* [PATCH v6 0/4] Support runtime configuration for per-VM's HGATP mode
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From: fangyu.yu @ 2026-03-30 12:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pbonzini, corbet, anup, atish.patra, pjw, palmer, aou, alex,
skhan
Cc: guoren, radim.krcmar, andrew.jones, linux-doc, kvm, kvm-riscv,
linux-riscv, linux-kernel, Fangyu Yu
From: Fangyu Yu <fangyu.yu@linux.alibaba.com>
Currently, RISC-V KVM hardcodes the G-stage page table format (HGATP mode)
to the maximum mode detected at boot time (e.g., SV57x4 if supported). but
often such a wide GPA is unnecessary, just as a host sometimes doesn't need
sv57.
This patch introduces per-VM configurability of the G-stage mode via a new
KVM capability: KVM_CAP_RISCV_SET_HGATP_MODE. User-space can now explicitly
request a specific HGATP mode (SV39x4, SV48x4, SV57x4 or SV32x4) during
VM creation.
---
Changes in v6 (Anup's suggestions):
- Reworked kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_bits() and kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_size() to
take "unsigned long pgd_levels" instead of "struct kvm_arch *".
- Moved kvm_riscv_gstage_mode() helper from kvm_host.h to kvm_gstage.h.
- Renamed kvm->arch.kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels to kvm->arch.pgd_levels.
- Added pgd_levels to struct kvm_gstage to avoid repeated
gstage->kvm->arch pointer chasing.
- Link to v5:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20260204134507.33912-1-fangyu.yu@linux.alibaba.com/
---
Changes in v5:
- Use architectural HGATP.MODE encodings as the bit index for the supported-mode
bitmap and for the VM-mode selection UAPI; no new UAPI mode/bit defines are
introduced(per Radim).
- Allow KVM_CAP_RISCV_SET_HGATP_MODE on RV32 as well(per Drew).
- Link to v4:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20260202140716.34323-1-fangyu.yu@linux.alibaba.com/
---
Changes in v4:
- Extend kvm_riscv_gstage_mode_detect() to probe all HGATP.MODE values
supported by the host and record them in a bitmask.
- Treat unexpected pgd_levels in kvm_riscv_gstage_mode() as an internal error
(e.g. WARN_ON_ONCE())(per Radim).
- Move kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_bits() and kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_size() to header
as static inline helpers(per Radim).
- Drop gstage_mode_user_initialized and Remove the kvm_debug() message from
KVM_CAP_RISCV_SET_HGATP_MODE(per Radim).
- Link to v3:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20260125150450.27068-1-fangyu.yu@linux.alibaba.com/
---
Changes in v3:
- Reworked the patch formatting (per Drew).
- Dropped kvm->arch.kvm_riscv_gstage_mode and derive HGATP.MODE from
kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels via a helper, avoiding redundant per-VM state(per Drew).
- Removed kvm_riscv_gstage_max_mode and keep only kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels
for host capability detection(per Drew).
- Other initialization and return value issues(per Drew).
- Enforce that KVM_CAP_RISCV_SET_HGATP_MODE can only be enabled before any vCPUs
are created by rejecting the ioctl once kvm->created_vcpus is non-zero(per Radim).
- Add a memslot safety check and reject the capability unless
kvm_are_all_memslots_empty(kvm) is true, ensuring the G-stage format is not
changed after any memslots have been installed(per Radim).
- Link to v2:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20260105143232.76715-1-fangyu.yu@linux.alibaba.com/
Fangyu Yu (4):
RISC-V: KVM: Support runtime configuration for per-VM's HGATP mode
RISC-V: KVM: Cache gstage pgd_levels in struct kvm_gstage
RISC-V: KVM: Detect and expose supported HGATP G-stage modes
RISC-V: KVM: add KVM_CAP_RISCV_SET_HGATP_MODE
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 27 ++++++++
arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h | 58 ++++++++++++++--
arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 +
arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c | 102 ++++++++++++++--------------
arch/riscv/kvm/main.c | 12 ++--
arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c | 70 ++++++-------------
arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c | 20 +++++-
arch/riscv/kvm/vmid.c | 3 +-
include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 1 +
9 files changed, 178 insertions(+), 116 deletions(-)
--
2.50.1
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* [PATCH v6 1/4] RISC-V: KVM: Support runtime configuration for per-VM's HGATP mode
2026-03-30 12:25 [PATCH v6 0/4] Support runtime configuration for per-VM's HGATP mode fangyu.yu
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2026-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v6 2/4] RISC-V: KVM: Cache gstage pgd_levels in struct kvm_gstage fangyu.yu
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From: fangyu.yu @ 2026-03-30 12:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pbonzini, corbet, anup, atish.patra, pjw, palmer, aou, alex,
skhan
Cc: guoren, radim.krcmar, andrew.jones, linux-doc, kvm, kvm-riscv,
linux-riscv, linux-kernel, Fangyu Yu
From: Fangyu Yu <fangyu.yu@linux.alibaba.com>
Introduces one per-VM architecture-specific fields to support runtime
configuration of the G-stage page table format:
- kvm->arch.pgd_levels: the corresponding number of page table levels
for the selected mode.
These fields replace the previous global variables
kvm_riscv_gstage_mode and kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels, enabling different
virtual machines to independently select their G-stage page table format
instead of being forced to share the maximum mode detected by the kernel
at boot time.
Signed-off-by: Fangyu Yu <fangyu.yu@linux.alibaba.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <andrew.jones@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h | 37 ++++++++++++----
arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 +
arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c | 65 ++++++++++++++---------------
arch/riscv/kvm/main.c | 12 +++---
arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c | 20 +++++----
arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c | 2 +-
arch/riscv/kvm/vmid.c | 3 +-
7 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h
index 595e2183173e..5aa58d1f692a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h
@@ -29,16 +29,22 @@ struct kvm_gstage_mapping {
#define kvm_riscv_gstage_index_bits 10
#endif
-extern unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_mode;
-extern unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels;
+extern unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels;
#define kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_xbits 2
#define kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_size (1UL << (HGATP_PAGE_SHIFT + kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_xbits))
-#define kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_bits (HGATP_PAGE_SHIFT + \
- (kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels * \
- kvm_riscv_gstage_index_bits) + \
- kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_xbits)
-#define kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_size ((gpa_t)(1ULL << kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_bits))
+
+static inline unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_bits(unsigned long pgd_levels)
+{
+ return (HGATP_PAGE_SHIFT +
+ pgd_levels * kvm_riscv_gstage_index_bits +
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_xbits);
+}
+
+static inline gpa_t kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_size(unsigned long pgd_levels)
+{
+ return BIT_ULL(kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_bits(pgd_levels));
+}
bool kvm_riscv_gstage_get_leaf(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, gpa_t addr,
pte_t **ptepp, u32 *ptep_level);
@@ -69,4 +75,21 @@ void kvm_riscv_gstage_wp_range(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, gpa_t start, gpa_t end
void kvm_riscv_gstage_mode_detect(void);
+static inline unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_mode(unsigned long pgd_levels)
+{
+ switch (pgd_levels) {
+ case 2:
+ return HGATP_MODE_SV32X4;
+ case 3:
+ return HGATP_MODE_SV39X4;
+ case 4:
+ return HGATP_MODE_SV48X4;
+ case 5:
+ return HGATP_MODE_SV57X4;
+ default:
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+ return HGATP_MODE_OFF;
+ }
+}
+
#endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 24585304c02b..478f699e9dec 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct kvm_arch {
/* G-stage page table */
pgd_t *pgd;
phys_addr_t pgd_phys;
+ unsigned long pgd_levels;
/* Guest Timer */
struct kvm_guest_timer timer;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c
index b67d60d722c2..4beb9322fe76 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c
@@ -12,22 +12,21 @@
#include <asm/kvm_gstage.h>
#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_mode __ro_after_init = HGATP_MODE_SV39X4;
-unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels __ro_after_init = 3;
+unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels __ro_after_init = 3;
#else
-unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_mode __ro_after_init = HGATP_MODE_SV32X4;
-unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels __ro_after_init = 2;
+unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels __ro_after_init = 2;
#endif
#define gstage_pte_leaf(__ptep) \
(pte_val(*(__ptep)) & (_PAGE_READ | _PAGE_WRITE | _PAGE_EXEC))
-static inline unsigned long gstage_pte_index(gpa_t addr, u32 level)
+static inline unsigned long gstage_pte_index(struct kvm_gstage *gstage,
+ gpa_t addr, u32 level)
{
unsigned long mask;
unsigned long shift = HGATP_PAGE_SHIFT + (kvm_riscv_gstage_index_bits * level);
- if (level == (kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels - 1))
+ if (level == gstage->kvm->arch.pgd_levels - 1)
mask = (PTRS_PER_PTE * (1UL << kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_xbits)) - 1;
else
mask = PTRS_PER_PTE - 1;
@@ -40,12 +39,13 @@ static inline unsigned long gstage_pte_page_vaddr(pte_t pte)
return (unsigned long)pfn_to_virt(__page_val_to_pfn(pte_val(pte)));
}
-static int gstage_page_size_to_level(unsigned long page_size, u32 *out_level)
+static int gstage_page_size_to_level(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, unsigned long page_size,
+ u32 *out_level)
{
u32 i;
unsigned long psz = 1UL << 12;
- for (i = 0; i < kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < gstage->kvm->arch.pgd_levels; i++) {
if (page_size == (psz << (i * kvm_riscv_gstage_index_bits))) {
*out_level = i;
return 0;
@@ -55,21 +55,23 @@ static int gstage_page_size_to_level(unsigned long page_size, u32 *out_level)
return -EINVAL;
}
-static int gstage_level_to_page_order(u32 level, unsigned long *out_pgorder)
+static int gstage_level_to_page_order(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, u32 level,
+ unsigned long *out_pgorder)
{
- if (kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels < level)
+ if (gstage->kvm->arch.pgd_levels < level)
return -EINVAL;
*out_pgorder = 12 + (level * kvm_riscv_gstage_index_bits);
return 0;
}
-static int gstage_level_to_page_size(u32 level, unsigned long *out_pgsize)
+static int gstage_level_to_page_size(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, u32 level,
+ unsigned long *out_pgsize)
{
int rc;
unsigned long page_order = PAGE_SHIFT;
- rc = gstage_level_to_page_order(level, &page_order);
+ rc = gstage_level_to_page_order(gstage, level, &page_order);
if (rc)
return rc;
@@ -81,11 +83,11 @@ bool kvm_riscv_gstage_get_leaf(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, gpa_t addr,
pte_t **ptepp, u32 *ptep_level)
{
pte_t *ptep;
- u32 current_level = kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels - 1;
+ u32 current_level = gstage->kvm->arch.pgd_levels - 1;
*ptep_level = current_level;
ptep = (pte_t *)gstage->pgd;
- ptep = &ptep[gstage_pte_index(addr, current_level)];
+ ptep = &ptep[gstage_pte_index(gstage, addr, current_level)];
while (ptep && pte_val(ptep_get(ptep))) {
if (gstage_pte_leaf(ptep)) {
*ptep_level = current_level;
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ bool kvm_riscv_gstage_get_leaf(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, gpa_t addr,
current_level--;
*ptep_level = current_level;
ptep = (pte_t *)gstage_pte_page_vaddr(ptep_get(ptep));
- ptep = &ptep[gstage_pte_index(addr, current_level)];
+ ptep = &ptep[gstage_pte_index(gstage, addr, current_level)];
} else {
ptep = NULL;
}
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ static void gstage_tlb_flush(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, u32 level, gpa_t addr)
{
unsigned long order = PAGE_SHIFT;
- if (gstage_level_to_page_order(level, &order))
+ if (gstage_level_to_page_order(gstage, level, &order))
return;
addr &= ~(BIT(order) - 1);
@@ -125,9 +127,9 @@ int kvm_riscv_gstage_set_pte(struct kvm_gstage *gstage,
struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *pcache,
const struct kvm_gstage_mapping *map)
{
- u32 current_level = kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels - 1;
+ u32 current_level = gstage->kvm->arch.pgd_levels - 1;
pte_t *next_ptep = (pte_t *)gstage->pgd;
- pte_t *ptep = &next_ptep[gstage_pte_index(map->addr, current_level)];
+ pte_t *ptep = &next_ptep[gstage_pte_index(gstage, map->addr, current_level)];
if (current_level < map->level)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ int kvm_riscv_gstage_set_pte(struct kvm_gstage *gstage,
}
current_level--;
- ptep = &next_ptep[gstage_pte_index(map->addr, current_level)];
+ ptep = &next_ptep[gstage_pte_index(gstage, map->addr, current_level)];
}
if (pte_val(*ptep) != pte_val(map->pte)) {
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ int kvm_riscv_gstage_map_page(struct kvm_gstage *gstage,
out_map->addr = gpa;
out_map->level = 0;
- ret = gstage_page_size_to_level(page_size, &out_map->level);
+ ret = gstage_page_size_to_level(gstage, page_size, &out_map->level);
if (ret)
return ret;
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_gstage_op_pte(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, gpa_t addr,
u32 next_ptep_level;
unsigned long next_page_size, page_size;
- ret = gstage_level_to_page_size(ptep_level, &page_size);
+ ret = gstage_level_to_page_size(gstage, ptep_level, &page_size);
if (ret)
return;
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_gstage_op_pte(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, gpa_t addr,
if (ptep_level && !gstage_pte_leaf(ptep)) {
next_ptep = (pte_t *)gstage_pte_page_vaddr(ptep_get(ptep));
next_ptep_level = ptep_level - 1;
- ret = gstage_level_to_page_size(next_ptep_level, &next_page_size);
+ ret = gstage_level_to_page_size(gstage, next_ptep_level, &next_page_size);
if (ret)
return;
@@ -263,7 +265,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_gstage_unmap_range(struct kvm_gstage *gstage,
while (addr < end) {
found_leaf = kvm_riscv_gstage_get_leaf(gstage, addr, &ptep, &ptep_level);
- ret = gstage_level_to_page_size(ptep_level, &page_size);
+ ret = gstage_level_to_page_size(gstage, ptep_level, &page_size);
if (ret)
break;
@@ -297,7 +299,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_gstage_wp_range(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, gpa_t start, gpa_t end
while (addr < end) {
found_leaf = kvm_riscv_gstage_get_leaf(gstage, addr, &ptep, &ptep_level);
- ret = gstage_level_to_page_size(ptep_level, &page_size);
+ ret = gstage_level_to_page_size(gstage, ptep_level, &page_size);
if (ret)
break;
@@ -319,39 +321,34 @@ void __init kvm_riscv_gstage_mode_detect(void)
/* Try Sv57x4 G-stage mode */
csr_write(CSR_HGATP, HGATP_MODE_SV57X4 << HGATP_MODE_SHIFT);
if ((csr_read(CSR_HGATP) >> HGATP_MODE_SHIFT) == HGATP_MODE_SV57X4) {
- kvm_riscv_gstage_mode = HGATP_MODE_SV57X4;
- kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels = 5;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels = 5;
goto done;
}
/* Try Sv48x4 G-stage mode */
csr_write(CSR_HGATP, HGATP_MODE_SV48X4 << HGATP_MODE_SHIFT);
if ((csr_read(CSR_HGATP) >> HGATP_MODE_SHIFT) == HGATP_MODE_SV48X4) {
- kvm_riscv_gstage_mode = HGATP_MODE_SV48X4;
- kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels = 4;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels = 4;
goto done;
}
/* Try Sv39x4 G-stage mode */
csr_write(CSR_HGATP, HGATP_MODE_SV39X4 << HGATP_MODE_SHIFT);
if ((csr_read(CSR_HGATP) >> HGATP_MODE_SHIFT) == HGATP_MODE_SV39X4) {
- kvm_riscv_gstage_mode = HGATP_MODE_SV39X4;
- kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels = 3;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels = 3;
goto done;
}
#else /* CONFIG_32BIT */
/* Try Sv32x4 G-stage mode */
csr_write(CSR_HGATP, HGATP_MODE_SV32X4 << HGATP_MODE_SHIFT);
if ((csr_read(CSR_HGATP) >> HGATP_MODE_SHIFT) == HGATP_MODE_SV32X4) {
- kvm_riscv_gstage_mode = HGATP_MODE_SV32X4;
- kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels = 2;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels = 2;
goto done;
}
#endif
/* KVM depends on !HGATP_MODE_OFF */
- kvm_riscv_gstage_mode = HGATP_MODE_OFF;
- kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels = 0;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels = 0;
done:
csr_write(CSR_HGATP, 0);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
index 0f3fe3986fc0..90ee0a032b9a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/main.c
@@ -105,17 +105,17 @@ static int __init riscv_kvm_init(void)
return rc;
kvm_riscv_gstage_mode_detect();
- switch (kvm_riscv_gstage_mode) {
- case HGATP_MODE_SV32X4:
+ switch (kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels) {
+ case 2:
str = "Sv32x4";
break;
- case HGATP_MODE_SV39X4:
+ case 3:
str = "Sv39x4";
break;
- case HGATP_MODE_SV48X4:
+ case 4:
str = "Sv48x4";
break;
- case HGATP_MODE_SV57X4:
+ case 5:
str = "Sv57x4";
break;
default:
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int __init riscv_kvm_init(void)
(rc) ? slist : "no features");
}
- kvm_info("using %s G-stage page table format\n", str);
+ kvm_info("highest G-stage page table mode is %s\n", str);
kvm_info("VMID %ld bits available\n", kvm_riscv_gstage_vmid_bits());
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
index 088d33ba90ed..fbcdd75cb9af 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int kvm_riscv_mmu_ioremap(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, phys_addr_t hpa,
if (!writable)
map.pte = pte_wrprotect(map.pte);
- ret = kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(&pcache, kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels);
+ ret = kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(&pcache, kvm->arch.pgd_levels);
if (ret)
goto out;
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
* space addressable by the KVM guest GPA space.
*/
if ((new->base_gfn + new->npages) >=
- (kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_size >> PAGE_SHIFT))
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_size(kvm->arch.pgd_levels) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
return -EFAULT;
hva = new->userspace_addr;
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ int kvm_riscv_mmu_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
memset(out_map, 0, sizeof(*out_map));
/* We need minimum second+third level pages */
- ret = kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(pcache, kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_levels);
+ ret = kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(pcache, kvm->arch.pgd_levels);
if (ret) {
kvm_err("Failed to topup G-stage cache\n");
return ret;
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ int kvm_riscv_mmu_alloc_pgd(struct kvm *kvm)
return -ENOMEM;
kvm->arch.pgd = page_to_virt(pgd_page);
kvm->arch.pgd_phys = page_to_phys(pgd_page);
+ kvm->arch.pgd_levels = kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels;
return 0;
}
@@ -590,10 +591,12 @@ void kvm_riscv_mmu_free_pgd(struct kvm *kvm)
gstage.flags = 0;
gstage.vmid = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.vmid.vmid);
gstage.pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
- kvm_riscv_gstage_unmap_range(&gstage, 0UL, kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_size, false);
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_unmap_range(&gstage, 0UL,
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_size(kvm->arch.pgd_levels), false);
pgd = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.pgd);
kvm->arch.pgd = NULL;
kvm->arch.pgd_phys = 0;
+ kvm->arch.pgd_levels = 0;
}
spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
@@ -603,11 +606,12 @@ void kvm_riscv_mmu_free_pgd(struct kvm *kvm)
void kvm_riscv_mmu_update_hgatp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- unsigned long hgatp = kvm_riscv_gstage_mode << HGATP_MODE_SHIFT;
- struct kvm_arch *k = &vcpu->kvm->arch;
+ struct kvm_arch *ka = &vcpu->kvm->arch;
+ unsigned long hgatp = kvm_riscv_gstage_mode(ka->pgd_levels)
+ << HGATP_MODE_SHIFT;
- hgatp |= (READ_ONCE(k->vmid.vmid) << HGATP_VMID_SHIFT) & HGATP_VMID;
- hgatp |= (k->pgd_phys >> PAGE_SHIFT) & HGATP_PPN;
+ hgatp |= (READ_ONCE(ka->vmid.vmid) << HGATP_VMID_SHIFT) & HGATP_VMID;
+ hgatp |= (ka->pgd_phys >> PAGE_SHIFT) & HGATP_PPN;
ncsr_write(CSR_HGATP, hgatp);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c
index 13c63ae1a78b..4d82a886102c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
r = KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS;
break;
case KVM_CAP_VM_GPA_BITS:
- r = kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_bits;
+ r = kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_bits(kvm->arch.pgd_levels);
break;
default:
r = 0;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vmid.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vmid.c
index cf34d448289d..c15bdb1dd8be 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vmid.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vmid.c
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(vmid_lock);
void __init kvm_riscv_gstage_vmid_detect(void)
{
/* Figure-out number of VMID bits in HW */
- csr_write(CSR_HGATP, (kvm_riscv_gstage_mode << HGATP_MODE_SHIFT) | HGATP_VMID);
+ csr_write(CSR_HGATP, (kvm_riscv_gstage_mode(kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels) <<
+ HGATP_MODE_SHIFT) | HGATP_VMID);
vmid_bits = csr_read(CSR_HGATP);
vmid_bits = (vmid_bits & HGATP_VMID) >> HGATP_VMID_SHIFT;
vmid_bits = fls_long(vmid_bits);
--
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From: fangyu.yu @ 2026-03-30 12:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pbonzini, corbet, anup, atish.patra, pjw, palmer, aou, alex,
skhan
Cc: guoren, radim.krcmar, andrew.jones, linux-doc, kvm, kvm-riscv,
linux-riscv, linux-kernel, Fangyu Yu
From: Fangyu Yu <fangyu.yu@linux.alibaba.com>
Gstage page-table helpers frequently chase gstage->kvm->arch to
fetch pgd_levels. This adds noise and repeats the same dereference
chain in hot paths.
Add pgd_levels to struct kvm_gstage and initialize it from kvm->arch
when setting up a gstage instance. Introduce kvm_riscv_gstage_init()
to centralize initialization and switch gstage code to use
gstage->pgd_levels.
Suggested-by: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>
Signed-off-by: Fangyu Yu <fangyu.yu@linux.alibaba.com>
---
arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h | 10 ++++++
arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c | 10 +++---
arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c | 50 ++++++-----------------------
3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h
index 5aa58d1f692a..70d9d483365e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ struct kvm_gstage {
#define KVM_GSTAGE_FLAGS_LOCAL BIT(0)
unsigned long vmid;
pgd_t *pgd;
+ unsigned long pgd_levels;
};
struct kvm_gstage_mapping {
@@ -92,4 +93,13 @@ static inline unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_mode(unsigned long pgd_levels)
}
}
+static inline void kvm_riscv_gstage_init(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ gstage->kvm = kvm;
+ gstage->flags = 0;
+ gstage->vmid = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.vmid.vmid);
+ gstage->pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
+ gstage->pgd_levels = kvm->arch.pgd_levels;
+}
+
#endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c
index 4beb9322fe76..7c4c34bc191b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static inline unsigned long gstage_pte_index(struct kvm_gstage *gstage,
unsigned long mask;
unsigned long shift = HGATP_PAGE_SHIFT + (kvm_riscv_gstage_index_bits * level);
- if (level == gstage->kvm->arch.pgd_levels - 1)
+ if (level == gstage->pgd_levels - 1)
mask = (PTRS_PER_PTE * (1UL << kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_xbits)) - 1;
else
mask = PTRS_PER_PTE - 1;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static int gstage_page_size_to_level(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, unsigned long pa
u32 i;
unsigned long psz = 1UL << 12;
- for (i = 0; i < gstage->kvm->arch.pgd_levels; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < gstage->pgd_levels; i++) {
if (page_size == (psz << (i * kvm_riscv_gstage_index_bits))) {
*out_level = i;
return 0;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int gstage_page_size_to_level(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, unsigned long pa
static int gstage_level_to_page_order(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, u32 level,
unsigned long *out_pgorder)
{
- if (gstage->kvm->arch.pgd_levels < level)
+ if (gstage->pgd_levels < level)
return -EINVAL;
*out_pgorder = 12 + (level * kvm_riscv_gstage_index_bits);
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ bool kvm_riscv_gstage_get_leaf(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, gpa_t addr,
pte_t **ptepp, u32 *ptep_level)
{
pte_t *ptep;
- u32 current_level = gstage->kvm->arch.pgd_levels - 1;
+ u32 current_level = gstage->pgd_levels - 1;
*ptep_level = current_level;
ptep = (pte_t *)gstage->pgd;
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ int kvm_riscv_gstage_set_pte(struct kvm_gstage *gstage,
struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *pcache,
const struct kvm_gstage_mapping *map)
{
- u32 current_level = gstage->kvm->arch.pgd_levels - 1;
+ u32 current_level = gstage->pgd_levels - 1;
pte_t *next_ptep = (pte_t *)gstage->pgd;
pte_t *ptep = &next_ptep[gstage_pte_index(gstage, map->addr, current_level)];
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
index fbcdd75cb9af..2d3def024270 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ static void mmu_wp_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm, int slot)
phys_addr_t end = (memslot->base_gfn + memslot->npages) << PAGE_SHIFT;
struct kvm_gstage gstage;
- gstage.kvm = kvm;
- gstage.flags = 0;
- gstage.vmid = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.vmid.vmid);
- gstage.pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_init(&gstage, kvm);
spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
kvm_riscv_gstage_wp_range(&gstage, start, end);
@@ -49,10 +46,7 @@ int kvm_riscv_mmu_ioremap(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, phys_addr_t hpa,
struct kvm_gstage_mapping map;
struct kvm_gstage gstage;
- gstage.kvm = kvm;
- gstage.flags = 0;
- gstage.vmid = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.vmid.vmid);
- gstage.pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_init(&gstage, kvm);
end = (gpa + size + PAGE_SIZE - 1) & PAGE_MASK;
pfn = __phys_to_pfn(hpa);
@@ -89,10 +83,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_mmu_iounmap(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, unsigned long size)
{
struct kvm_gstage gstage;
- gstage.kvm = kvm;
- gstage.flags = 0;
- gstage.vmid = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.vmid.vmid);
- gstage.pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_init(&gstage, kvm);
spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
kvm_riscv_gstage_unmap_range(&gstage, gpa, size, false);
@@ -109,10 +100,7 @@ void kvm_arch_mmu_enable_log_dirty_pt_masked(struct kvm *kvm,
phys_addr_t end = (base_gfn + __fls(mask) + 1) << PAGE_SHIFT;
struct kvm_gstage gstage;
- gstage.kvm = kvm;
- gstage.flags = 0;
- gstage.vmid = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.vmid.vmid);
- gstage.pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_init(&gstage, kvm);
kvm_riscv_gstage_wp_range(&gstage, start, end);
}
@@ -141,10 +129,7 @@ void kvm_arch_flush_shadow_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
phys_addr_t size = slot->npages << PAGE_SHIFT;
struct kvm_gstage gstage;
- gstage.kvm = kvm;
- gstage.flags = 0;
- gstage.vmid = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.vmid.vmid);
- gstage.pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_init(&gstage, kvm);
spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
kvm_riscv_gstage_unmap_range(&gstage, gpa, size, false);
@@ -250,10 +235,7 @@ bool kvm_unmap_gfn_range(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_gfn_range *range)
if (!kvm->arch.pgd)
return false;
- gstage.kvm = kvm;
- gstage.flags = 0;
- gstage.vmid = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.vmid.vmid);
- gstage.pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_init(&gstage, kvm);
mmu_locked = spin_trylock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
kvm_riscv_gstage_unmap_range(&gstage, range->start << PAGE_SHIFT,
(range->end - range->start) << PAGE_SHIFT,
@@ -275,10 +257,7 @@ bool kvm_age_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_gfn_range *range)
WARN_ON(size != PAGE_SIZE && size != PMD_SIZE && size != PUD_SIZE);
- gstage.kvm = kvm;
- gstage.flags = 0;
- gstage.vmid = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.vmid.vmid);
- gstage.pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_init(&gstage, kvm);
if (!kvm_riscv_gstage_get_leaf(&gstage, range->start << PAGE_SHIFT,
&ptep, &ptep_level))
return false;
@@ -298,10 +277,7 @@ bool kvm_test_age_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_gfn_range *range)
WARN_ON(size != PAGE_SIZE && size != PMD_SIZE && size != PUD_SIZE);
- gstage.kvm = kvm;
- gstage.flags = 0;
- gstage.vmid = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.vmid.vmid);
- gstage.pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_init(&gstage, kvm);
if (!kvm_riscv_gstage_get_leaf(&gstage, range->start << PAGE_SHIFT,
&ptep, &ptep_level))
return false;
@@ -463,10 +439,7 @@ int kvm_riscv_mmu_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
struct kvm_gstage gstage;
struct page *page;
- gstage.kvm = kvm;
- gstage.flags = 0;
- gstage.vmid = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.vmid.vmid);
- gstage.pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_init(&gstage, kvm);
/* Setup initial state of output mapping */
memset(out_map, 0, sizeof(*out_map));
@@ -587,10 +560,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_mmu_free_pgd(struct kvm *kvm)
spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
if (kvm->arch.pgd) {
- gstage.kvm = kvm;
- gstage.flags = 0;
- gstage.vmid = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.vmid.vmid);
- gstage.pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_init(&gstage, kvm);
kvm_riscv_gstage_unmap_range(&gstage, 0UL,
kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_size(kvm->arch.pgd_levels), false);
pgd = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.pgd);
--
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2026-03-30 12:25 [PATCH v6 0/4] Support runtime configuration for per-VM's HGATP mode fangyu.yu
2026-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v6 1/4] RISC-V: KVM: " fangyu.yu
2026-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v6 2/4] RISC-V: KVM: Cache gstage pgd_levels in struct kvm_gstage fangyu.yu
@ 2026-03-30 12:26 ` fangyu.yu
2026-03-30 12:26 ` [PATCH v6 4/4] RISC-V: KVM: add KVM_CAP_RISCV_SET_HGATP_MODE fangyu.yu
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From: fangyu.yu @ 2026-03-30 12:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pbonzini, corbet, anup, atish.patra, pjw, palmer, aou, alex,
skhan
Cc: guoren, radim.krcmar, andrew.jones, linux-doc, kvm, kvm-riscv,
linux-riscv, linux-kernel, Fangyu Yu
From: Fangyu Yu <fangyu.yu@linux.alibaba.com>
Extend kvm_riscv_gstage_mode_detect() to probe all HGATP.MODE values
supported by the host and record them in a bitmask. Keep tracking the
maximum supported G-stage page table level for existing internal users.
Also provide lightweight helpers to retrieve the supported-mode bitmask
and validate a requested HGATP.MODE against it.
Signed-off-by: Fangyu Yu <fangyu.yu@linux.alibaba.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <andrew.jones@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h | 11 ++++++++
arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c | 43 +++++++++++++++--------------
2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h
index 70d9d483365e..bbf8f45c6563 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct kvm_gstage_mapping {
#endif
extern unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels;
+extern u32 kvm_riscv_gstage_supported_mode_mask;
#define kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_xbits 2
#define kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_size (1UL << (HGATP_PAGE_SHIFT + kvm_riscv_gstage_pgd_xbits))
@@ -102,4 +103,14 @@ static inline void kvm_riscv_gstage_init(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, struct kvm *
gstage->pgd_levels = kvm->arch.pgd_levels;
}
+static inline u32 kvm_riscv_get_hgatp_mode_mask(void)
+{
+ return kvm_riscv_gstage_supported_mode_mask;
+}
+
+static inline bool kvm_riscv_hgatp_mode_is_valid(unsigned long mode)
+{
+ return kvm_riscv_gstage_supported_mode_mask & BIT(mode);
+}
+
#endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c
index 7c4c34bc191b..459041255c14 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels __ro_after_init = 3;
#else
unsigned long kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels __ro_after_init = 2;
#endif
+/* Bitmask of supported HGATP.MODE encodings (BIT(HGATP_MODE_*)). */
+u32 kvm_riscv_gstage_supported_mode_mask __ro_after_init;
#define gstage_pte_leaf(__ptep) \
(pte_val(*(__ptep)) & (_PAGE_READ | _PAGE_WRITE | _PAGE_EXEC))
@@ -315,42 +317,43 @@ void kvm_riscv_gstage_wp_range(struct kvm_gstage *gstage, gpa_t start, gpa_t end
}
}
+static bool __init kvm_riscv_hgatp_mode_supported(unsigned long mode)
+{
+ csr_write(CSR_HGATP, mode << HGATP_MODE_SHIFT);
+ return ((csr_read(CSR_HGATP) >> HGATP_MODE_SHIFT) == mode);
+}
+
void __init kvm_riscv_gstage_mode_detect(void)
{
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_supported_mode_mask = 0;
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels = 0;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
- /* Try Sv57x4 G-stage mode */
- csr_write(CSR_HGATP, HGATP_MODE_SV57X4 << HGATP_MODE_SHIFT);
- if ((csr_read(CSR_HGATP) >> HGATP_MODE_SHIFT) == HGATP_MODE_SV57X4) {
- kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels = 5;
- goto done;
+ /* Try Sv39x4 G-stage mode */
+ if (kvm_riscv_hgatp_mode_supported(HGATP_MODE_SV39X4)) {
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_supported_mode_mask |= BIT(HGATP_MODE_SV39X4);
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels = 3;
}
/* Try Sv48x4 G-stage mode */
- csr_write(CSR_HGATP, HGATP_MODE_SV48X4 << HGATP_MODE_SHIFT);
- if ((csr_read(CSR_HGATP) >> HGATP_MODE_SHIFT) == HGATP_MODE_SV48X4) {
+ if (kvm_riscv_hgatp_mode_supported(HGATP_MODE_SV48X4)) {
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_supported_mode_mask |= BIT(HGATP_MODE_SV48X4);
kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels = 4;
- goto done;
}
- /* Try Sv39x4 G-stage mode */
- csr_write(CSR_HGATP, HGATP_MODE_SV39X4 << HGATP_MODE_SHIFT);
- if ((csr_read(CSR_HGATP) >> HGATP_MODE_SHIFT) == HGATP_MODE_SV39X4) {
- kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels = 3;
- goto done;
+ /* Try Sv57x4 G-stage mode */
+ if (kvm_riscv_hgatp_mode_supported(HGATP_MODE_SV57X4)) {
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_supported_mode_mask |= BIT(HGATP_MODE_SV57X4);
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels = 5;
}
#else /* CONFIG_32BIT */
/* Try Sv32x4 G-stage mode */
- csr_write(CSR_HGATP, HGATP_MODE_SV32X4 << HGATP_MODE_SHIFT);
- if ((csr_read(CSR_HGATP) >> HGATP_MODE_SHIFT) == HGATP_MODE_SV32X4) {
+ if (kvm_riscv_hgatp_mode_supported(HGATP_MODE_SV32X4)) {
+ kvm_riscv_gstage_supported_mode_mask |= BIT(HGATP_MODE_SV32X4);
kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels = 2;
- goto done;
}
#endif
- /* KVM depends on !HGATP_MODE_OFF */
- kvm_riscv_gstage_max_pgd_levels = 0;
-
-done:
csr_write(CSR_HGATP, 0);
kvm_riscv_local_hfence_gvma_all();
}
--
2.50.1
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From: fangyu.yu @ 2026-03-30 12:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pbonzini, corbet, anup, atish.patra, pjw, palmer, aou, alex,
skhan
Cc: guoren, radim.krcmar, andrew.jones, linux-doc, kvm, kvm-riscv,
linux-riscv, linux-kernel, Fangyu Yu
From: Fangyu Yu <fangyu.yu@linux.alibaba.com>
Add a VM capability that allows userspace to select the G-stage page table
format by setting HGATP.MODE on a per-VM basis.
Userspace enables the capability via KVM_ENABLE_CAP, passing the requested
HGATP.MODE in args[0]. The request is rejected with -EINVAL if the mode is
not supported by the host, and with -EBUSY if the VM has already been
committed (e.g. vCPUs have been created or any memslot is populated).
KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION(KVM_CAP_RISCV_SET_HGATP_MODE) returns a bitmask of the
HGATP.MODE formats supported by the host.
Signed-off-by: Fangyu Yu <fangyu.yu@linux.alibaba.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <andrew.jones@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 032516783e96..9d7f6958fa81 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -8902,6 +8902,33 @@ helpful if user space wants to emulate instructions which are not
This capability can be enabled dynamically even if VCPUs were already
created and are running.
+7.47 KVM_CAP_RISCV_SET_HGATP_MODE
+---------------------------------
+
+:Architectures: riscv
+:Type: VM
+:Parameters: args[0] contains the requested HGATP mode
+:Returns:
+ - 0 on success.
+ - -EINVAL if args[0] is outside the range of HGATP modes supported by the
+ hardware.
+ - -EBUSY if vCPUs have already been created for the VM, if the VM has any
+ non-empty memslots.
+
+This capability allows userspace to explicitly select the HGATP mode for
+the VM. The selected mode must be supported by both KVM and hardware. This
+capability must be enabled before creating any vCPUs or memslots.
+
+If this capability is not enabled, KVM will select the default HGATP mode
+automatically. The default is the highest HGATP.MODE value supported by
+hardware.
+
+``KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION(KVM_CAP_RISCV_SET_HGATP_MODE)`` returns a bitmask of
+HGATP.MODE values supported by the host. A return value of 0 indicates that
+the capability is not supported. Supported-mode bitmask use HGATP.MODE
+encodings as defined by the RISC-V privileged specification, such as Sv39x4
+corresponds to HGATP.MODE=8, so userspace should test bitmask & BIT(8).
+
8. Other capabilities.
======================
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c
index 4d82a886102c..5e82a3ad3ad0 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
case KVM_CAP_VM_GPA_BITS:
r = kvm_riscv_gstage_gpa_bits(kvm->arch.pgd_levels);
break;
+ case KVM_CAP_RISCV_SET_HGATP_MODE:
+ r = kvm_riscv_get_hgatp_mode_mask();
+ break;
default:
r = 0;
break;
@@ -211,12 +214,23 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
int kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_cap(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_enable_cap *cap)
{
+ if (cap->flags)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
switch (cap->cap) {
case KVM_CAP_RISCV_MP_STATE_RESET:
- if (cap->flags)
- return -EINVAL;
kvm->arch.mp_state_reset = true;
return 0;
+ case KVM_CAP_RISCV_SET_HGATP_MODE:
+ if (!kvm_riscv_hgatp_mode_is_valid(cap->args[0]))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (kvm->created_vcpus || !kvm_are_all_memslots_empty(kvm))
+ return -EBUSY;
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+ kvm->arch.pgd_levels = 3 + cap->args[0] - HGATP_MODE_SV39X4;
+#endif
+ return 0;
default:
return -EINVAL;
}
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index 80364d4dbebb..a74a80fd4046 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -989,6 +989,7 @@ struct kvm_enable_cap {
#define KVM_CAP_ARM_SEA_TO_USER 245
#define KVM_CAP_S390_USER_OPEREXEC 246
#define KVM_CAP_S390_KEYOP 247
+#define KVM_CAP_RISCV_SET_HGATP_MODE 248
struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip {
__u32 irqchip;
--
2.50.1
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