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Re: [PATCH v3 05/16] xen/riscv: introduce tracking of pending vCPU interrupts, part 1


  • To: Oleksii Kurochko <oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:53:41 +0100
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On 11.02.2026 15:16, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 09.02.2026 17:52, Oleksii Kurochko wrote:
>> @@ -124,3 +125,72 @@ void arch_vcpu_destroy(struct vcpu *v)
>>  {
>>      vfree((char *)v->arch.cpu_info + sizeof(struct cpu_info) - STACK_SIZE);
>>  }
>> +
>> +int vcpu_set_interrupt(struct vcpu *v, unsigned int irq)
>> +{
>> +    /*
>> +     * We only allow VS-mode software, timer, and external
>> +     * interrupts when irq is one of the local interrupts
>> +     * defined by RISC-V privilege specification.
>> +     */
> 
> What is "when irq is one ..." intended to be telling me? There's no ...
> 
>> +    if ( irq != IRQ_VS_SOFT &&
>> +         irq != IRQ_VS_TIMER &&
>> +         irq != IRQ_VS_EXT )
>> +        return -EINVAL;
> 
> ... corresponding code (anymore), afaict.
> 
> Further, who are the prospected callers of this function and its sibling
> below? If they're all internal (i.e. not reachable via hypercalls or
> emulation on behalf of the guest), this may want to be assertions.

Having seen a use in patch 08, I should clarify the "reachable" part here:
It's not the "reachable" alone, but whether the guest has control over the
"irq" value passed. For the example in patch 08 this isn't the case.

Jan



 


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