KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_SYSREGS needs to be checked before attempting to read ICC_CTLR_EL1; otherwise kernel versions not exposing this kvm device group will be incompatible with qemu 2.9.
Fixes: 07a5628 ("hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm: Reset GICv3 cpu interface registers") Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.au...@redhat.com> Reported-by: Prakash B <bjsprakash.li...@gmail.com> --- I understand the ICC_CTLR_EL1 state only is used in the put() function which is used for migration --- hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm.c | 17 +++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm.c b/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm.c index 81f0403..4c3a88e 100644 --- a/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm.c +++ b/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm.c @@ -614,12 +614,6 @@ static void arm_gicv3_icc_reset(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri) s = c->gic; cpu = ARM_CPU(c->cpu); - /* Initialize to actual HW supported configuration */ - kvm_device_access(s->dev_fd, KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_SYSREGS, - KVM_VGIC_ATTR(ICC_CTLR_EL1, cpu->mp_affinity), - &c->icc_ctlr_el1[GICV3_NS], false); - - c->icc_ctlr_el1[GICV3_S] = c->icc_ctlr_el1[GICV3_NS]; c->icc_pmr_el1 = 0; c->icc_bpr[GICV3_G0] = GIC_MIN_BPR; c->icc_bpr[GICV3_G1] = GIC_MIN_BPR; @@ -628,6 +622,17 @@ static void arm_gicv3_icc_reset(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri) c->icc_sre_el1 = 0x7; memset(c->icc_apr, 0, sizeof(c->icc_apr)); memset(c->icc_igrpen, 0, sizeof(c->icc_igrpen)); + + if (!kvm_device_check_attr(s->dev_fd, KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_SYSREGS, + KVM_VGIC_ATTR(ICC_CTLR_EL1, cpu->mp_affinity))) { + return; + } + /* Initialize to actual HW supported configuration */ + kvm_device_access(s->dev_fd, KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_SYSREGS, + KVM_VGIC_ATTR(ICC_CTLR_EL1, cpu->mp_affinity), + &c->icc_ctlr_el1[GICV3_NS], false); + + c->icc_ctlr_el1[GICV3_S] = c->icc_ctlr_el1[GICV3_NS]; } static void kvm_arm_gicv3_reset(DeviceState *dev) -- 2.5.5