From: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev
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Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v22 15/23] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add a new mode for supporting Realm guests
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 10:07:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261005090754.2140522-16-suzuki.poulose@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261005090754.2140522-1-suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Add an explicit mode to support Arm CCA guests.
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +++
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 68647ff4bdd24..1afe3df3b923e 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3256,6 +3256,9 @@ Kernel parameters
nested: VHE-based mode with support for nested
virtualization. Requires at least ARMv8.4
hardware (with FEAT_NV2).
+ rmm: Support for running confidential guests in Realm
+ world using RMM, as defined by Arm Confidential
+ Compute Architecture (CCA)
Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 56861b75411f1..dfa9d4ec61a76 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ enum kvm_mode {
KVM_MODE_DEFAULT,
KVM_MODE_PROTECTED,
KVM_MODE_NV,
+ KVM_MODE_RMM,
KVM_MODE_NONE,
};
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 9c2ef7ca6a961..6c81fec35ecec 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -3279,6 +3279,11 @@ static int __init early_kvm_mode_cfg(char *arg)
return 0;
}
+ if (strcmp(arg, "rmm") == 0 && !WARN_ON(!is_kernel_in_hyp_mode())) {
+ kvm_mode = KVM_MODE_RMM;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
return -EINVAL;
}
early_param("kvm-arm.mode", early_kvm_mode_cfg);
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-05 9:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-05 9:07 [PATCH v22 00/23] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add basic plumbing for Realms Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 01/23] KVM: arm64: protected VM: Handle user writes to CNTVCT_EL0/CNTPCT_EL0 Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 0:02 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 02/23] KVM: arm64: Disable Steal time accounting for protected guests Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 0:03 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 03/23] KVM: arm64: Include kvm_emulate.h in kvm/arm_psci.h Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 04/23] KVM: arm64: Avoid including linux/kvm_host.h in kvm_pgtable.h Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 05/23] KVM: arm64: Track the type of VM in kvm_arch Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 3:55 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-06 8:33 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-10-06 8:49 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 06/23] KVM: arm64: Don't call vcpu_set_pauth_traps for pKVM host Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 0:29 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 07/23] KVM: arm64: Refactor the vcpu_load to allow for VM specific callbacks Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 08/23] KVM: arm64: Add vcpu load/put call backs for flavors Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 2:15 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 09/23] KVM: arm64: Prevent unsupported vcpu features for VM types Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 2:24 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-06 2:25 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-06 5:16 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 8:50 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 10/23] KVM: arm64: Consolidate stage2 unmap range into kvm_stage2_unmap_range Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 2:37 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 11/23] KVM: arm64: Add VM specific callback for S2 MMU operations Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 3:00 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-06 5:22 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 9:24 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-10-06 10:36 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 15:14 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 12/23] KVM: arm64: Use a local kvm pointer in kvm_handle_guest_abort() Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 3:02 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 13/23] KVM: arm64: Abstract out memory abort handling Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 3:07 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-06 5:25 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 14/23] KVM: arm64: Mandate VGIC v3 for pKVM VMs and Realms Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 3:10 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-05 9:07 ` Suzuki K Poulose [this message]
2026-10-06 3:11 ` [PATCH v22 15/23] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add a new mode for supporting Realm guests Gavin Shan
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 16/23] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add VCPU load/put for Realms Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 3:16 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-06 5:09 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 17/23] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add bare minimal S2 operations for Realm Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 3:18 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 18/23] KVM: arm64: CCA: Introduce Realms Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 3:42 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-06 5:10 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 19/23] KVM: arm64: CCA: Don't expose unsupported capabilities for realm guests Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 4:58 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 20/23] KVM: arm64: CCA: WARN on injected undef exceptions Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 3:49 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 21/23] KVM: arm64: CCA: Support timers in realm RECs Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 5:44 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 22/23] KVM: arm64: CCA: Expose SVE VL register before VCPU finalization Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 5:35 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-06 5:57 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-05 9:07 ` [PATCH v22 23/23] KVM: arm64: CCA: Control user register access for Realms Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 5:47 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-06 6:01 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 6:16 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-06 12:36 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-10-06 22:00 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-06 6:23 ` Gavin Shan
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