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authorPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2023-04-26 15:46:52 -0400
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2023-04-26 15:46:52 -0400
commit4f382a79a66b1a926e30f6d89295fc8fe2c4a86e (patch)
tree0580196e599bdee587bc92fc913853528bb69bc5 /Documentation/virt
parentb3c129e33e91fa3dc3171f45b90edb35e60dbc33 (diff)
parent36fe1b29b3cae48f781011abd5a0b9e938f5b35f (diff)
Merge tag 'kvmarm-6.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvmarm/kvmarm into HEAD
KVM/arm64 updates for 6.4 - Numerous fixes for the pathological lock inversion issue that plagued KVM/arm64 since... forever. - New framework allowing SMCCC-compliant hypercalls to be forwarded to userspace, hopefully paving the way for some more features being moved to VMMs rather than be implemented in the kernel. - Large rework of the timer code to allow a VM-wide offset to be applied to both virtual and physical counters as well as a per-timer, per-vcpu offset that complements the global one. This last part allows the NV timer code to be implemented on top. - A small set of fixes to make sure that we don't change anything affecting the EL1&0 translation regime just after having having taken an exception to EL2 until we have executed a DSB. This ensures that speculative walks started in EL1&0 have completed. - The usual selftest fixes and improvements.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virt')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst71
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst79
2 files changed, 146 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 48fad6556822..e54fdfaa75e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -6030,6 +6030,44 @@ delivery must be provided via the "reg_aen" struct.
The "pad" and "reserved" fields may be used for future extensions and should be
set to 0s by userspace.
+4.138 KVM_ARM_SET_COUNTER_OFFSET
+--------------------------------
+
+:Capability: KVM_CAP_COUNTER_OFFSET
+:Architectures: arm64
+:Type: vm ioctl
+:Parameters: struct kvm_arm_counter_offset (in)
+:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
+
+This capability indicates that userspace is able to apply a single VM-wide
+offset to both the virtual and physical counters as viewed by the guest
+using the KVM_ARM_SET_CNT_OFFSET ioctl and the following data structure:
+
+::
+
+ struct kvm_arm_counter_offset {
+ __u64 counter_offset;
+ __u64 reserved;
+ };
+
+The offset describes a number of counter cycles that are subtracted from
+both virtual and physical counter views (similar to the effects of the
+CNTVOFF_EL2 and CNTPOFF_EL2 system registers, but only global). The offset
+always applies to all vcpus (already created or created after this ioctl)
+for this VM.
+
+It is userspace's responsibility to compute the offset based, for example,
+on previous values of the guest counters.
+
+Any value other than 0 for the "reserved" field may result in an error
+(-EINVAL) being returned. This ioctl can also return -EBUSY if any vcpu
+ioctl is issued concurrently.
+
+Note that using this ioctl results in KVM ignoring subsequent userspace
+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.
+
5. The kvm_run structure
========================
@@ -6219,15 +6257,40 @@ to the byte array.
__u64 nr;
__u64 args[6];
__u64 ret;
- __u32 longmode;
- __u32 pad;
+ __u64 flags;
} hypercall;
-Unused. This was once used for 'hypercall to userspace'. To implement
-such functionality, use KVM_EXIT_IO (x86) or KVM_EXIT_MMIO (all except s390).
+
+It is strongly recommended that userspace use ``KVM_EXIT_IO`` (x86) or
+``KVM_EXIT_MMIO`` (all except s390) to implement functionality that
+requires a guest to interact with host userpace.
.. note:: KVM_EXIT_IO is significantly faster than KVM_EXIT_MMIO.
+For arm64:
+----------
+
+SMCCC exits can be enabled depending on the configuration of the SMCCC
+filter. See the Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst
+``KVM_ARM_SMCCC_FILTER`` for more details.
+
+``nr`` contains the function ID of the guest's SMCCC call. Userspace is
+expected to use the ``KVM_GET_ONE_REG`` ioctl to retrieve the call
+parameters from the vCPU's GPRs.
+
+Definition of ``flags``:
+ - ``KVM_HYPERCALL_EXIT_SMC``: Indicates that the guest used the SMC
+ conduit to initiate the SMCCC call. If this bit is 0 then the guest
+ used the HVC conduit for the SMCCC call.
+
+ - ``KVM_HYPERCALL_EXIT_16BIT``: Indicates that the guest used a 16bit
+ instruction to initiate the SMCCC call. If this bit is 0 then the
+ guest used a 32bit instruction. An AArch64 guest always has this
+ bit set to 0.
+
+At the point of exit, PC points to the instruction immediately following
+the trapping instruction.
+
::
/* KVM_EXIT_TPR_ACCESS */
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst
index 147efec626e5..9d726e60ec47 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst
@@ -321,3 +321,82 @@ Allows userspace to query the status of migration mode.
if it is enabled
:Returns: -EFAULT if the given address is not accessible from kernel space;
0 in case of success.
+
+6. GROUP: KVM_ARM_VM_SMCCC_CTRL
+===============================
+
+:Architectures: arm64
+
+6.1. ATTRIBUTE: KVM_ARM_VM_SMCCC_FILTER (w/o)
+---------------------------------------------
+
+:Parameters: Pointer to a ``struct kvm_smccc_filter``
+
+:Returns:
+
+ ====== ===========================================
+ EEXIST Range intersects with a previously inserted
+ or reserved range
+ EBUSY A vCPU in the VM has already run
+ EINVAL Invalid filter configuration
+ ENOMEM Failed to allocate memory for the in-kernel
+ representation of the SMCCC filter
+ ====== ===========================================
+
+Requests the installation of an SMCCC call filter described as follows::
+
+ enum kvm_smccc_filter_action {
+ KVM_SMCCC_FILTER_HANDLE = 0,
+ KVM_SMCCC_FILTER_DENY,
+ KVM_SMCCC_FILTER_FWD_TO_USER,
+ };
+
+ struct kvm_smccc_filter {
+ __u32 base;
+ __u32 nr_functions;
+ __u8 action;
+ __u8 pad[15];
+ };
+
+The filter is defined as a set of non-overlapping ranges. Each
+range defines an action to be applied to SMCCC calls within the range.
+Userspace can insert multiple ranges into the filter by using
+successive calls to this attribute.
+
+The default configuration of KVM is such that all implemented SMCCC
+calls are allowed. Thus, the SMCCC filter can be defined sparsely
+by userspace, only describing ranges that modify the default behavior.
+
+The range expressed by ``struct kvm_smccc_filter`` is
+[``base``, ``base + nr_functions``). The range is not allowed to wrap,
+i.e. userspace cannot rely on ``base + nr_functions`` overflowing.
+
+The SMCCC filter applies to both SMC and HVC calls initiated by the
+guest. The SMCCC filter gates the in-kernel emulation of SMCCC calls
+and as such takes effect before other interfaces that interact with
+SMCCC calls (e.g. hypercall bitmap registers).
+
+Actions:
+
+ - ``KVM_SMCCC_FILTER_HANDLE``: Allows the guest SMCCC call to be
+ handled in-kernel. It is strongly recommended that userspace *not*
+ explicitly describe the allowed SMCCC call ranges.
+
+ - ``KVM_SMCCC_FILTER_DENY``: Rejects the guest SMCCC call in-kernel
+ and returns to the guest.
+
+ - ``KVM_SMCCC_FILTER_FWD_TO_USER``: The guest SMCCC call is forwarded
+ to userspace with an exit reason of ``KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL``.
+
+The ``pad`` field is reserved for future use and must be zero. KVM may
+return ``-EINVAL`` if the field is nonzero.
+
+KVM reserves the 'Arm Architecture Calls' range of function IDs and
+will reject attempts to define a filter for any portion of these ranges:
+
+ =========== ===============
+ Start End (inclusive)
+ =========== ===============
+ 0x8000_0000 0x8000_FFFF
+ 0xC000_0000 0xC000_FFFF
+ =========== ===============