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Re: [PATCH] xen/arm: fix unmapped access trapping on GICv2 hardware


  • To: "Orzel, Michal" <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>
  • From: Stewart Hildebrand <stewart.hildebrand@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:09:54 -0400
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On 2/18/26 12:16, Orzel, Michal wrote:
> 
> 
> On 18/02/2026 15:21, Stewart Hildebrand wrote:
>> Gentle ping.
> Sorry, I'm quite busy these days.
> 
>>
>> To be clear, domU interrupts with vGICv2 are currently broken when
>> XEN_DOMCTL_CDF_trap_unmapped_accesses is not set.
>>
>> On 2/5/26 14:01, Stewart Hildebrand wrote:
>>> Since 4dbcb0653621, the vGICv2 CPU interface is mapped in a deferred
>>> manner. On domains with XEN_DOMCTL_CDF_trap_unmapped_accesses unset on
>>> GICv2 hardware, the vGICv2 CPU interface fails to be mapped. A visible
>>> symptom is that a domU gets stuck at:
>>>
>>>   [    0.177983] smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs ...
>>>
>>> Move the 2nd check_p2m earlier so it's prioritized over try_handle_mmio.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 980aff4e8fcd ("xen/arm: Add way to disable traps on accesses to 
>>> unmapped addresses")
>>> Signed-off-by: Stewart Hildebrand <stewart.hildebrand@xxxxxxx>
> I investigated whether the reordering is safe and it looks ok:
> Reviewed-by: Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>

Thanks! Is there any other feedback? Is this ready for commit?



 


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