[PATCH v17 06/20] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add a new mode for supporting Realm guests
Suzuki K Poulose
suzuki.poulose at arm.com
Tue Sep 8 09:22:09 PDT 2026
Add an explicit mode to support Arm CCA guests.
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +++
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 68647ff4bdd24..1afe3df3b923e 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3256,6 +3256,9 @@ Kernel parameters
nested: VHE-based mode with support for nested
virtualization. Requires at least ARMv8.4
hardware (with FEAT_NV2).
+ rmm: Support for running confidential guests in Realm
+ world using RMM, as defined by Arm Confidential
+ Compute Architecture (CCA)
Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index b2e99c5cb1cd3..31ae9d8d8e92f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ enum kvm_mode {
KVM_MODE_DEFAULT,
KVM_MODE_PROTECTED,
KVM_MODE_NV,
+ KVM_MODE_RMM,
KVM_MODE_NONE,
};
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 9af3bbb2f8c24..50f0adfadab38 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -3264,6 +3264,11 @@ static int __init early_kvm_mode_cfg(char *arg)
return 0;
}
+ if (strcmp(arg, "rmm") == 0 && !WARN_ON(!is_kernel_in_hyp_mode())) {
+ kvm_mode = KVM_MODE_RMM;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
return -EINVAL;
}
early_param("kvm-arm.mode", early_kvm_mode_cfg);
--
2.43.0
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