From: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
To: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.kdev@gmail.com>
Cc: maz@kernel.org, Sascha Bischoff <Sascha.Bischoff@arm.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH kvmtool v7 3/6] arm64: Add counter offset control
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:47:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260323164717.2571585-4-andre.przywara@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260323164717.2571585-1-andre.przywara@arm.com>
From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
KVM allows the offsetting of the global counter in order to help with
migration of a VM. This offset applies cumulatively with the offsets
provided by the architecture.
Although kvmtool doesn't provide a way to migrate a VM, controlling
this offset is useful to test the timer subsystem.
Add the command line option --counter-offset to allow setting this value
when creating a VM.
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Sascha Bischoff <sascha.bischoff@arm.com>
---
arm64/include/kvm/kvm-config-arch.h | 3 +++
arm64/kvm.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arm64/include/kvm/kvm-config-arch.h b/arm64/include/kvm/kvm-config-arch.h
index a1dac28e..44c43367 100644
--- a/arm64/include/kvm/kvm-config-arch.h
+++ b/arm64/include/kvm/kvm-config-arch.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct kvm_config_arch {
u64 kaslr_seed;
enum irqchip_type irqchip;
u64 fw_addr;
+ u64 counter_offset;
unsigned int sve_max_vq;
bool no_pvtime;
};
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ int sve_vl_parser(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset);
irqchip_parser, NULL), \
OPT_U64('\0', "firmware-address", &(cfg)->fw_addr, \
"Address where firmware should be loaded"), \
+ OPT_U64('\0', "counter-offset", &(cfg)->counter_offset, \
+ "Specify the counter offset, defaulting to 0"), \
OPT_BOOLEAN('\0', "nested", &(cfg)->nested_virt, \
"Start VCPUs in EL2 (for nested virt)"),
diff --git a/arm64/kvm.c b/arm64/kvm.c
index 23b4dab1..6e971dd7 100644
--- a/arm64/kvm.c
+++ b/arm64/kvm.c
@@ -119,6 +119,22 @@ static void kvm__arch_enable_mte(struct kvm *kvm)
pr_debug("MTE capability enabled");
}
+static void kvm__arch_set_counter_offset(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ struct kvm_arm_counter_offset offset = {
+ .counter_offset = kvm->cfg.arch.counter_offset,
+ };
+
+ if (!kvm->cfg.arch.counter_offset)
+ return;
+
+ if (!kvm__supports_extension(kvm, KVM_CAP_COUNTER_OFFSET))
+ die("No support for global counter offset");
+
+ if (ioctl(kvm->vm_fd, KVM_ARM_SET_COUNTER_OFFSET, &offset))
+ die_perror("KVM_ARM_SET_COUNTER_OFFSET");
+}
+
void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm)
{
/* Create the virtual GIC. */
@@ -126,6 +142,7 @@ void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm)
die("Failed to create virtual GIC");
kvm__arch_enable_mte(kvm);
+ kvm__arch_set_counter_offset(kvm);
}
static u64 kvm__arch_get_payload_region_size(struct kvm *kvm)
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-23 16:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-23 16:47 [PATCH kvmtool v7 0/6] arm64: Nested virtualization support Andre Przywara
2026-03-23 16:47 ` [PATCH kvmtool v7 1/6] arm64: Initial nested virt support Andre Przywara
2026-03-23 16:47 ` [PATCH kvmtool v7 2/6] arm64: nested: Add support for setting maintenance IRQ Andre Przywara
2026-04-07 13:47 ` Sascha Bischoff
2026-03-23 16:47 ` Andre Przywara [this message]
2026-03-23 16:47 ` [PATCH kvmtool v7 4/6] arm64: Add FEAT_E2H0 support Andre Przywara
2026-03-23 16:47 ` [PATCH kvmtool v7 5/6] arm64: Generate HYP timer interrupt specifiers Andre Przywara
2026-03-23 16:47 ` [PATCH kvmtool v7 6/6] arm64: Handle virtio endianness reset when running nested Andre Przywara
2026-04-07 13:49 ` Sascha Bischoff
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