[RFC PATCH v1 2/5] vm_planes: Add VBS VTL call handling and plane memory sealing
Sriram Nambakam <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 04:04:29 -0700
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.emulators.qemu,gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Wire up the VBS inter-plane communication and memory protection
infrastructure on the QEMU side.
Memory sealing (plane activate path):
After plane-1 boots and its vCPU threads are running, seal
plane-1's memory from plane-0 access:
1. Issue KVM_SET_PLANE_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES to set NO_WRITE|NO_EXEC
on plane-0's EPT for the GPA range occupied by plane-1.
2. Clear ps->host_addr so QEMU userspace can no longer access
the region.
VBS VTL hypercall handler:
Handle KVM_HC_VBS_VTL_CALL (hypercall 15) exits from the guest.
The plane-0 VBS subsystem passes the GPA of a shared calling-area
(CAA) page; QEMU reads the call_id from the page, logs it, and
returns -ENOSYS for now (plane-1 responder not yet implemented).
Enable the hypercall in kvm_enable_hypercall() alongside the
existing VM planes hypercalls.
Header sync:
- linux-headers/linux/kvm.h: Add KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NO_WRITE,
KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NO_EXEC, struct kvm_plane_memory_attributes,
and KVM_SET_PLANE_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES ioctl definition.
- include/standard-headers/linux/kvm_para.h: Add KVM_HC_VBS_VTL_CALL.
(cherry picked from commit 414016c40ec8226b0f5d4cbd5eed0589b7c1689e)
---
linux-headers/linux/kvm.h | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/linux-headers/linux/kvm.h b/linux-headers/linux/kvm.h
index d66ce6d272..9dbd3824e9 100644
--- a/linux-headers/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/linux-headers/linux/kvm.h
@@ -1653,6 +1653,19 @@ struct kvm_memory_attributes {
};
#define KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE (1ULL << 3)
+#define KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NO_WRITE (1ULL << 4)
+#define KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NO_EXEC (1ULL << 5)
+
+/* Set memory attributes on a specific plane's address space. */
+struct kvm_plane_memory_attributes {
+ __u32 plane;
+ __u32 flags;
+ __u64 address;
+ __u64 size;
+ __u64 attributes;
+};
+
+#define KVM_SET_PLANE_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES _IOW(KVMIO, 0xd6, struct kvm_plane_memory_attributes)
#define KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NO_WRITE (1ULL << 4)
#define KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NO_EXEC (1ULL << 5)
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