[PATCH v9 16/43] arm64: RME: Handle realm enter/exit
Gavin Shan
gshan at redhat.com
Tue Jul 1 17:41:50 PDT 2025
On 6/11/25 8:48 PM, Steven Price wrote:
> Entering a realm is done using a SMC call to the RMM. On exit the
> exit-codes need to be handled slightly differently to the normal KVM
> path so define our own functions for realm enter/exit and hook them
> in if the guest is a realm guest.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price at arm.com>
> ---
> Changes since v8:
> * Introduce kvm_rec_pre_enter() called before entering an atomic
> section to handle operations that might require memory allocation
> (specifically completing a RIPAS change introduced in a later patch).
> * Updates to align with upstream changes to hpfar_el2 which now (ab)uses
> HPFAR_EL2_NS as a valid flag.
> * Fix exit reason when racing with PSCI shutdown to return
> KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN rather than KVM_EXIT_UNKNOWN.
> Changes since v7:
> * A return of 0 from kvm_handle_sys_reg() doesn't mean the register has
> been read (although that can never happen in the current code). Tidy
> up the condition to handle any future refactoring.
> Changes since v6:
> * Use vcpu_err() rather than pr_err/kvm_err when there is an associated
> vcpu to the error.
> * Return -EFAULT for KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT as per the documentation for
> this exit type.
> * Split code handling a RIPAS change triggered by the guest to the
> following patch.
> Changes since v5:
> * For a RIPAS_CHANGE request from the guest perform the actual RIPAS
> change on next entry rather than immediately on the exit. This allows
> the VMM to 'reject' a RIPAS change by refusing to continue
> scheduling.
> Changes since v4:
> * Rename handle_rme_exit() to handle_rec_exit()
> * Move the loop to copy registers into the REC enter structure from the
> to rec_exit_handlers callbacks to kvm_rec_enter(). This fixes a bug
> where the handler exits to user space and user space wants to modify
> the GPRS.
> * Some code rearrangement in rec_exit_ripas_change().
> Changes since v2:
> * realm_set_ipa_state() now provides an output parameter for the
> top_iap that was changed. Use this to signal the VMM with the correct
> range that has been transitioned.
> * Adapt to previous patch changes.
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_rme.h | 4 +
> arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 22 +++-
> arch/arm64/kvm/rme-exit.c | 178 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/arm64/kvm/rme.c | 38 +++++++
> 5 files changed, 239 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kvm/rme-exit.c
>
Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan at redhat.com>
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