[PATCH v22 02/23] KVM: arm64: Disable Steal time accounting for protected guests
Gavin Shan
gshan at redhat.com
Mon Oct 5 17:03:11 PDT 2026
On 10/5/26 7:07 PM, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> PVTIME support is advertised by KVM_CAP_STEAL_TIME, which doesn't take into
> account the kvm instance. Even with that, a VMM could skip the CAP check
> and proceed to configure the PVTIME as we don't do further check on the
> DEVICE_CTRL. Tighten this up by passing the KVM instance around wherever
> possible and catch things early.
>
> Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba at linux.dev>
> Tested-by: Gavin Shan <gshan at redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/kvm/pvtime.c | 14 +++++++-------
> 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan at redhat.com>
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