[PATCH kvmtool] aarch64: Give up with MTE for AArch32 guest

[Vladimir Murzin]

Hi Alexandru,

On 5/20/22 14:31, Alexandru Elisei wrote:
> Hi Vladimir,
> 
> When I run an --aarch32 guest with --debug this is the message that I'm
> getting:
> 
>   Info: (arm/aarch64/kvm.c) kvm__arch_enable_mte:146: MTE capability not available
> 
> Would you mind elaborating on the merits of the message that you are
> proposing:
> 
>   Info: (arm/aarch64/kvm.c) kvm__arch_enable_mte:124: MTE is incompatible with AArch32
> 
> Is it because it explains why the capability is not available?

Hmm, without this patch I'm getting

 lkvm run -k /opt/kvm/guest-0/Image -d /opt/kvm/guest-0/fs.ext2 -c 4 -m 681 --console virtio '--irqchip=gicv3' --params 'console=hvc earlycon swiotlb=1024' --aarch32 --debug

+ lkvm run -k /opt/kvm/guest-0/Image -m 681 -c 4 --name guest-115
  Info: (arm/aarch64/kvm.c) kvm__get_vm_type:76: max_ipa aa8fffff ipa_bits 32 max_ipa_bits 40
  Info: (arm/aarch64/kvm.c) kvm__arch_enable_mte:104: MTE capability enabled
  Info: (arm/kvm.c) kvm__arch_load_kernel_image:118: Loaded kernel to 0x80008000 (17280980 bytes)
  Info: (arm/kvm.c) kvm__arch_load_kernel_image:134: Placing fdt at 0x8fe00000 - 0x8fffffff
  Fatal: Unable to initialise vcpu

with patch applied

lkvm run -k /opt/kvm/guest-0/Image -d /opt/kvm/guest-0/fs.ext2 -c 4 -m 681 --console virtio '--irqchip=gicv3' --params 'console=hvc earlycon swiotlb=1024' --aarch32 --debug
+ lkvm run -k /opt/kvm/guest-0/Image -d /opt/kvm/guest-0/fs.ext2 -c 4 -m 681 --console virtio '--irqchip=gicv3' --params 'console=hvc earlycon swiotlb=1024' --aarch32 --debug
  # lkvm run -k /opt/kvm/guest-0/Image -m 681 -c 4 --name guest-114
  Info: (arm/aarch64/kvm.c) kvm__get_vm_type:76: max_ipa aa8fffff ipa_bits 32 max_ipa_bits 40
  Info: (arm/aarch64/kvm.c) kvm__arch_enable_mte:92: MTE is incompatible with AArch32
  Info: (arm/kvm.c) kvm__arch_load_kernel_image:118: Loaded kernel to 0x80008000 (17280980 bytes)
  Info: (arm/kvm.c) kvm__arch_load_kernel_image:134: Placing fdt at 0x8fe00000 - 0x8fffffff
  Info: (virtio/mmio.c) virtio_mmio_init:325: virtio-mmio.devices=0x200 at 0x3000000:36
  Info: (virtio/mmio.c) virtio_mmio_init:325: virtio-mmio.devices=0x200 at 0x3000200:37
  Info: (virtio/mmio.c) virtio_mmio_init:325: virtio-mmio.devices=0x200 at 0x3000400:38

My host and guest kernel is 5.15, maybe I'm just missing some backport?

Cheers
Vladimir

> 
> Thanks,
> Alex
> 
> On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 01:38:44PM +0100, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
>> KVM doesn't support combination of MTE and AArch32 guest, so do not
>> even try.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin at arm.com>
>> ---
>>  arm/aarch64/kvm.c | 5 +++++
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arm/aarch64/kvm.c b/arm/aarch64/kvm.c
>> index 1b992dd..f3fe854 100644
>> --- a/arm/aarch64/kvm.c
>> +++ b/arm/aarch64/kvm.c
>> @@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ void kvm__arch_enable_mte(struct kvm *kvm)
>>  		.cap = KVM_CAP_ARM_MTE,
>>  	};
>>  
>> +	if (kvm->cfg.arch.aarch32_guest) {
>> +		pr_debug("MTE is incompatible with AArch32");
>> +		return;
>> +	}
>> +
>>  	if (kvm->cfg.arch.mte_disabled) {
>>  		pr_debug("MTE disabled by user");
>>  		return;
>> -- 
>> 2.25.1
>>