Commit 5a2a13bc7a for qemu.org

commit 5a2a13bc7a03f90388ab369531f2db3df06c8f7e
Author: Mohamed Mediouni <mohamed@unpredictable.fr>
Date:   Tue May 5 09:25:21 2026 +0100

    target/arm: hvf: instantiate GIC early

    While figuring out a better spot for it, put it in hv_arch_vm_create().

    After hv_vcpu_create is documented as too late, and deferring
    vCPU initialization isn't enough either.

    Signed-off-by: Mohamed Mediouni <mohamed@unpredictable.fr>
    Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
    Message-id: 20260429190532.26538-5-mohamed@unpredictable.fr
    Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

diff --git a/target/arm/hvf/hvf.c b/target/arm/hvf/hvf.c
index 70ff1de966..f4638002a3 100644
--- a/target/arm/hvf/hvf.c
+++ b/target/arm/hvf/hvf.c
@@ -1230,6 +1230,28 @@ hv_return_t hvf_arch_vm_create(MachineState *ms, uint32_t pa_range)
     chosen_ipa_bit_size = pa_range;

     ret = hv_vm_create(config);
+    if (hvf_irqchip_in_kernel()) {
+        if (__builtin_available(macOS 15.0, *)) {
+            /*
+             * Instantiate GIC.
+             * This must be done prior to the creation of any vCPU
+             * but past hv_vm_create()
+             */
+            hv_gic_config_t cfg = hv_gic_config_create();
+            hv_gic_config_set_distributor_base(cfg, 0x08000000);
+            hv_gic_config_set_redistributor_base(cfg, 0x080A0000);
+            ret = hv_gic_create(cfg);
+            if (ret != HV_SUCCESS) {
+                error_report("error creating platform VGIC");
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
+            os_release(cfg);
+        } else {
+            error_report("HVF: Unsupported OS for platform vGIC.");
+            ret = HV_UNSUPPORTED;
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+    }

 cleanup:
     os_release(config);