Re: git: ada1f577cc29 - main - bhyve/riscv: correctly handle empty masks and broadcast in SBI IPI/RFNC

From: Jessica Clarke <jrtc27_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:10:15 UTC
On 2 Nov 2026, at 21:07, Ruslan Bukin <br@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> The branch main has been updated by br:
> 
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=ada1f577cc291336cbb69782075dbbf9fe746872
> 
> commit ada1f577cc291336cbb69782075dbbf9fe746872
> Author:     Doongar Singh <doonbsd@gmail.com>
> AuthorDate: 2026-11-02 20:58:53 +0000
> Commit:     Ruslan Bukin <br@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2026-11-02 21:05:46 +0000
> 
>    bhyve/riscv: correctly handle empty masks and broadcast in SBI IPI/RFNC
> 
>    Bhyve treats an empty cpu set as an error which triggers MPASS panic in
>    the guest. As per the SBI spec, empty masks should return SBI_SUCCESS,
>    and a base of -1UL specifies a broadcast to all harts.  Fix both in
>    vmm_sbi.c, clear a1 on return, and skip the SBI ecall in
>    sbi_ipi_pic_ipi_send() if the mask is empty. Also add a NULL check in
>    riscv_send_ipi().

Please revert this so it can be landed as several minimal commits that
each do one thing, not one big commit that does more things that
necessary all at once. See my initial feedback on the revision, though
I am still reading through the rest of it.

Jessica