[PATCH v2 00/16] KVM: arm64: Confine protected VM vCPU state to EL2
Fuad Tabba
fuad.tabba at linux.dev
Sun Sep 6 23:59:45 PDT 2026
Hi folks,
Changes since v1 [1]:
- Handle the SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1/2/3 queries at EL2 from the
host's mitigation state, instead of returning NOT_SUPPORTED.
(Sashiko)
- Reset ACTLR_EL1 and AMAIR_EL1 to 0, and trim the reset table to the
registers the world switch loads. (Sashiko, Joey)
- Move the capability allowlist to the end, after the restrictions
it's subject to. (Vincent)
- Use vcpu_is_protected() throughout, and move the protected-vCPU
check inside the debug flush and sync helpers. (Vincent)
- Add the HVC64 entry and exit handlers in the marshalling patch that
first uses them, without the wrapper. (Joey)
- Rebased onto v7.3-rc2.
- Collected Joey's Reviewed-by on the per-EC entry handler patch. His
Acked-by on the reset framework patch isn't carried, since its code
and message changed. (thanks!)
Following the vCPU state-sync series [2], this series completes the
job for protected VMs: a protected guest's register state stays at
EL2, and the host sees only what handling each exit needs.
EL2 marshals a protected vCPU's state per exception class instead of
copying the whole context both ways. It owns the vCPU's trap
configuration, system register reset and HVC handling, and implements
PSCI itself: AFFINITY_INFO never reaches the host, and CPU_ON and
CPU_OFF are decided at EL2 with the host only scheduling or parking
the target. Host ioctls that would reach the state EL2 owns fail with
a clean errno, so a protected VM's state isn't save/restorable. All
of this is scoped to KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_PROTECTED, and pkvm.rst describes
the resulting API.
The kvmtool changes that go with this are posted separately [3].
Patch 1 is the HCR_EL2.VSE fix posted separately [4]. It isn't part
of this series. It's carried so the series applies as is and Sashiko
can run on it.
The KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET documentation fix [5] went out just ahead
of v1. Nothing here needs it to apply, but patch 17 documents vCPU
feature availability as something the capabilities report, while
api.rst 4.83 still points userspace at a bitmap that has always been
empty.
The series is structured as follows:
01: The HCR_EL2.VSE fix, posted separately.
02: The PVTIME rejection.
03-04: Per-exception-class entry handlers; EL2 owns a protected
vCPU's trap configuration.
05-07: Timer state, system register reset and HVC handling at EL2.
08-09: PSCI at EL2, and the KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT and PSCI version
restrictions.
10-13: Host PC adjustments blocked; an UNDEF at EL2 for exit
classes the host doesn't emulate; per-class state
marshalling; a protected guest's SError pended with
HCR_EL2.VSE.
14-15: Host access to private state, and host power-on of a vCPU
EL2 holds powered off, rejected.
16: Capability allowlist.
17: Documentation.
Still to come: selftests, TRNG, self-hosted debug and SVE for protected
guests, and much more, as separate series.
Based on v7.3-rc2 (df2908090cda3).
Cheers,
/fuad
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260831163421.272420-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260729131823.2021516-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260831192406.1341841-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev/
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260829071120.2522788-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev/
[5] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260831162815.269851-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev/
Fuad Tabba (15):
KVM: arm64: Sync HCR_EL2.VSE back to the host vCPU under pKVM
KVM: arm64: Reject the PVTIME vCPU attribute for protected VMs
KVM: arm64: Skip fixed-feature state flush for protected vCPUs
KVM: arm64: Add system register reset framework for protected VMs
KVM: arm64: Implement HVC handling for protected guests at EL2
KVM: arm64: Handle PSCI calls for protected VMs at EL2
KVM: arm64: Restrict KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT and PSCI version for protected
VMs
KVM: arm64: Prevent host PC adjustments for protected vCPUs
KVM: arm64: Inject an UNDEF at EL2 for unhandled protected guest exits
KVM: arm64: Add per-EC entry/exit state marshalling for protected
guests
KVM: arm64: Pend a protected guest's SError with HCR_EL2.VSE only
KVM: arm64: Reject host access to protected VM private state
KVM: arm64: Reject host power-on of a vCPU that EL2 holds powered off
KVM: arm64: Advertise the capabilities that protected VMs support
KVM: arm64: Document the protected VM userspace API
Marc Zyngier (2):
KVM: arm64: Introduce per-EC entry handlers for pKVM
KVM: arm64: Add {flush,sync}_hyp_timer_state() primitives
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 22 +-
.../virt/kvm/arm/fw-pseudo-registers.rst | 2 +
Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pkvm.rst | 141 ++++-
Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vcpu.rst | 4 +-
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_asm.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 21 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h | 4 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pkvm.h | 34 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 43 ++
arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c | 29 +
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c | 27 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h | 18 +
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c | 560 +++++++++++++++++-
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c | 442 +++++++++++++-
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/switch.c | 29 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c | 73 ++-
arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c | 7 +
arch/arm64/kvm/inject_fault.c | 5 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/pkvm.c | 21 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/psci.c | 3 +
20 files changed, 1406 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)
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