A new capability (KVM_CAP_ARM_MTE) identifies that the kernel supports
granting a guest access to the tags, and provides a mechanism for the
VMM to enable it.
A new ioctl (KVM_ARM_MTE_COPY_TAGS) provides a simple way for a VMM to
access the tags of a guest without having to maintain a PROT_MTE mapping
in userspace. The above capability gates access to the ioctl.
Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 52 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 22d077562149..ab45d7fe2aa5 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -5034,6 +5034,37 @@ see KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR above.
The KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADJUST type may not be used
with the KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR ioctl.
+4.130 KVM_ARM_MTE_COPY_TAGS
+---------------------------
+
+:Capability: KVM_CAP_ARM_MTE
+:Architectures: arm64
+:Type: vm ioctl
+:Parameters: struct kvm_arm_copy_mte_tags
+:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
+
+::
+
+ struct kvm_arm_copy_mte_tags {
+ __u64 guest_ipa;
+ __u64 length;
+ void __user *addr;
+ __u64 flags;
+ __u64 reserved[2];
+ };
+
+Copies Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) tags to/from guest tag memory. The
+``guest_ipa`` and ``length`` fields must be ``PAGE_SIZE`` aligned. The ``addr``
+fieldmust point to a buffer which the tags will be copied to or from.
+
+``flags`` specifies the direction of copy, either ``KVM_ARM_TAGS_TO_GUEST`` or
+``KVM_ARM_TAGS_FROM_GUEST``.
+
+The size of the buffer to store the tags is ``(length / 16)`` bytes
+(granules in MTE are 16 bytes long). Each byte contains a single tag
+value. This matches the format of ``PTRACE_PEEKMTETAGS`` and
+``PTRACE_POKEMTETAGS``.
+
5. The kvm_run structure
========================
@@ -6362,6 +6393,27 @@ default.
See Documentation/x86/sgx/2.Kernel-internals.rst for more details.
+7.26 KVM_CAP_ARM_MTE
+--------------------
+
+:Architectures: arm64
+:Parameters: none
+
+This capability indicates that KVM (and the hardware) supports exposing the
+Memory Tagging Extensions (MTE) to the guest. It must also be enabled by the
+VMM before creating any VCPUs to allow the guest access. Note that MTE is only
+available to a guest running in AArch64 mode and enabling this capability will
+cause attempts to create AArch32 VCPUs to fail.
+
+When enabled the guest is able to access tags associated with any memory given
+to the guest. KVM will ensure that the pages are flagged ``PG_mte_tagged`` so
+that the tags are maintained during swap or hibernation of the host; however
+the VMM needs to manually save/restore the tags as appropriate if the VM is
+migrated.
+
+When enabled the VMM may make use of the ``KVM_ARM_MTE_COPY_TAGS`` ioctl to
+perform a bulk copy of tags to/from the guest.
+
8. Other capabilities.
======================
--
2.20.1
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