[RFC PATCH v7 07/28] KVM: arm64: Add KVM_ARM_VCPU_SPE VCPU feature
Alexandru Elisei
alexandru.elisei at arm.com
Thu Sep 3 09:06:02 PDT 2026
Add a new VCPU feature that enables SPE virtualization when set by
userspace. KVM_VCPU_MAX_FEATURE will be bumped and the feature will
become selectable by userspace once SPE support in KVM is implemented.
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei at arm.com>
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 2 ++
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_spe.h | 5 +++++
arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 7 +++++++
4 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 1ed5c389c7a4..654736fac78c 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -3591,6 +3591,8 @@ Possible features:
Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_EL2_E2H0.
KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2 must also be set.
+ - KVM_ARM_VCPU_SPE: Enable SPE for the CPU. Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_SPE.
+
4.83 KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET
-----------------------------
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_spe.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_spe.h
index f05e6d3f5705..e452da82666d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_spe.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_spe.h
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ARM_SPE
bool kvm_supports_spe(void);
+
+#define vcpu_has_spe(vcpu) \
+ (vcpu_has_feature(vcpu, KVM_ARM_VCPU_SPE))
#else
static __always_inline bool kvm_supports_spe(void)
{
return false;
}
+
+#define vcpu_has_spe(vcpu) false
#endif /* CONFIG_KVM_ARM_SPE */
#endif /* __ARM64_KVM_SPE_H__ */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
index 019e5e3d892e..f7f751c00e6f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ struct kvm_regs {
#define KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2 7 /* Support nested virtualization */
#define KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2_E2H0 8 /* Limit NV support to E2H RES0 */
#define KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_STRICT 9 /* No default PMU creation */
+#define KVM_ARM_VCPU_SPE 10 /* Support SPE in guest */
struct kvm_vcpu_init {
__u32 target;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index eca1184ef9dd..b9cee4cf293d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -1604,6 +1604,9 @@ static unsigned long system_supported_vcpu_features(void)
if (!cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_NESTED_VIRT))
clear_bit(KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2, &features);
+ if (!kvm_supports_spe())
+ clear_bit(KVM_ARM_VCPU_SPE, &features);
+
return features;
}
@@ -1648,6 +1651,10 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_init_check_features(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
if (test_bit(KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2, &features))
return -EINVAL;
+ /* SPE is incompatible with AArch32 */
+ if (test_bit(KVM_ARM_VCPU_SPE, &features))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
return 0;
}
--
2.43.0
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