Re: [PATCH v2 06/17] KVM: arm64: Add system register reset framework for protected VMs
From: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>
Date: 2026-09-09 13:51:03
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Hi Fuad, On Mon, Sep 07, 2026 at 07:59:51AM +0100, Fuad Tabba wrote:
Add kvm_reset_pvm_sys_regs() and the pvm_sys_reg_reset_vals[] table that drives it, and call it from init_pkvm_hyp_vcpu() for protected vCPUs. The table holds the registers sys_regs.c resets that __sysreg_restore_state_nvhe() loads for a protected vCPU. The rest of the context keeps the zero the donated hyp vCPU page is cleared to. A
If the context is zero'd, why is there RESET_ZERO()? If it's just for 'completeness', worth noting here.
poison value stands in where sys_regs.c resets to UNKNOWN, and for VBAR_EL1 and CONTEXTIDR_EL1 in place of the 0 it uses. MPIDR_EL1 is derived from vcpu_id, as for any KVM guest. AMAIR_EL1 resets to 0 where sys_regs.c reads the hardware: the host writes it freely before the hypercall, and it's loaded on every guest entry.
Also if you can just put a new line for each 'category' here would make it simpler to read.
Until the per-EC marshalling patch removes the host's full-context copy from flush_hyp_vcpu(), that copy overwrites these values on every entry, so this patch has no observable effect on its own.
Thanks for adding this!
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev> --- arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h | 1 + arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c | 5 ++ arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 3 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h index 49a0a992047ba..a04b7c04d5135 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ bool kvm_handle_pvm_hvc64(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *exit_code); bool kvm_handle_pvm_sysreg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *exit_code); bool kvm_handle_pvm_restricted(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *exit_code); void kvm_init_pvm_id_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu); +void kvm_reset_pvm_sys_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu); int kvm_check_pvm_sysreg_table(void); #endif /* __ARM64_KVM_NVHE_PKVM_H__ */diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c index e85f13233da08..af334318d0a03 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c@@ -551,6 +551,11 @@ static int init_pkvm_hyp_vcpu(struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu, goto done; ret = pkvm_vcpu_init_sve(hyp_vcpu, host_vcpu); + if (ret) + goto done; + + if (pkvm_hyp_vcpu_is_protected(hyp_vcpu)) + kvm_reset_pvm_sys_regs(&hyp_vcpu->vcpu); done: if (ret) unpin_host_vcpu(host_vcpu);diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c index 8758c68017765..03d2c2447e0fd 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c@@ -525,6 +525,66 @@ static const struct sys_reg_desc pvm_sys_reg_descs[] = { /* Performance Monitoring Registers are restricted. */ }; +struct sys_reg_desc_reset { + int reg; + void (*reset)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc_reset *rd); + u64 value; +}; + +static void reset_mpidr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc_reset *r) +{ + __vcpu_assign_sys_reg(vcpu, r->reg, kvm_calculate_mpidr(vcpu)); +} + +static void reset_value(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc_reset *r) +{ + __vcpu_assign_sys_reg(vcpu, r->reg, r->value); +} + +#define RESET_VAL(REG, RESET_VAL) { REG, reset_value, RESET_VAL } + +#define RESET_ZERO(REG) RESET_VAL(REG, 0) + +#define RESET_UNKNOWN(REG) RESET_VAL(REG, 0x1de7ec7edbadc0deULL) + +#define RESET_FUNC(REG, RESET_FUNC) { REG, RESET_FUNC, 0 } + +/* Sorted ascending by reg; kvm_check_pvm_sysreg_table() enforces it. */ +static const struct sys_reg_desc_reset pvm_sys_reg_reset_vals[] = { + RESET_FUNC(MPIDR_EL1, reset_mpidr), + RESET_UNKNOWN(TPIDR_EL0), + RESET_UNKNOWN(TPIDRRO_EL0), + RESET_UNKNOWN(TPIDR_EL1), + RESET_ZERO(CNTKCTL_EL1), + RESET_UNKNOWN(PAR_EL1), + RESET_ZERO(DISR_EL1), + RESET_ZERO(CPACR_EL1), + RESET_VAL(CONTEXTIDR_EL1, 0x00000000dbadc0deULL), + RESET_VAL(SCTLR_EL1, 0x00C50078ULL), + RESET_ZERO(TCR_EL1), + RESET_UNKNOWN(AFSR0_EL1), + RESET_UNKNOWN(AFSR1_EL1), + RESET_UNKNOWN(ESR_EL1), + RESET_UNKNOWN(MAIR_EL1), + RESET_ZERO(AMAIR_EL1), + RESET_ZERO(MDSCR_EL1), + RESET_UNKNOWN(TTBR0_EL1), + RESET_UNKNOWN(TTBR1_EL1), + RESET_UNKNOWN(FAR_EL1), + RESET_VAL(VBAR_EL1, 0x1de7ec7edbadc000ULL), +}; + +void kvm_reset_pvm_sys_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) +{ + unsigned long i; + + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pvm_sys_reg_reset_vals); i++) { + const struct sys_reg_desc_reset *r = &pvm_sys_reg_reset_vals[i]; + + r->reset(vcpu, r); + } +} + /* * Initializes feature registers for protected vms. */@@ -550,16 +610,21 @@ void kvm_init_pvm_id_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) } /* - * Checks that the sysreg table is unique and in-order. - * - * Returns 0 if the table is consistent, or 1 otherwise. + * Both tables must be unique and sorted ascending. pvm_sys_reg_descs.reg is the + * sys_reg() encoding, pvm_sys_reg_reset_vals.reg the vcpu_sysreg index, so they + * compare differently. BUG_ON() at __pkvm_init: fatal at boot. */ int kvm_check_pvm_sysreg_table(void) { unsigned int i; for (i = 1; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pvm_sys_reg_descs); i++) { - if (cmp_sys_reg(&pvm_sys_reg_descs[i-1], &pvm_sys_reg_descs[i]) >= 0) + if (cmp_sys_reg(&pvm_sys_reg_descs[i - 1], &pvm_sys_reg_descs[i]) >= 0) + return 1; + } + + for (i = 1; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pvm_sys_reg_reset_vals); i++) { + if (pvm_sys_reg_reset_vals[i - 1].reg >= pvm_sys_reg_reset_vals[i].reg) return 1; }
Some minor commit message nits, and I see you're going to remove this sorting check. Reviewed-by: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com> Thanks, Joey