[PATCH v3 04/47] KVM: arm64: Preserve host MPAM configuration when changing traps

[Gavin Shan]

On 1/13/26 12:58 AM, Ben Horgan wrote:
> When kvm enables or disables MPAM traps to EL2 it clears all other bits in
> MPAM2_EL2.  Notably, it clears the partition ids (PARTIDs) and performance
> monitoring groups (PMGs). Avoid changing these bits in anticipation of
> adding support for MPAM in the kernel. Otherwise, on a VHE system with the
> host running at EL2 where MPAM2_EL2 and MPAM1_EL1 access the same register,
> any attempt to use MPAM to monitor or partition resources for kernel space
> would be foiled by running a KVM guest. Additionally, MPAM2_EL2.EnMPAMSM is
> always set to 0 which causes MPAMSM_EL1 to always trap. Keep EnMPAMSM set
> to 1 when not in a guest so that the kernel can use MPAMSM_EL1.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron at huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan at arm.com>
> ---
>   arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h | 12 ++++++++----
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan at redhat.com>