From: Sebastian Ott <sebott@redhat.com>
To: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>
Cc: qemu-arm@nongnu.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, Sebastian Ott <sebott@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 2/2] target/arm/kvm: add kvm-psci-version vcpu property
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:30:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260211153032.19327-3-sebott@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260211153032.19327-1-sebott@redhat.com>
Provide a kvm specific vcpu property to override the default
(as of kernel v6.13 that would be PSCI v1.3) PSCI version emulated
by kvm. Current valid values are: 0.1, 0.2, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3
Note: in order to support PSCI v0.1 we need to drop vcpu
initialization with KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI_0_2 in that case.
Reviewed-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ott <sebott@redhat.com>
---
docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst | 11 ++++++
target/arm/cpu.h | 6 +++
target/arm/kvm.c | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst b/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst
index 37d5dfd15b..50b106f2eb 100644
--- a/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst
+++ b/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst
@@ -204,6 +204,17 @@ the list of KVM VCPU features and their descriptions.
the guest scheduler behavior and/or be exposed to the guest
userspace.
+``kvm-psci-version``
+ Set the Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI) firmware ABI version
+ that KVM provides to the guest. By default KVM will use the newest
+ version that it knows about (which is PSCI v1.3 in Linux v6.13).
+
+ You only need to set this if you want to be able to migrate this
+ VM to a host machine running an older kernel that does not
+ recognize the PSCI version that this host's kernel defaults to.
+
+ Current valid values are: 0.1, 0.2, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3.
+
TCG VCPU Features
=================
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.h b/target/arm/cpu.h
index e146f7e6c4..d3cfd444e8 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.h
@@ -1036,6 +1036,12 @@ struct ArchCPU {
bool kvm_vtime_dirty;
uint64_t kvm_vtime;
+ /*
+ * Intermediate value used during property parsing.
+ * Once finalized, the value should be read from psci_version.
+ */
+ uint32_t kvm_prop_psci_version;
+
/* KVM steal time */
OnOffAuto kvm_steal_time;
diff --git a/target/arm/kvm.c b/target/arm/kvm.c
index ded582e0da..6d13cb4f3c 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm.c
@@ -485,6 +485,46 @@ static void kvm_steal_time_set(Object *obj, bool value, Error **errp)
ARM_CPU(obj)->kvm_steal_time = value ? ON_OFF_AUTO_ON : ON_OFF_AUTO_OFF;
}
+typedef struct PSCIVersion {
+ uint32_t number;
+ const char *str;
+} PSCIVersion;
+
+static const PSCIVersion psci_versions[] = {
+ { QEMU_PSCI_VERSION_0_1, "0.1" },
+ { QEMU_PSCI_VERSION_0_2, "0.2" },
+ { QEMU_PSCI_VERSION_1_0, "1.0" },
+ { QEMU_PSCI_VERSION_1_1, "1.1" },
+ { QEMU_PSCI_VERSION_1_2, "1.2" },
+ { QEMU_PSCI_VERSION_1_3, "1.3" },
+};
+
+static char *kvm_get_psci_version(Object *obj, Error **errp)
+{
+ ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(psci_versions); i++) {
+ if (psci_versions[i].number == cpu->psci_version)
+ return g_strdup(psci_versions[i].str);
+ }
+
+ return g_strdup_printf("Unknown PSCI-version: %x", cpu->psci_version);
+}
+
+static void kvm_set_psci_version(Object *obj, const char *value, Error **errp)
+{
+ ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(psci_versions); i++) {
+ if (!strcmp(value, psci_versions[i].str)) {
+ cpu->kvm_prop_psci_version = psci_versions[i].number;
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+
+ error_setg(errp, "Invalid PSCI version.");
+}
+
/* KVM VCPU properties should be prefixed with "kvm-". */
void kvm_arm_add_vcpu_properties(ARMCPU *cpu)
{
@@ -506,6 +546,12 @@ void kvm_arm_add_vcpu_properties(ARMCPU *cpu)
kvm_steal_time_set);
object_property_set_description(obj, "kvm-steal-time",
"Set off to disable KVM steal time.");
+
+ object_property_add_str(obj, "kvm-psci-version", kvm_get_psci_version,
+ kvm_set_psci_version);
+ object_property_set_description(obj, "kvm-psci-version",
+ "Set PSCI version. "
+ "Valid values are 0.1, 0.2, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3");
}
bool kvm_arm_pmu_supported(void)
@@ -1976,7 +2022,12 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUState *cs)
if (cs->start_powered_off) {
cpu->kvm_init_features[0] |= 1 << KVM_ARM_VCPU_POWER_OFF;
}
- if (kvm_check_extension(cs->kvm_state, KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI_0_2)) {
+ if (cpu->kvm_prop_psci_version != QEMU_PSCI_VERSION_0_1 &&
+ kvm_check_extension(cs->kvm_state, KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI_0_2)) {
+ /*
+ * Versions >= v0.2 are backward compatible with v0.2
+ * omit the feature flag for v0.1 .
+ */
cpu->psci_version = QEMU_PSCI_VERSION_0_2;
cpu->kvm_init_features[0] |= 1 << KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2;
}
@@ -2015,6 +2066,18 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUState *cs)
}
}
+ if (cpu->kvm_prop_psci_version) {
+ psciver = cpu->kvm_prop_psci_version;
+ ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, KVM_REG_ARM_PSCI_VERSION, &psciver);
+ if (ret) {
+ error_report("KVM in this kernel does not support PSCI version %d.%d",
+ (int) PSCI_VERSION_MAJOR(psciver),
+ (int) PSCI_VERSION_MINOR(psciver));
+ error_printf("Consider setting the kvm-psci-version property on the "
+ "migration source.\n");
+ return ret;
+ }
+ }
/*
* KVM reports the exact PSCI version it is implementing via a
* special sysreg. If it is present, use its contents to determine
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-11 15:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-11 15:30 [PATCH v5 0/2] arm: add kvm-psci-version vcpu property Sebastian Ott
2026-02-11 15:30 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] target/arm/kvm: add constants for new PSCI versions Sebastian Ott
2026-02-11 15:30 ` Sebastian Ott [this message]
2026-02-16 13:31 ` [PATCH v5 0/2] arm: add kvm-psci-version vcpu property Peter Maydell
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