[PATCH v4 16/16] KVM: arm64: nv: Fail KVM init if asking for NV without GICv3

Marc Zyngier
2025-02-25T17:29:48Z

Although there is nothing in NV that is fundamentally incompatible
with the lack of GICv3, there is no HW implementation without one,
at least on the virtual side (yes, even fruits have some form of
vGICv3).

We therefore make the decision to require GICv3, which will only
affect models such as QEMU. Booting with a GICv2 or something
even more exotic while asking for NV will result in KVM being
disabled.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index dc27eb66d4e90..cae93fac60703 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -2321,6 +2321,13 @@ static int __init init_subsystems(void)
goto out;
}

+ if (kvm_mode == KVM_MODE_NV &&
+ !(vgic_present && kvm_vgic_global_state.type == VGIC_V3)) {
+ kvm_err("NV support requires GICv3, giving up\n");
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
/*
* Init HYP architected timer support
*/
--
2.39.2