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From: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: maz@kernel.org, will@kernel.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com,
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	lpieralisi@kernel.org, enju.kohei@fujitsu.com,
	Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v17 06/20] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add a new mode for supporting Realm guests
Date: Tue,  8 Sep 2026 17:22:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908162223.1683432-7-suzuki.poulose@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908162223.1683432-1-suzuki.poulose@arm.com>

Add an explicit mode to support Arm CCA guests.

Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +++
 arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h               | 1 +
 arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c                            | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 68647ff4bdd24..1afe3df3b923e 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3256,6 +3256,9 @@ Kernel parameters
 			nested: VHE-based mode with support for nested
 				virtualization. Requires at least ARMv8.4
 				hardware (with FEAT_NV2).
+			rmm: Support for running confidential guests in Realm
+			     world using RMM, as defined by Arm Confidential
+			     Compute Architecture (CCA)
 
 			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
 			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index b2e99c5cb1cd3..31ae9d8d8e92f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ enum kvm_mode {
 	KVM_MODE_DEFAULT,
 	KVM_MODE_PROTECTED,
 	KVM_MODE_NV,
+	KVM_MODE_RMM,
 	KVM_MODE_NONE,
 };
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 9af3bbb2f8c24..50f0adfadab38 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -3264,6 +3264,11 @@ static int __init early_kvm_mode_cfg(char *arg)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (strcmp(arg, "rmm") == 0 && !WARN_ON(!is_kernel_in_hyp_mode())) {
+		kvm_mode = KVM_MODE_RMM;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 early_param("kvm-arm.mode", early_kvm_mode_cfg);
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-08 16:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-08 16:22 [PATCH v17 00/20] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add basic plumbing for Realms Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 01/20] KVM: arm64: Include kvm_emulate.h in kvm/arm_psci.h Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-09 11:20   ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 02/20] KVM: arm64: Avoid including linux/kvm_host.h in kvm_pgtable.h Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-09 11:22   ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-09 11:24     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-10  3:40   ` Gavin Shan
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 03/20] KVM: arm64: Track the type of VM in kvm_arch Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-09 11:28   ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-09 11:30     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-10  3:39   ` Gavin Shan
2026-09-10  6:35     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-11 16:14   ` Marc Zyngier
2026-09-11 17:06     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 04/20] KVM: arm64: Refactor the vcpu_load to allow for VM specific callbacks Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-10  4:00   ` Gavin Shan
2026-09-10 10:21     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 05/20] KVM: arm64: Add vcpu load/put call backs for flavors Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-10  5:33   ` Gavin Shan
2026-09-10  8:40     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` Suzuki K Poulose [this message]
2026-09-09  3:26   ` [PATCH v17 06/20] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add a new mode for supporting Realm guests Kohei Enju
2026-09-09 10:48     ` Marc Zyngier
2026-09-10  4:49       ` Kohei Enju
2026-09-10  5:53   ` Gavin Shan
2026-09-10  8:43     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-10  9:40       ` Gavin Shan
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 07/20] KVM: arm64: CCA: Introduce Realms Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 08/20] KVM: arm64: coco: Add a helper to check if a VM is confidential compute guest Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 09/20] KVM: arm64: coco: arch_timer: Prevent timer offset configuration Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:46   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-10 12:19     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 10/20] KVM: arm64: coco: Disable Steal time accounting for coco guests Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-09 11:45   ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-09 11:52     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-09 12:23       ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-10 10:27         ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-10 12:42           ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-10 12:44             ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 11/20] KVM: arm64: coco: Don't handle MMIO with no ISV Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 12/20] KVM: arm64: CCA: Support timers in realm RECs Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:56   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 18:58     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 13/20] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add VCPU load/put for Realms Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 14/20] KVM: arm64: CCA: Don't expose unsupported capabilities for realm guests Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:52   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-10 12:18     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 15/20] KVM: arm64: CCA: WARN on injected undef exceptions Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 16/20] KVM: arm64: CCA: Provide register list for unfinalized RECs Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:57   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-10 12:15     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 17/20] KVM: arm64: CCA: Provide an accurate register list Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 17:00   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-10 12:17     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 18/20] KVM: arm64: Reuse kvm_stage2_unmap_range in kvm_unmap_gfn_range Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-09 11:50   ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 19/20] KVM: arm64: Add VM specific callback for S2 MMU operations Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:59   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 18:59     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-08 16:22 ` [PATCH v17 20/20] KVM: arm64: Abstract out memory abort handling Suzuki K Poulose
2026-09-09 13:18 ` [PATCH v17 00/20] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add basic plumbing for Realms Fuad Tabba
2026-09-09 13:52   ` Suzuki K Poulose

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