Some implementations may be forced to use VHE to work around HW errata, for example. Let's introduce a helper that checks for these cases. Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> --- arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 + arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 6 ++++++ virt/kvm/arm/arm.c | 5 +++++ 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h index c3469729f40c..0f2f782548cb 100644 --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h @@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ void kvm_mmu_wp_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm, int slot); struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_mpidr_to_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long mpidr); static inline bool kvm_arch_sve_requires_vhe(void) { return false; } +static inline bool kvm_arch_impl_requires_vhe(void) { return false; } static inline void kvm_arch_hardware_unsetup(void) {} static inline void kvm_arch_sync_events(struct kvm *kvm) {} static inline void kvm_arch_vcpu_uninit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {} diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h index ca1714148400..7d6e974d024a 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h @@ -432,6 +432,12 @@ static inline bool kvm_arch_sve_requires_vhe(void) return system_supports_sve(); } +static inline bool kvm_arch_impl_requires_vhe(void) +{ + /* Some implementations have defects that confine them to VHE */ + return false; +} + static inline void kvm_arch_hardware_unsetup(void) {} static inline void kvm_arch_sync_events(struct kvm *kvm) {} static inline void kvm_arch_vcpu_uninit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {} diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c index 66de2efddfca..bc90a1cdd27f 100644 --- a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c @@ -1647,6 +1647,11 @@ int kvm_arch_init(void *opaque) kvm_pr_unimpl("SVE system without VHE unsupported. Broken cpu?"); return -ENODEV; } + + if (kvm_arch_impl_requires_vhe()) { + kvm_pr_unimpl("CPU requiring VHE in non-VHE mode"); + return -ENODEV; + } } for_each_online_cpu(cpu) { -- 2.19.1