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1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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4ARM Virtual Generic Interrupt Controller v2 (VGIC)
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6
7Device types supported:
8
9  - KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2     ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v2.0
10
11Only one VGIC instance may be instantiated through either this API or the
12legacy KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP API.  The created VGIC will act as the VM interrupt
13controller, requiring emulated user-space devices to inject interrupts to the
14VGIC instead of directly to CPUs.
15
16GICv3 implementations with hardware compatibility support allow creating a
17guest GICv2 through this interface.  For information on creating a guest GICv3
18device and guest ITS devices, see arm-vgic-v3.txt.  It is not possible to
19create both a GICv3 and GICv2 device on the same VM.
20
21
22Groups:
23  KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ADDR
24   Attributes:
25
26    KVM_VGIC_V2_ADDR_TYPE_DIST (rw, 64-bit)
27      Base address in the guest physical address space of the GIC distributor
28      register mappings. Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2.
29      This address needs to be 4K aligned and the region covers 4 KByte.
30
31    KVM_VGIC_V2_ADDR_TYPE_CPU (rw, 64-bit)
32      Base address in the guest physical address space of the GIC virtual cpu
33      interface register mappings. Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2.
34      This address needs to be 4K aligned and the region covers 4 KByte.
35
36  Errors:
37
38    =======  =============================================================
39    -E2BIG   Address outside of addressable IPA range
40    -EINVAL  Incorrectly aligned address
41    -EEXIST  Address already configured
42    -ENXIO   The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device
43             or hardware support is missing.
44    -EFAULT  Invalid user pointer for attr->addr.
45    =======  =============================================================
46
47  KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS
48   Attributes:
49
50    The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values::
51
52      bits:     | 63   ....  40 | 39 ..  32  |  31   ....    0 |
53      values:   |    reserved   | vcpu_index |      offset     |
54
55    All distributor regs are (rw, 32-bit)
56
57    The offset is relative to the "Distributor base address" as defined in the
58    GICv2 specs.  Getting or setting such a register has the same effect as
59    reading or writing the register on the actual hardware from the cpu whose
60    index is specified with the vcpu_index field.  Note that most distributor
61    fields are not banked, but return the same value regardless of the
62    vcpu_index used to access the register.
63
64    GICD_IIDR.Revision is updated when the KVM implementation of an emulated
65    GICv2 is changed in a way directly observable by the guest or userspace.
66    Userspace should read GICD_IIDR from KVM and write back the read value to
67    confirm its expected behavior is aligned with the KVM implementation.
68    Userspace should set GICD_IIDR before setting any other registers (both
69    KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS and KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_REGS) to ensure
70    the expected behavior. Unless GICD_IIDR has been set from userspace, writes
71    to the interrupt group registers (GICD_IGROUPR) are ignored.
72
73  Errors:
74
75    =======  =====================================================
76    -ENXIO   Getting or setting this register is not yet supported
77    -EBUSY   One or more VCPUs are running
78    -EINVAL  Invalid vcpu_index supplied
79    =======  =====================================================
80
81  KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_REGS
82   Attributes:
83
84    The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values::
85
86      bits:     | 63   ....  40 | 39 ..  32  |  31   ....    0 |
87      values:   |    reserved   | vcpu_index |      offset     |
88
89    All CPU interface regs are (rw, 32-bit)
90
91    The offset specifies the offset from the "CPU interface base address" as
92    defined in the GICv2 specs.  Getting or setting such a register has the
93    same effect as reading or writing the register on the actual hardware.
94
95    The Active Priorities Registers APRn are implementation defined, so we set a
96    fixed format for our implementation that fits with the model of a "GICv2
97    implementation without the security extensions" which we present to the
98    guest.  This interface always exposes four register APR[0-3] describing the
99    maximum possible 128 preemption levels.  The semantics of the register
100    indicate if any interrupts in a given preemption level are in the active
101    state by setting the corresponding bit.
102
103    Thus, preemption level X has one or more active interrupts if and only if:
104
105      APRn[X mod 32] == 0b1,  where n = X / 32
106
107    Bits for undefined preemption levels are RAZ/WI.
108
109    Note that this differs from a CPU's view of the APRs on hardware in which
110    a GIC without the security extensions expose group 0 and group 1 active
111    priorities in separate register groups, whereas we show a combined view
112    similar to GICv2's GICH_APR.
113
114    For historical reasons and to provide ABI compatibility with userspace we
115    export the GICC_PMR register in the format of the GICH_VMCR.VMPriMask
116    field in the lower 5 bits of a word, meaning that userspace must always
117    use the lower 5 bits to communicate with the KVM device and must shift the
118    value left by 3 places to obtain the actual priority mask level.
119
120  Errors:
121
122    =======  =====================================================
123    -ENXIO   Getting or setting this register is not yet supported
124    -EBUSY   One or more VCPUs are running
125    -EINVAL  Invalid vcpu_index supplied
126    =======  =====================================================
127
128  KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_NR_IRQS
129   Attributes:
130
131    A value describing the number of interrupts (SGI, PPI and SPI) for
132    this GIC instance, ranging from 64 to 1024, in increments of 32.
133
134  Errors:
135
136    =======  =============================================================
137    -EINVAL  Value set is out of the expected range
138    -EBUSY   Value has already be set, or GIC has already been initialized
139             with default values.
140    =======  =============================================================
141
142  KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CTRL
143   Attributes:
144
145    KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT
146      request the initialization of the VGIC or ITS, no additional parameter
147      in kvm_device_attr.addr.
148
149  Errors:
150
151    =======  =========================================================
152    -ENXIO   VGIC not properly configured as required prior to calling
153             this attribute
154    -ENODEV  no online VCPU
155    -ENOMEM  memory shortage when allocating vgic internal data
156    =======  =========================================================
157