[PATCH v2 14/14] KVM: arm64: Document NV caps and vcpu flags
Marc Zyngier
maz at kernel.org
Thu Feb 20 05:49:07 PST 2025
Describe the two new vcpu flags that control NV, together with
the capabilities that advertise them.
Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton at linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 2b52eb77e29cb..2d7b516ae408d 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -3456,7 +3456,8 @@ The initial values are defined as:
- FPSIMD/NEON registers: set to 0
- SVE registers: set to 0
- System registers: Reset to their architecturally defined
- values as for a warm reset to EL1 (resp. SVC)
+ values as for a warm reset to EL1 (resp. SVC) or EL2 (in the
+ case of EL2 being enabled).
Note that because some registers reflect machine topology, all vcpus
should be created before this ioctl is invoked.
@@ -3523,6 +3524,17 @@ Possible features:
- the KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS pseudo-register is immutable, and can
no longer be written using KVM_SET_ONE_REG.
+ - KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2: Enable Nested Virtualisation support,
+ booting the guest from EL2 instead of EL1.
+ Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_EL2.
+ The VM is running with HCR_EL2.E2H being RES1 (VHE) unless
+ KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2_E2H0 is also set.
+
+ - KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2_E2H0: Restrict Nested Virtualisation
+ support to HCR_EL2.E2H being RES0 (non-VHE).
+ Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_EL2_E2H0.
+ KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2 must also be set.
+
4.83 KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET
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