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* [RFC v4 00/24] Add Realm support to QEMU-VMM
@ 2026-09-03 19:35 Mathieu Poirier
  2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 01/24] linux-headers: Add RME related definitions Mathieu Poirier
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  0 siblings, 24 replies; 29+ messages in thread
From: Mathieu Poirier @ 2026-09-03 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: berrange, kchamart, pierrick.bouvier, peter.maydell, mst, cohuck,
	pbonzini, eblake, armbru, lorenzo.pieralisi, gshan, enju.kohei
  Cc: qemu-devel, qemu-arm, kvm, mathieu.poirier

This patchset provides minimal functionality to start a Realm VM
from an Arm RME capable host using the following command line:

qemu-system-aarch64 \
 -M confidential-guest-support=rme0,memory-backend=ram0 \
 -object rme-guest,id=rme0,convert-in-place=on \
 -object memory-backend-guest-memfd,id=ram0,size=1G,share=on \
 -cpu host -M virt -enable-kvm -M gic-version=3,its=on -nodefaults ..

It is a refactoring of Jean-Philippe Brucker's initial work dating from a while
back.  It is compatible with Steven Price's v16 revision [1] of his work adding
CCA support to KVM.

This revision is based on Michael Roth's work on guest memfd in-place memory
conversion [2], rebased to QEMU master.  I left out the AMD specific changes  
from Michael's work because I can't test the result.  Other than the
modications to the linux headers, this series is identical to V3. 

It was tested on the QEMU SBSA machine.  For convenience, a repository is hosted
here [3], along with the TF-A [4] and RMM [5] for the SBSA machine (compatible
with Steven's v16 patchset).  The Repository for the kernel [6] is also
available.  Note that for the latter, defines for
KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES and KVM_CAP_ARM_RMI have been modified to
follow QEMU master. 

Instructions to compile and run the entire stack can be found here [7].

Device Assignment is not included.

Thanks,
Mathieu

[1]. https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260803134403.80630-1-steven.price@arm.com/
[2]. https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260528000416.8161-1-michael.roth@amd.com/
[3]. https://gitlab.com/Linaro/cca-public/qemu/-/tree/upstream-v4?ref_type=heads 
[4]. https://gitlab.com/Linaro/cca-public/tf-a/trusted-firmware-a/-/tree/cca/v13?ref_type=heads
[5]. https://gitlab.com/Linaro/cca-public/rmm/-/tree/cca/v16?ref_type=heads
[6]. https://gitlab.com/Linaro/cca-public/linux/-/tree/upstream-v4?ref_type=heads 
[7]. https://gitlab.com/Linaro/cca-public/build-instructions

RFC v3: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260825220101.3443954-1-mathieu.poirier@linaro.org/
RFC v2: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260728192630.240375-1-mathieu.poirier@linaro.org/
RFC v1: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2026-07/msg02307.html


Jean-Philippe Brucker (23):
  linux-headers: Add RME related definitions
  target/arm/kvm: Return immediately on error in kvm_arch_init()
  target/arm: Add confidential guest support
  target/arm/kvm: Split kvm_arch_get/put_registers
  target/arm/kvm-rme: Initialize vCPU
  target/arm/kvm: Create scratch Realm VM when requested
  target/arm/kvm: Use kvm_vm_check_extension() where necessary
  hw/core/loader: Add a ROM loader notifier
  target/arm/kvm-rme: Keep track of images loaded in Realm memory
  target/arm/kvm-rme: Populate Realm with runtime images
  target/arm/cpu: Set number of breakpoints and watchpoints in KVM
  target/arm/cpu: Set number of PMU counters in KVM
  target/arm/cpu: Don't read Realm registers
  hw/arm/virt: Set proper conduit method for Realms
  hw/arm/virt: Embed Realm VM type with IPA address space
  hw/arm/virt: Reserve one bit of guest physical address for RME
  hw/arm/virt: Disable DTB randomness for confidential VMs
  hw/arm/virt: Move virt_flash_create() to machvirt_init()
  hw/arm/virt: Use RAM instead of flash for confidential guest firmware
  target/arm/kvm-rme: Add DMA remapping for the shared memory region
  docs/interop/firmware.json: Add arm-rme firmware feature
  hw/arm/boot: Load DTB as is for confidential VMs
  hw/arm/boot: Skip bootloader for confidential guests

Mathieu Poirier (1):
  target/arm/kvm-rme: Add mechanic to initialize realms

 docs/interop/firmware.json                 |   5 +-
 docs/system/arm/virt.rst                   |   9 +-
 docs/system/confidential-guest-support.rst |   1 +
 hw/arm/boot.c                              |  70 ++++-
 hw/arm/virt.c                              | 142 +++++++--
 hw/core/loader.c                           |  15 +
 include/hw/arm/boot.h                      |   9 +
 include/hw/arm/virt.h                      |   2 +-
 include/hw/core/loader.h                   |  17 ++
 linux-headers/asm-arm64/kvm.h              |   9 +
 linux-headers/linux/kvm.h                  |  10 +-
 qapi/qom.json                              |  13 +
 target/arm/arm-qmp-cmds.c                  |   1 +
 target/arm/cpu.c                           |   5 +
 target/arm/cpu.h                           |  10 +
 target/arm/cpu64.c                         | 122 ++++++++
 target/arm/kvm-rme.c                       | 336 +++++++++++++++++++++
 target/arm/kvm-stub.c                      |   9 +
 target/arm/kvm.c                           | 202 ++++++++++++-
 target/arm/kvm_arm.h                       |  20 ++
 target/arm/meson.build                     |   5 +-
 21 files changed, 962 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 target/arm/kvm-rme.c

-- 
2.43.0


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2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 01/24] linux-headers: Add RME related definitions Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-04  6:07   ` Gavin Shan
2026-09-04 16:24     ` Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 02/24] target/arm/kvm: Return immediately on error in kvm_arch_init() Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 03/24] target/arm: Add confidential guest support Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 04/24] target/arm/kvm-rme: Add mechanic to initialize realms Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 05/24] target/arm/kvm: Split kvm_arch_get/put_registers Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 06/24] target/arm/kvm-rme: Initialize vCPU Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 07/24] target/arm/kvm: Create scratch Realm VM when requested Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-04  3:09   ` Kohei Enju
2026-09-04 16:25     ` Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 08/24] target/arm/kvm: Use kvm_vm_check_extension() where necessary Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 09/24] hw/core/loader: Add a ROM loader notifier Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 10/24] target/arm/kvm-rme: Keep track of images loaded in Realm memory Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 11/24] target/arm/kvm-rme: Populate Realm with runtime images Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 12/24] target/arm/cpu: Set number of breakpoints and watchpoints in KVM Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:36 ` [RFC v4 13/24] target/arm/cpu: Set number of PMU counters " Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:36 ` [RFC v4 14/24] target/arm/cpu: Don't read Realm registers Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:36 ` [RFC v4 15/24] hw/arm/virt: Set proper conduit method for Realms Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:36 ` [RFC v4 16/24] hw/arm/virt: Embed Realm VM type with IPA address space Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:36 ` [RFC v4 17/24] hw/arm/virt: Reserve one bit of guest physical address for RME Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:36 ` [RFC v4 18/24] hw/arm/virt: Disable DTB randomness for confidential VMs Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:36 ` [RFC v4 19/24] hw/arm/virt: Move virt_flash_create() to machvirt_init() Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:36 ` [RFC v4 20/24] hw/arm/virt: Use RAM instead of flash for confidential guest firmware Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:36 ` [RFC v4 21/24] target/arm/kvm-rme: Add DMA remapping for the shared memory region Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:36 ` [RFC v4 22/24] docs/interop/firmware.json: Add arm-rme firmware feature Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:36 ` [RFC v4 23/24] hw/arm/boot: Load DTB as is for confidential VMs Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:36 ` [RFC v4 24/24] hw/arm/boot: Skip bootloader for confidential guests Mathieu Poirier

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