Re: [PATCH 2/6] KVM: arm64: pkvm: Disable GICv2 support

From: Will Deacon
Date: Wed Dec 08 2021 - 12:44:45 EST


On Wed, Dec 08, 2021 at 03:22:55PM +0000, Quentin Perret wrote:
> GICv2 requires having device mappings in guests and the hypervisor,
> which is incompatible with the current pKVM EL2 page ownership model
> which only covers memory. While it would be desirable to support pKVM
> with GICv2, this will require a lot more work, so let's make the
> current assumption clear until then.
>
> Co-developed-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v2.c | 5 +++++
> arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v2.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v2.c
> index 95a18cec14a3..8e337a0d7817 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v2.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v2.c
> @@ -345,6 +345,11 @@ int vgic_v2_probe(const struct gic_kvm_info *info)
> int ret;
> u32 vtr;
>
> + if (is_protected_kvm_enabled()) {
> + kvm_err("GICv2 not supported in protected mode\n");
> + return -ENXIO;
> + }
> +
> if (!info->vctrl.start) {
> kvm_err("GICH not present in the firmware table\n");
> return -ENXIO;
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
> index 04f62c4b07fb..debad4e6e6c9 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
> @@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ int vgic_v3_probe(const struct gic_kvm_info *info)
> } else if (!PAGE_ALIGNED(info->vcpu.start)) {
> pr_warn("GICV physical address 0x%llx not page aligned\n",
> (unsigned long long)info->vcpu.start);
> - } else {
> + } else if (kvm_get_mode() != KVM_MODE_PROTECTED) {
> kvm_vgic_global_state.vcpu_base = info->vcpu.start;
> kvm_vgic_global_state.can_emulate_gicv2 = true;
> ret = kvm_register_vgic_device(KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2);

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>

Will