Re: [PATCH v13 23/48] KVM: arm64: Expose support for private memory

Wei-Lin Chang
2026-03-19T19:01:21Z

On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 03:53:47PM +0000, Steven Price wrote:
> Select KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES and provide the necessary support
> functions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com>
> ---
> Changes since v12:
> * Only define kvm_arch_has_private_mem() when
> CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES is set to avoid build issues
> when KVM is disabled.
> Changes since v10:
> * KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM replacd with KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES.
> Changes since v9:
> * Drop the #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEM guard from the definition of
> kvm_arch_has_private_mem()
> Changes since v2:
> * Switch kvm_arch_has_private_mem() to a macro to avoid overhead of a
> function call.
> * Guard definitions of kvm_arch_{pre,post}_set_memory_attributes() with
> #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES.
> * Early out in kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes() if the WARN_ON
> should trigger.
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 4 ++++
> arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig | 1 +
> arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index 64304848aad4..1efea996f474 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -1486,6 +1486,10 @@ struct kvm *kvm_arch_alloc_vm(void);
>
> #define vcpu_is_protected(vcpu) kvm_vm_is_protected((vcpu)->kvm)
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
> +#define kvm_arch_has_private_mem(kvm) ((kvm)->arch.is_realm)
> +#endif
> +
> int kvm_arm_vcpu_finalize(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int feature);
> bool kvm_arm_vcpu_is_finalized(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
> index 4f803fd1c99a..1cac6dfc0972 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ menuconfig KVM
> select SCHED_INFO
> select GUEST_PERF_EVENTS if PERF_EVENTS
> select KVM_GUEST_MEMFD
> + select KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES

Hi,

I believe we should also add this:

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index bfa0ab343081..13722f876dcd 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -6365,7 +6365,7 @@ Returns -EINVAL if called on a protected VM.
-------------------------------

:Capability: KVM_CAP_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
-:Architectures: x86
+:Architectures: x86, arm64
:Type: vm ioctl
:Parameters: struct kvm_memory_attributes (in)
:Returns: 0 on success, <0 on error

Thanks,
Wei-Lin Chang

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>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> index b705ad6c6c8b..bad93938acdb 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> @@ -2494,6 +2494,30 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
> return ret;
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
> +bool kvm_arch_pre_set_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
> + struct kvm_gfn_range *range)
> +{
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(!kvm_arch_has_private_mem(kvm));
> + return false;
> +}
> +
> +bool kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
> + struct kvm_gfn_range *range)
> +{
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!kvm_arch_has_private_mem(kvm)))
> + return false;
> +
> + if (range->arg.attributes & KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE)
> + range->attr_filter = KVM_FILTER_SHARED;
> + else
> + range->attr_filter = KVM_FILTER_PRIVATE;
> + kvm_unmap_gfn_range(kvm, range);
> +
> + return false;
> +}
> +#endif
> +
> void kvm_arch_free_memslot(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot)
> {
> }
> --
> 2.43.0
>