From: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev> mainline inclusion from mainline-v6.7-rc1 commit dafa493dd01d5992f1cb70b08d1741c3ab99e04a category: feature bugzilla: https://gitee.com/openeuler/kernel/issues/IBN3WI CVE: NA Reference: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?i... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KVM/arm64 has a couple schemes for handling vCPU feature selection now, which is a lot to put on userspace. Add some documentation about how these interact and provide some recommendations for how to use the writable ID register scheme. Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231003230408.3405722-11-oliver.upton@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev> --- Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 4 ++ Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst | 1 + Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/vcpu-features.rst | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 53 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/vcpu-features.rst diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index a379d779cbee..a6c73443c88d 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -3442,6 +3442,8 @@ return indicates the attribute is implemented. It does not necessarily indicate that the attribute can be read or written in the device's current state. "addr" is ignored. +.. _KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT: + 4.82 KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT ---------------------- @@ -6148,6 +6150,8 @@ writes to the CNTVCT_EL0 and CNTPCT_EL0 registers using the SET_ONE_REG interface. No error will be returned, but the resulting offset will not be applied. +.. _KVM_ARM_GET_REG_WRITABLE_MASKS: + 4.139 KVM_ARM_GET_REG_WRITABLE_MASKS ------------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst index e84848432158..7f231c724e16 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst @@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ ARM hypercalls pvtime ptp_kvm + vcpu-features diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/vcpu-features.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/vcpu-features.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f7cc6d8d8b74 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/vcpu-features.rst @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=============================== +vCPU feature selection on arm64 +=============================== + +KVM/arm64 provides two mechanisms that allow userspace to configure +the CPU features presented to the guest. + +KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT +================= + +The ``KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT`` ioctl accepts a bitmap of feature flags +(``struct kvm_vcpu_init::features``). Features enabled by this interface are +*opt-in* and may change/extend UAPI. See :ref:`KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT` for complete +documentation of the features controlled by the ioctl. + +Otherwise, all CPU features supported by KVM are described by the architected +ID registers. + +The ID Registers +================ + +The Arm architecture specifies a range of *ID Registers* that describe the set +of architectural features supported by the CPU implementation. KVM initializes +the guest's ID registers to the maximum set of CPU features supported by the +system. The ID register values may be VM-scoped in KVM, meaning that the +values could be shared for all vCPUs in a VM. + +KVM allows userspace to *opt-out* of certain CPU features described by the ID +registers by writing values to them via the ``KVM_SET_ONE_REG`` ioctl. The ID +registers are mutable until the VM has started, i.e. userspace has called +``KVM_RUN`` on at least one vCPU in the VM. Userspace can discover what fields +are mutable in the ID registers using the ``KVM_ARM_GET_REG_WRITABLE_MASKS``. +See the :ref:`ioctl documentation <KVM_ARM_GET_REG_WRITABLE_MASKS>` for more +details. + +Userspace is allowed to *limit* or *mask* CPU features according to the rules +outlined by the architecture in DDI0487J.a D19.1.3 'Principles of the ID +scheme for fields in ID register'. KVM does not allow ID register values that +exceed the capabilities of the system. + +.. warning:: + It is **strongly recommended** that userspace modify the ID register values + before accessing the rest of the vCPU's CPU register state. KVM may use the + ID register values to control feature emulation. Interleaving ID register + modification with other system register accesses may lead to unpredictable + behavior. -- 2.33.0