From: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>
To: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.ibm.com>,
Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>,
Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 1/4] KVM: s390: vsie: Allow non-zarch guests
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 04:09:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260401020915.1339228-2-farman@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260401020915.1339228-1-farman@linux.ibm.com>
Linux/KVM runs in z/Architecture-only mode. Although z/Architecture
is built upon a long history of hardware refinements, any other
CPU mode is not permitted.
Allow a userspace to explicitly enable the use of ESA mode for
nested guests, otherwise usage will be rejected.
Signed-off-by: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 +
arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c | 8 +++++---
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 3039c88daa63..8a4f4a39f7a2 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ struct kvm_arch {
int user_stsi;
int user_instr0;
int user_operexec;
+ int allow_vsie_esamode;
struct s390_io_adapter *adapters[MAX_S390_IO_ADAPTERS];
wait_queue_head_t ipte_wq;
int ipte_lock_count;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c b/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
index 72895dddc39a..888370a02ef7 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
@@ -125,8 +125,9 @@ static int prepare_cpuflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vsie_page *vsie_page)
struct kvm_s390_sie_block *scb_o = vsie_page->scb_o;
int newflags, cpuflags = atomic_read(&scb_o->cpuflags);
- /* we don't allow ESA/390 guests */
- if (!(cpuflags & CPUSTAT_ZARCH))
+ newflags = 0;
+ /* we don't allow ESA/390 guests unless explicitly enabled */
+ if (!(cpuflags & CPUSTAT_ZARCH) && !vcpu->kvm->arch.allow_vsie_esamode)
return set_validity_icpt(scb_s, 0x0001U);
if (cpuflags & (CPUSTAT_RRF | CPUSTAT_MCDS))
@@ -135,7 +136,8 @@ static int prepare_cpuflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vsie_page *vsie_page)
return set_validity_icpt(scb_s, 0x0007U);
/* intervention requests will be set later */
- newflags = CPUSTAT_ZARCH;
+ if (cpuflags & CPUSTAT_ZARCH)
+ newflags = CPUSTAT_ZARCH;
if (cpuflags & CPUSTAT_GED && test_kvm_facility(vcpu->kvm, 8))
newflags |= CPUSTAT_GED;
if (cpuflags & CPUSTAT_GED2 && test_kvm_facility(vcpu->kvm, 78)) {
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-01 2:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-01 2:09 [PATCH v1 0/4] KVM: s390: Permit ESA mode guests in VSIE Eric Farman
2026-04-01 2:09 ` Eric Farman [this message]
2026-04-01 11:25 ` [PATCH v1 1/4] KVM: s390: vsie: Allow non-zarch guests Janosch Frank
2026-04-01 13:31 ` Eric Farman
2026-04-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v1 2/4] KVM: s390: vsie: Disable some bits when in ESA mode Eric Farman
2026-04-01 12:58 ` Christian Borntraeger
2026-04-01 13:46 ` Eric Farman
2026-04-01 14:50 ` Janosch Frank
2026-04-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v1 3/4] KVM: s390: vsie: Accommodate ESA prefix pages Eric Farman
2026-04-01 11:45 ` Janosch Frank
2026-04-01 13:44 ` Eric Farman
2026-04-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v1 4/4] KVM: s390: Add KVM capability for ESA mode guests Eric Farman
2026-04-01 11:52 ` Janosch Frank
2026-04-01 6:40 ` [PATCH v1 0/4] KVM: s390: Permit ESA mode guests in VSIE Christoph Hellwig
2026-04-01 10:00 ` Janosch Frank
2026-04-06 5:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
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