From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
To: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
Cc: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>,
Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@google.com>,
Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>,
kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: arm64: vgic-v4: Don't allocate vPEs for a GICv2 VM
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:55:45 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87qzhc8ce6.wl-maz@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <at-mF3Qvq67Nh_v5@kernel.org>
On Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:12:23 +0000,
Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 03:26:38PM +0000, Fuad Tabba wrote:
> > KVM can run a GICv2 VM on a GICv4.0 host whose CPU interface supports
> > legacy operation.
>
> I'm pretty sure there's no IP out there that has GICv4.0 and legacy
> mode...
My favourite space heater, HiSi D05, says otherwise: 64 A72,
GICv4.0. Remember that it is the *CPU* that provides compat mode, and
not the GIC.
M.
--
Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-26 19:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-26 15:26 [PATCH 0/2] KVM: arm64: vgic-v4: Don't allocate vPEs that a VM can't use Fuad Tabba
2026-10-26 15:26 ` [PATCH 1/2] KVM: arm64: vgic-v4: Don't allocate vPEs for a GICv2 VM Fuad Tabba
2026-10-26 19:12 ` Oliver Upton
2026-10-26 19:55 ` Marc Zyngier [this message]
2026-10-26 21:30 ` Oliver Upton
2026-10-27 7:37 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-10-26 15:26 ` [PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: vgic-v4: Don't allocate vPEs when userspace clears nASSGIcap Fuad Tabba
2026-10-26 19:39 ` Oliver Upton
2026-10-27 7:36 ` Fuad Tabba
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