Similarly to 1d78a3c3ab8 for KVM, wrap hv_vcpu_run() with
cpu_exec_start/end(), so that the accelerator can perform
pending operations while all vCPUs are quiescent. See also
explanation in commit c265e976f46 ("cpus-common: lock-free
fast path for cpu_exec_start/end").

Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
---
 target/arm/hvf/hvf.c  | 2 ++
 target/i386/hvf/hvf.c | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/target/arm/hvf/hvf.c b/target/arm/hvf/hvf.c
index 79861dcacf9..c882f4c89cf 100644
--- a/target/arm/hvf/hvf.c
+++ b/target/arm/hvf/hvf.c
@@ -2026,7 +2026,9 @@ int hvf_arch_vcpu_exec(CPUState *cpu)
         }
 
         bql_unlock();
+        cpu_exec_start(cpu);
         r = hv_vcpu_run(cpu->accel->fd);
+        cpu_exec_end(cpu);
         bql_lock();
         switch (r) {
         case HV_SUCCESS:
diff --git a/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c b/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c
index 2929a92defe..ab59381b500 100644
--- a/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c
+++ b/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c
@@ -992,9 +992,13 @@ int hvf_arch_vcpu_exec(CPUState *cpu)
             return EXCP_HLT;
         }
 
+        cpu_exec_start(cpu);
+
         hv_return_t r = hv_vcpu_run_until(cpu->accel->fd, HV_DEADLINE_FOREVER);
         assert_hvf_ok(r);
 
+        cpu_exec_end(cpu);
+
         /* handle VMEXIT */
         ret = hvf_handle_vmexit(cpu);
     } while (ret == 0);
-- 
2.51.0

On 23/10/25 16:30, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Similarly to 1d78a3c3ab8 for KVM, wrap hv_vcpu_run() with
> cpu_exec_start/end(), so that the accelerator can perform
> pending operations while all vCPUs are quiescent. See also
> explanation in commit c265e976f46 ("cpus-common: lock-free
> fast path for cpu_exec_start/end").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
> ---
>   target/arm/hvf/hvf.c  | 2 ++
>   target/i386/hvf/hvf.c | 4 ++++
>   2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

I forgot:
Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>