[PATCH v16 44/45] KVM: arm64: CCA: Require ICH_HCR_EL2.TDIR for realms
Steven Price <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 14:44:00 +0100
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KVM advertises realm support when the RMM is available, and allows userspace to create a VM with KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_REALM on that basis. On CPUs that lack ICH_HCR_EL2.TDIR, KVM uses ICH_HCR_EL2.TC for normal guests so that ICC_DIR_EL1 is still trapped via the common GICv3 CPU interface trap. Realms cannot rely on the normal hyp-side trap handling for that fallback, so advertising RMI support on such systems lets userspace create a realm that cannot safely run. Require the finalized ARM64_HAS_ICH_HCR_EL2_TDIR capability when reporting KVM_CAP_ARM_RMI and when accepting KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_REALM. This leaves normal VM creation unchanged on systems that need the TC workaround. Signed-off-by: Steven Price <[email protected]> --- New patch for v16 --- arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c index fd4e13ff17cf..7edc572dd8ab 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c @@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ static bool vgic_present, kvm_arm_initialised; static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned char, kvm_hyp_initialized); +static bool kvm_arm_rmi_supported(void) +{ + return static_key_enabled(&kvm_rmi_is_available) && + cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_ICH_HCR_EL2_TDIR); +} + bool is_kvm_arm_initialised(void) { return kvm_arm_initialised; @@ -256,7 +262,7 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type) return -EINVAL; if (type & KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_REALM) { - if (!static_branch_unlikely(&kvm_rmi_is_available)) + if (!kvm_arm_rmi_supported()) return -EINVAL; kvm_set_realm_state(kvm, REALM_STATE_NONE); kvm->arch.is_realm = true; @@ -537,7 +543,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext) r = kvm_supports_cacheable_pfnmap(); break; case KVM_CAP_ARM_RMI: - r = static_key_enabled(&kvm_rmi_is_available); + r = kvm_arm_rmi_supported(); break; default: -- 2.43.0