From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 10:01:58 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: KVM: arm64: pmu: Kill the PMU interrupt level cache
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KVM: arm64: pmu: Kill the PMU interrupt level cache

Just like the timer, the PMU has an interrupt cache that serves little
purpose. Drop it.

Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260520100200.543845-5-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
---

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
index 31a472a2c488..edb21239478a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
@@ -396,19 +396,12 @@ static bool kvm_pmu_overflow_status(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 static void kvm_pmu_update_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct kvm_pmu *pmu = &vcpu->arch.pmu;
-	bool overflow;
 
-	overflow = kvm_pmu_overflow_status(vcpu);
-	if (pmu->irq_level == overflow)
+	if (unlikely(!irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm)))
 		return;
 
-	pmu->irq_level = overflow;
-
-	if (likely(irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm))) {
-		int ret = kvm_vgic_inject_irq(vcpu->kvm, vcpu,
-					      pmu->irq_num, overflow, pmu);
-		WARN_ON(ret);
-	}
+	WARN_ON(kvm_vgic_inject_irq(vcpu->kvm, vcpu, pmu->irq_num,
+				    kvm_pmu_overflow_status(vcpu), pmu));
 }
 
 bool kvm_pmu_should_notify_user(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
index 3e844c5ee917..b5e5942204fc 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ struct kvm_pmu {
 	struct kvm_pmc pmc[KVM_ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTERS];
 	int irq_num;
 	bool created;
-	bool irq_level;
 };
 
 struct arm_pmu_entry {