[PATCH v10 16/30] KVM: arm64: Support TPIDR2_EL0

Jean-Philippe Brucker jpb at kernel.org
Wed Mar 18 10:55:34 PDT 2026


On Fri, Mar 06, 2026 at 05:01:08PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> SME adds a new thread ID register, TPIDR2_EL0. This is used in userspace
> for delayed saving of the ZA state but in terms of the architecture is
> not really connected to SME other than being part of FEAT_SME. It has an
> independent fine grained trap and the runtime connection with the rest
> of SME is purely software defined.
> 
> Expose the register as a system register if the guest supports SME,
> context switching it along with the other EL0 TPIDRs.

I guess the register also needs to be added to locate_register(),
read_sr_from_cpu and write_sr_to_cpu now

> 
> Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba at google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h          |  1 +
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/sysreg-sr.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c                  |  3 ++-
>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index e5194ffc40a7..ec1ede0c3c12 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ enum vcpu_sysreg {
>  	CSSELR_EL1,	/* Cache Size Selection Register */
>  	TPIDR_EL0,	/* Thread ID, User R/W */
>  	TPIDRRO_EL0,	/* Thread ID, User R/O */
> +	TPIDR2_EL0,	/* Thread ID, Register 2 */
>  	TPIDR_EL1,	/* Thread ID, Privileged */
>  	CNTKCTL_EL1,	/* Timer Control Register (EL1) */
>  	PAR_EL1,	/* Physical Address Register */
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/sysreg-sr.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/sysreg-sr.h
> index 5624fd705ae3..8c3b3d6df99f 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/sysreg-sr.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/sysreg-sr.h
> @@ -88,6 +88,17 @@ static inline bool ctxt_has_sctlr2(struct kvm_cpu_context *ctxt)
>  	return kvm_has_sctlr2(kern_hyp_va(vcpu->kvm));
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool ctxt_has_sme(struct kvm_cpu_context *ctxt)
> +{
> +	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> +
> +	if (!system_supports_sme())
> +		return false;

kvm_has_sme() already checks this

Thanks,
Jean

> +
> +	vcpu = ctxt_to_vcpu(ctxt);
> +	return kvm_has_sme(kern_hyp_va(vcpu->kvm));
> +}
> +
>  static inline bool ctxt_is_guest(struct kvm_cpu_context *ctxt)
>  {
>  	return host_data_ptr(host_ctxt) != ctxt;
> @@ -127,6 +138,8 @@ static inline void __sysreg_save_user_state(struct kvm_cpu_context *ctxt)
>  {
>  	ctxt_sys_reg(ctxt, TPIDR_EL0)	= read_sysreg(tpidr_el0);
>  	ctxt_sys_reg(ctxt, TPIDRRO_EL0)	= read_sysreg(tpidrro_el0);
> +	if (ctxt_has_sme(ctxt))
> +		ctxt_sys_reg(ctxt, TPIDR2_EL0)	= read_sysreg_s(SYS_TPIDR2_EL0);
>  }
>  
>  static inline void __sysreg_save_el1_state(struct kvm_cpu_context *ctxt)
> @@ -204,6 +217,8 @@ static inline void __sysreg_restore_user_state(struct kvm_cpu_context *ctxt)
>  {
>  	write_sysreg(ctxt_sys_reg(ctxt, TPIDR_EL0),	tpidr_el0);
>  	write_sysreg(ctxt_sys_reg(ctxt, TPIDRRO_EL0),	tpidrro_el0);
> +	if (ctxt_has_sme(ctxt))
> +		write_sysreg_s(ctxt_sys_reg(ctxt, TPIDR2_EL0), SYS_TPIDR2_EL0);
>  }
>  
>  static inline void __sysreg_restore_el1_state(struct kvm_cpu_context *ctxt,
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> index f13ff8e630f2..66248fd48a7d 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> @@ -3511,7 +3511,8 @@ static const struct sys_reg_desc sys_reg_descs[] = {
>  	  .visibility = s1poe_visibility },
>  	{ SYS_DESC(SYS_TPIDR_EL0), NULL, reset_unknown, TPIDR_EL0 },
>  	{ SYS_DESC(SYS_TPIDRRO_EL0), NULL, reset_unknown, TPIDRRO_EL0 },
> -	{ SYS_DESC(SYS_TPIDR2_EL0), undef_access },
> +	{ SYS_DESC(SYS_TPIDR2_EL0), NULL, reset_unknown, TPIDR2_EL0,
> +	  .visibility = sme_visibility},
>  
>  	{ SYS_DESC(SYS_SCXTNUM_EL0), undef_access },
>  
> 
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 
> 



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