From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
To: kvmarm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>, Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com>,
Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>,
Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>,
Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 30/35] KVM: arm64: Allow userspace to create protected VMs when pKVM is enabled
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:46:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260119124629.2563-31-will@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260119124629.2563-1-will@kernel.org>
Introduce a new VM type for KVM/arm64 to allow userspace to request the
creation of a "protected VM" when the host has booted with pKVM enabled.
For now, this depends on CONFIG_EXPERT and results in a taint on first
use as many aspects of a protected VM are not yet protected!
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pkvm.h | 2 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++
arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 8 +++++++-
arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 3 ---
arch/arm64/kvm/pkvm.c | 11 ++++++++++-
include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 5 +++++
6 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pkvm.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pkvm.h
index 5a71d25febca..507d9c53e2eb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pkvm.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pkvm.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
#define HYP_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS 128
-int pkvm_init_host_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
+int pkvm_init_host_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type);
int pkvm_create_hyp_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
bool pkvm_hyp_vm_is_created(struct kvm *kvm);
void pkvm_destroy_hyp_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
index 4f803fd1c99a..47fa06c9da94 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -83,4 +83,14 @@ config PTDUMP_STAGE2_DEBUGFS
If in doubt, say N.
+config PROTECTED_VM_UAPI
+ bool "Expose protected VMs to userspace (experimental)"
+ depends on KVM && EXPERT
+ help
+ Say Y here to enable experimental (i.e. in development)
+ support for creating protected virtual machines using KVM's
+ KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl() when booted with pKVM enabled.
+
+ Unless you are a KVM developer, say N.
+
endif # VIRTUALIZATION
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 6a218739621d..7a59f0e32efc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type)
{
int ret;
+ if (type & ~KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_MASK)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
mutex_init(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
@@ -188,9 +191,12 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type)
* If any failures occur after this is successful, make sure to
* call __pkvm_unreserve_vm to unreserve the VM in hyp.
*/
- ret = pkvm_init_host_vm(kvm);
+ ret = pkvm_init_host_vm(kvm, type);
if (ret)
goto err_uninit_mmu;
+ } else if (type & KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_PROTECTED) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto err_uninit_mmu;
}
kvm_vgic_early_init(kvm);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index b21a5bf3d104..bbc569b583e6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -881,9 +881,6 @@ static int kvm_init_ipa_range(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu, unsigned long type)
u64 mmfr0, mmfr1;
u32 phys_shift;
- if (type & ~KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_IPA_SIZE_MASK)
- return -EINVAL;
-
phys_shift = KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_IPA_SIZE(type);
if (is_protected_kvm_enabled()) {
phys_shift = kvm_ipa_limit;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pkvm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pkvm.c
index 14865907610c..6d6b1ef1cc62 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pkvm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pkvm.c
@@ -219,9 +219,13 @@ void pkvm_destroy_hyp_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
}
-int pkvm_init_host_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
+int pkvm_init_host_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type)
{
int ret;
+ bool protected = type & KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_PROTECTED;
+
+ if (protected && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PROTECTED_VM_UAPI))
+ return -EINVAL;
if (pkvm_hyp_vm_is_created(kvm))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -236,6 +240,11 @@ int pkvm_init_host_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
return ret;
kvm->arch.pkvm.handle = ret;
+ kvm->arch.pkvm.is_protected = protected;
+ if (protected) {
+ pr_warn_once("kvm: protected VMs are for development only, tainting kernel\n");
+ add_taint(TAINT_USER, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
+ }
return 0;
}
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index dddb781b0507..9316a827a826 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -689,6 +689,11 @@ struct kvm_enable_cap {
#define KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_IPA_SIZE_MASK 0xffULL
#define KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_IPA_SIZE(x) \
((x) & KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_IPA_SIZE_MASK)
+
+#define KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_PROTECTED (1UL << 31)
+#define KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_MASK (KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_IPA_SIZE_MASK | \
+ KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_PROTECTED)
+
/*
* ioctls for /dev/kvm fds:
*/
--
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-19 12:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-19 12:45 [PATCH v2 00/35] KVM: arm64: Add support for protected guest memory with pKVM Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:45 ` [PATCH v2 01/35] KVM: arm64: Invert KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_HANDLE_FAULT to fix pKVM walkers Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:45 ` [PATCH v2 02/35] KVM: arm64: Don't leak stage-2 page-table if VM fails to init under pKVM Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:45 ` [PATCH v2 03/35] KVM: arm64: Move handle check into pkvm_pgtable_stage2_destroy_range() Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:45 ` [PATCH v2 04/35] KVM: arm64: Rename __pkvm_pgtable_stage2_unmap() Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:45 ` [PATCH v2 05/35] KVM: arm64: Don't advertise unsupported features for protected guests Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:45 ` [PATCH v2 06/35] KVM: arm64: Expose self-hosted debug regs as RAZ/WI " Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 07/35] KVM: arm64: Remove is_protected_kvm_enabled() checks from hypercalls Will Deacon
2026-02-10 14:53 ` Alexandru Elisei
2026-03-03 15:45 ` Will Deacon
2026-03-06 11:33 ` Alexandru Elisei
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 08/35] KVM: arm64: Ignore MMU notifier callbacks for protected VMs Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 09/35] KVM: arm64: Prevent unsupported memslot operations on " Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 10/35] KVM: arm64: Ignore -EAGAIN when mapping in pages for the pKVM host Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 11/35] KVM: arm64: Split teardown hypercall into two phases Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 12/35] KVM: arm64: Introduce __pkvm_host_donate_guest() Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 13/35] KVM: arm64: Hook up donation hypercall to pkvm_pgtable_stage2_map() Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 14/35] KVM: arm64: Handle aborts from protected VMs Will Deacon
2026-02-12 10:37 ` Alexandru Elisei
2026-03-04 14:06 ` Will Deacon
2026-03-06 11:34 ` Alexandru Elisei
2026-03-11 10:24 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 15/35] KVM: arm64: Introduce __pkvm_reclaim_dying_guest_page() Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 16/35] KVM: arm64: Hook up reclaim hypercall to pkvm_pgtable_stage2_destroy() Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 17/35] KVM: arm64: Refactor enter_exception64() Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 18/35] KVM: arm64: Inject SIGSEGV on illegal accesses Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 19/35] KVM: arm64: Avoid pointless annotation when mapping host-owned pages Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 20/35] KVM: arm64: Generalise kvm_pgtable_stage2_set_owner() Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 21/35] KVM: arm64: Introduce host_stage2_set_owner_metadata_locked() Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 22/35] KVM: arm64: Change 'pkvm_handle_t' to u16 Will Deacon
2026-01-28 10:28 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 23/35] KVM: arm64: Annotate guest donations with handle and gfn in host stage-2 Will Deacon
2026-01-28 10:29 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 24/35] KVM: arm64: Introduce hypercall to force reclaim of a protected page Will Deacon
2026-02-12 17:18 ` Alexandru Elisei
2026-03-04 14:08 ` Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 25/35] KVM: arm64: Reclaim faulting page from pKVM in spurious fault handler Will Deacon
2026-02-12 17:22 ` Alexandru Elisei
2026-03-04 14:06 ` Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 26/35] KVM: arm64: Return -EFAULT from VCPU_RUN on access to a poisoned pte Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 27/35] KVM: arm64: Add hvc handler at EL2 for hypercalls from protected VMs Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 28/35] KVM: arm64: Implement the MEM_SHARE hypercall for " Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 29/35] KVM: arm64: Implement the MEM_UNSHARE " Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` Will Deacon [this message]
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 31/35] KVM: arm64: Add some initial documentation for pKVM Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 32/35] KVM: arm64: Extend pKVM page ownership selftests to cover guest donation Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 33/35] KVM: arm64: Register 'selftest_vm' in the VM table Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 34/35] KVM: arm64: Extend pKVM page ownership selftests to cover forced reclaim Will Deacon
2026-01-19 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 35/35] KVM: arm64: Extend pKVM page ownership selftests to cover guest hvcs Will Deacon
2026-02-10 18:58 ` [PATCH v2 00/35] KVM: arm64: Add support for protected guest memory with pKVM Trilok Soni
2026-02-10 19:03 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-02-16 10:58 ` Venkata Rao Kakani
2026-02-16 11:00 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-02-17 10:43 ` Venkata Rao Kakani
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