[PATCH 09/28] KVM: arm64: Relax CPTR_EL2 handling when FEAT_NV2p1 is present
Joey Gouly
joey.gouly at arm.com
Tue Jul 7 06:55:20 PDT 2026
On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 05:02:29PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> With FEAT_NV2P1, it is no longer necessary to trap CPTR_EL2 accesses
> via CPACR_EL1, as CPACR_EL1.TCPAC is guaranteed to be stateful.
>
> Prevent such trapping and context switch CPACTR_EL1 in NV contexts
> when NV2P1 is present.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly at arm.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h | 5 +++--
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/switch.c | 3 +++
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/sysreg-sr.c | 8 +++++---
> arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c | 5 ++++-
> 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h
> index 8e5f492f39086..7b27296c94607 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h
> @@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ static inline void __activate_cptr_traps_vhe(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> * The architecture is a bit crap (what a surprise): an EL2 guest
> * writing to CPTR_EL2 via CPACR_EL1 can't set any of TCPAC or TTA,
> * as they are RES0 in the guest's view. To work around it, trap the
> - * sucker using the very same bit it can't set...
> + * sucker using the very same bit it can't set. FEAT_NV2p1 fixes it.
> */
> - if (vcpu_el2_e2h_is_set(vcpu) && is_hyp_ctxt(vcpu))
> + if (!cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_NV2P1) &&
> + vcpu_el2_e2h_is_set(vcpu) && is_hyp_ctxt(vcpu))
> val |= CPTR_EL2_TCPAC;
>
> /*
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/switch.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/switch.c
> index 3b76e0468317b..361d3f8344dd8 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/switch.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/switch.c
> @@ -441,6 +441,9 @@ static bool kvm_hyp_handle_cpacr_el1(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *exit_code)
> u64 esr = kvm_vcpu_get_esr(vcpu);
> int rt;
>
> + if (cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_NV2P1))
> + return false;
> +
> if (!is_hyp_ctxt(vcpu) || esr_sys64_to_sysreg(esr) != SYS_CPACR_EL1)
> return false;
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/sysreg-sr.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/sysreg-sr.c
> index be685b63e8cf2..6f0f046e4ca4e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/sysreg-sr.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/sysreg-sr.c
> @@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ static void __sysreg_save_vel2_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> u64 val;
>
> /*
> - * We don't save CPTR_EL2, as accesses to CPACR_EL1
> - * are always trapped, ensuring that the in-memory
> - * copy is always up-to-date. A small blessing...
> + * Without FEAT_NV2p1, we don't save CPTR_EL2, as accesses
> + * to CPACR_EL1 are always trapped, ensuring that the
> + * in-memory copy is always up-to-date. A small blessing...
> */
> + if (cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_NV2P1))
> + __vcpu_assign_sys_reg(vcpu, CPTR_EL2, read_sysreg_el1(SYS_CPACR));
> __vcpu_assign_sys_reg(vcpu, SCTLR_EL2, read_sysreg_el1(SYS_SCTLR));
> __vcpu_assign_sys_reg(vcpu, TTBR0_EL2, read_sysreg_el1(SYS_TTBR0));
> __vcpu_assign_sys_reg(vcpu, TTBR1_EL2, read_sysreg_el1(SYS_TTBR1));
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> index 6b47d936efb32..1dfc1f88bec82 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> @@ -326,7 +326,10 @@ u64 vcpu_read_sys_reg(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum vcpu_sysreg reg)
> val |= __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, reg) & ~CNTKCTL_VALID_BITS;
> return val;
> case CPTR_EL2:
> - return __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, reg);
> + if (cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_NV2P1))
> + return read_sysreg_el1(SYS_CPACR);
> + else
> + return __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, reg);
> default:
> WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
> }
> --
> 2.47.3
>
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