From: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
To: kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: maz@kernel.org, oliver.upton@linux.dev, will@kernel.org,
joey.gouly@arm.com, suzuki.poulose@arm.com,
yuzenghui@huawei.com, catalin.marinas@arm.com,
vladimir.murzin@arm.com, tabba@google.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 8/8] KVM: arm64: Prevent host from managing timer offsets for protected VMs
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:45:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251110134525.3768197-9-tabba@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251110134525.3768197-1-tabba@google.com>
For protected VMs, the guest's timer offset state must not be controlled
by the host and must always run with a virtual counter offset of 0. The
existing timer logic allowed the host to set and manage the timer
counter offsets for protected VMs in certain cases.
Disable all host-side management of timer offsets for protected VMs by
adding checks in the relevant code paths.
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
index 3f675875abea..f5407301c8f9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
@@ -1056,10 +1056,14 @@ static void timer_context_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int timerid)
ctxt->timer_id = timerid;
- if (timerid == TIMER_VTIMER)
- ctxt->offset.vm_offset = &kvm->arch.timer_data.voffset;
- else
- ctxt->offset.vm_offset = &kvm->arch.timer_data.poffset;
+ if (!kvm_vm_is_protected(vcpu->kvm)) {
+ if (timerid == TIMER_VTIMER)
+ ctxt->offset.vm_offset = &kvm->arch.timer_data.voffset;
+ else
+ ctxt->offset.vm_offset = &kvm->arch.timer_data.poffset;
+ } else {
+ ctxt->offset.vm_offset = NULL;
+ }
hrtimer_setup(&ctxt->hrtimer, kvm_hrtimer_expire, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_HARD);
@@ -1083,7 +1087,8 @@ void kvm_timer_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
timer_context_init(vcpu, i);
/* Synchronize offsets across timers of a VM if not already provided */
- if (!test_bit(KVM_ARCH_FLAG_VM_COUNTER_OFFSET, &vcpu->kvm->arch.flags)) {
+ if (!vcpu_is_protected(vcpu) &&
+ !test_bit(KVM_ARCH_FLAG_VM_COUNTER_OFFSET, &vcpu->kvm->arch.flags)) {
timer_set_offset(vcpu_vtimer(vcpu), kvm_phys_timer_read());
timer_set_offset(vcpu_ptimer(vcpu), 0);
}
@@ -1687,6 +1692,9 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_counter_offset(struct kvm *kvm,
if (offset->reserved)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (kvm_vm_is_protected(kvm))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
if (!kvm_trylock_all_vcpus(kvm)) {
--
2.51.2.1041.gc1ab5b90ca-goog
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-10 13:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-10 13:45 [PATCH v3 0/8] KVM: arm64: Fixes for guest CPU feature trapping and enabling Fuad Tabba
2025-11-10 13:45 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] KVM: arm64: Fix Trace Buffer trapping for protected VMs Fuad Tabba
2025-11-10 13:45 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] KVM: arm64: Fix Trace Buffer trap polarity " Fuad Tabba
2025-11-10 13:45 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] KVM: arm64: Fix MTE flag initialization " Fuad Tabba
2025-11-10 14:51 ` Ben Horgan
2025-11-10 15:03 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-11-10 13:45 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] KVM: arm64: Introduce helper to calculate fault IPA offset Fuad Tabba
2025-11-10 13:45 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] KVM: arm64: Include VM type when checking VM capabilities in pKVM Fuad Tabba
2025-11-10 13:45 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] KVM: arm64: Do not allow KVM_CAP_ARM_MTE for any guest " Fuad Tabba
2025-11-10 13:45 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] KVM: arm64: Check whether a VM IOCTL is allowed " Fuad Tabba
2025-11-10 13:45 ` Fuad Tabba [this message]
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