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From: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
To: qemu-ppc@nongnu.org, Harsh Prateek Bora <harshpb@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>,
	Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@linux.ibm.com>,
	Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
	Chinmay Rath <rathc@linux.ibm.com>,
	Glenn Miles <milesg@linux.ibm.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
	Gautam Menghani <gautam@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 3/3] target/ppc/kvm: Use host compatibility mode for nested guests
Date: Tue,  4 Aug 2026 23:59:14 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260804182914.83091-4-amachhiw@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260804182914.83091-1-amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>

On POWER systems, the host CPU may run in a compatibility mode (e.g.,
a Power11 processor operating in Power10 compatibility mode). When
running nested KVM guests, QEMU currently derives the host CPU type
using mfpvr(), which reflects the physical processor version. This can
result in a mismatch between the CPU model used by QEMU and the
compatibility mode enforced by the host, leading to guest boot failures
such as "KVM-NESTEDv2: couldn't set guest wide elements".

Update kvm_ppc_get_host_cpu_class() to check if the host is running in
a compatibility mode using kvm_ppc_host_compat_pvr(). When available,
use the compatibility PVR instead of the raw hardware PVR when selecting
the CPU model. This ensures that QEMU selects a CPU model consistent
with the host compatibility mode, allowing nested guests to boot
correctly.

The guard uses #if defined(TARGET_PPC64) to prevent build breakage on
ppc32 targets where the POWER9/10/11 PVR constants are not defined.

Tested-by: Gautam Menghani <gautam@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Gautam Menghani <gautam@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
---
No changes in this version.

 target/ppc/kvm.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm.c b/target/ppc/kvm.c
index d4c5601a00c4..aa8269186a1a 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm.c
@@ -2682,6 +2682,18 @@ PowerPCCPUClass *kvm_ppc_get_host_cpu_class(void)
     uint32_t host_pvr = mfpvr();
     PowerPCCPUClass *pvr_pcc;
 
+#if defined(TARGET_PPC64)
+#ifndef CONFIG_KVM
+#error "CONFIG_KVM is not enabled"
+#endif
+    uint32_t compat_host_pvr;
+
+    compat_host_pvr = kvm_ppc_host_compat_pvr();
+    if (compat_host_pvr) {
+        host_pvr = compat_host_pvr;
+    }
+#endif /* TARGET_PPC64 */
+
     pvr_pcc = ppc_cpu_class_by_pvr(host_pvr);
     if (pvr_pcc == NULL) {
         pvr_pcc = ppc_cpu_class_by_pvr_mask(host_pvr);
-- 
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-04 18:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-04 18:29 [PATCH v5 0/3] ppc/kvm: Handle CPU compatibility mode correctly for nested guests Amit Machhiwal
2026-08-04 18:29 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] [DO_NOT_MERGE] linux-headers: Add uapi header changes Amit Machhiwal
2026-08-04 18:29 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] target/ppc/kvm: Add support for querying host compatibility mode Amit Machhiwal
2026-08-04 18:29 ` Amit Machhiwal [this message]
2026-08-04 19:55   ` [PATCH v5 3/3] target/ppc/kvm: Use host compatibility mode for nested guests BALATON Zoltan
2026-08-05 14:33     ` Amit Machhiwal
2026-08-05  8:25 ` [PATCH v5 0/3] ppc/kvm: Handle CPU compatibility mode correctly " Anushree Mathur

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