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From: Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>
To: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>,
	berrange@redhat.com, kchamart@redhat.com,
	pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com, peter.maydell@linaro.org,
	mst@redhat.com, cohuck@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com,
	eblake@redhat.com, armbru@redhat.com,
	lorenzo.pieralisi@linaro.org, enju.kohei@fujitsu.com
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, qemu-arm@nongnu.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v4 07/24] target/arm/kvm: Create scratch Realm VM when requested
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 11:05:09 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d04fe4a6-4418-48b9-b2ed-cce6278e0081@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903193611.1058589-8-mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>

On 9/4/26 5:35 AM, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> From: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@linaro.org>
> 
> When a Realm is requested, create a scratch Realm VM by setting bit 8
> of the argument given to the KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl().  Bit 7-0 are reserved
> for the guest PA size.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
> ---
>   target/arm/kvm.c | 6 +++++-
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/target/arm/kvm.c b/target/arm/kvm.c
> index b4c6da1fb9f3..d86e66e056b9 100644
> --- a/target/arm/kvm.c
> +++ b/target/arm/kvm.c
> @@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ bool kvm_arm_create_scratch_host_vcpu(int *fdarray,
>                                         struct kvm_vcpu_init *init)
>   {
>       int ret = 0, kvmfd = -1, vmfd = -1, cpufd = -1;
> +    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
>       int max_vm_pa_size;
> +    int vm_type;
> 

@vm_type can be initialized when it's declared.

        MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
        int vm_type = ms->cgs ? KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_REALM : KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_NORMAL;
        int max_vm_pa_size;

   
>       kvmfd = qemu_open_old("/dev/kvm", O_RDWR);
>       if (kvmfd < 0) {
> @@ -118,8 +120,10 @@ bool kvm_arm_create_scratch_host_vcpu(int *fdarray,
>       if (max_vm_pa_size < 0) {
>           max_vm_pa_size = 0;
>       }
> +
> +    vm_type = (ms->cgs ? KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_REALM : KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_NORMAL);

() aren't needed.

>       do {
> -        vmfd = ioctl(kvmfd, KVM_CREATE_VM, max_vm_pa_size);
> +        vmfd = ioctl(kvmfd, KVM_CREATE_VM, max_vm_pa_size | vm_type);
>       } while (vmfd == -1 && errno == EINTR);
>       if (vmfd < 0) {
>           goto err;

Thanks,
Gavin


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-02  1:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-03 19:35 [RFC v4 00/24] Add Realm support to QEMU-VMM Mathieu Poirier
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
2026-09-15 21:01   ` Michael Roth
2026-09-30 21:24     ` Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 03/24] target/arm: Add confidential guest support Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-07  8:49   ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-15 21:27   ` Michael Roth
2026-09-22  8:01     ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2026-09-24  3:12       ` Kohei Enju
2026-09-30 21:28         ` Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 04/24] target/arm/kvm-rme: Add mechanic to initialize realms Mathieu Poirier
2026-10-01 23:42   ` Gavin Shan
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
2026-10-02  0:53   ` Gavin Shan
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
2026-10-02  1:05   ` Gavin Shan [this message]
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
2026-09-15 22:36   ` Michael Roth
2026-10-02  1:15   ` Gavin Shan
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 10/24] target/arm/kvm-rme: Keep track of images loaded in Realm memory Mathieu Poirier
2026-09-15 22:50   ` Michael Roth
2026-09-16 21:40     ` Mathieu Poirier
2026-10-02  1:23   ` Gavin Shan
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 11/24] target/arm/kvm-rme: Populate Realm with runtime images Mathieu Poirier
2026-10-02  3:45   ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-02  9:27     ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2026-09-03 19:35 ` [RFC v4 12/24] target/arm/cpu: Set number of breakpoints and watchpoints in KVM Mathieu Poirier
2026-10-02  4:06   ` Gavin Shan
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
2026-10-02  4:16   ` Gavin Shan
2026-09-03 19:36 ` [RFC v4 17/24] hw/arm/virt: Reserve one bit of guest physical address for RME Mathieu Poirier
2026-10-02  4:19   ` Gavin Shan
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
2026-09-21  4:05 ` [RFC v4 00/24] Add Realm support to QEMU-VMM Gavin Shan
2026-10-02 20:31   ` Mathieu Poirier

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