Re: [PATCH v2 00/35] KVM: arm64: Add support for protected guest memory with pKVM

Fuad Tabba
2026-02-10T19:04:22Z

Hi Trilok,

On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 at 18:58, Trilok Soni
<trilokkumar.soni@oss.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>
> On 1/19/2026 4:45 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > It's back and it's even bigger than before!
> >
> > Although the first patch has been picked up as a fix (thanks, Oliver),
> > review feedback has resulted in some additional patches being included
> > in the series. If you'd like to see the first version, it's available
> > here:
>
> Is it possible to test this patch series w/ the QEMU or it will require
> real SOC platform?

QEMU works just fine. Just make sure you use the kvmtool patches [1]
Will mentioned in v1, and to book the kernel with
`kvm-arm.mode=protected`.

Cheers,
/fuad

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/kvmtool.git/log/?h=pkvm

>
> ---Trilok Soni