offset, so that
+ * its compare against the raw counter matches the guest's at 'now'. An
+ * expired timer stays expired; one past the wrap never fires.
+ */
+static inline u64 timer_apply_offset(u64 cval, u64 offset, u64 now)
+{
+	u64 hw = cval + offset;
+
+	if (now - offset >= cval)
+		return 0;
+
+	return hw > now ? hw : U64_MAX;
+}
+
 #endif
-- 
2.39.5


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-21 14:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-21 14:04 [PATCH 0/3] KVM: arm64: timers: Program CVAL from the current count when the hardware won't apply the offset Fuad Tabba
2026-09-21 14:04 ` Fuad Tabba [this message]
2026-09-21 14:04 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: arm64: nv: Read a guest hypervisor's CNTV_CVAL_EL0 from memory on x1e Fuad Tabba
2026-09-21 14:04 ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: arm64: selftests: Test a timer set past the counter's wrap Fuad Tabba

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