[PATCH v3 1/2] RISC-V: KVM: Support runtime configuration for per-VM's HGATP mode
fangyu.yu at linux.alibaba.com
fangyu.yu at linux.alibaba.com
Fri Jan 30 05:24:58 PST 2026
>> From: Fangyu Yu <fangyu.yu at linux.alibaba.com>
>>
>> Introduces one per-VM architecture-specific fields to support runtime
>> configuration of the G-stage page table format:
>>
>> - kvm->arch.kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels: the corresponding number of page
>> table levels for the selected mode.
>>
>> These fields replace the previous global variables
>> kvm_riscv_gstage_mode and kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels, enabling different
>> virtual machines to independently select their G-stage page table format
>> instead of being forced to share the maximum mode detected by the kernel
>> at boot time.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Fangyu Yu <fangyu.yu at linux.alibaba.com>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> @@ -87,6 +87,22 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_stat {
>> struct kvm_arch_memory_slot {
>> };
>>
>> +static inline unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_mode(unsigned long pgd_levels)
>> +{
>> + switch (pgd_levels) {
>> + case 2:
>> + return HGATP_MODE_SV32X4;
>> + case 3:
>> + return HGATP_MODE_SV39X4;
>> + case 4:
>> + return HGATP_MODE_SV48X4;
>> + case 5:
>> + return HGATP_MODE_SV57X4;
>> + default:
>> + return HGATP_MODE_OFF;
>
>I think default should be an internal error.
>We can do "case 0: return HGATP_MODE_OFF;", or just error it too since
>KVM shouldn't ever ask for mode without protection anyway.
Good point. Returning HGATP_MODE_OFF in the default case would hide an
internal bug (unexpected pgd_levels). I’ll treat it as an internal error
instead, Something like:
default:
WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
return HGATP_MODE_OFF;
}
>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c
>> @@ -319,41 +321,48 @@ void __init kvm_riscv_gstage_mode_detect(void)
>> +unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_bits(struct kvm_arch *ka)
>> +{
>> + return (HGATP_PAGE_SHIFT +
>> + ka->kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels * kvm_riscv_gstage_index_bits +
>> + kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_xbits);
>> +}
>> +
>> +gpa_t kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_size(struct kvm_arch *ka)
>> +{
>> + return BIT_ULL(kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_bits(ka));
>> +}
>
>Please define these two functions as static inline in the header files.
>They used to be just macros there, so it'd be safer not put LTO into the
>equation.
Agreed.
>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
>> @@ -105,17 +105,17 @@ static int __init riscv_kvm_init(void)
>> return rc;
>>
>> kvm_riscv_gstage_mode_detect();
>> - switch (kvm_riscv_gstage_mode) {
>> - case HGATP_MODE_SV32X4:
>> + switch (kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels) {
>> + case 2:
>> str = "Sv32x4";
>> break;
>> - case HGATP_MODE_SV39X4:
>> + case 3:
>> str = "Sv39x4";
>> break;
>> - case HGATP_MODE_SV48X4:
>> + case 4:
>> str = "Sv48x4";
>> break;
>> - case HGATP_MODE_SV57X4:
>> + case 5:
>> str = "Sv57x4";
>> break;
>> default:
>> @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int __init riscv_kvm_init(void)
>> (rc) ? slist : "no features");
>> }
>>
>> - kvm_info("using %s G-stage page table format\n", str);
>> + kvm_info("Max G-stage page table format %s\n", str);
>
>Fun fact: the ISA doesn't define the same hierarchy for hgatp modes as
>it does for satp modes, so we could have just Sv57x4 and nothing below.
>
>We could do just with a code comment that we're assuming vendors will do
>better, but I'd rather not introduce more assumptions...
>I think the easiest would be to kvm_riscv_gstage_mode_detect() levels in
>reverse and stop on the first one that is not supported.
>(I'll reply with a patch later.)
Please refer to the discussion here:
https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-manual/issues/2208
If Sv57x4 is implemented, then Sv48x4 and Sv39x4 must also be implemented.
>Thanks.
Thanks,
Fangyu
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