From: Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@linux.ibm.com>
To: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>,
Anushree Mathur <anushree.mathur@linux.ibm.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
"Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, lkp@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add support for compat CPU capabilities for KVM on PowerNV
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:42:18 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875x3fcb3x.fsf@vajain21.in.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260616123314.82721-4-amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
Hi Amit.
Thanks for the patch and incorporating V3 review comments. Further
review comments inline below:
Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com> writes:
> Currently, when booting a compatibility-mode KVM guest (L1) on a PowerNV
> hypervisor (L0), the guest runs with the expected processor
> compatibility level. However, when booting a nested KVM guest (L2)
> inside the L1, QEMU derives the CPU model from the raw host PVR and
> attempts to run the nested guest at that level, instead of honoring the
> compatibility mode of the L1.
>
> Extend host CPU compatibility capability reporting to support nested
> virtualization on PowerNV systems (PAPR nested API v1).
>
> For nested API v2 (PowerVM), compatibility capabilities are obtained
> from the hypervisor via the H_GUEST_GET_CAPABILITIES hcall. This
> information is not available on PowerNV systems.
>
> For nested API v1, derive the compatibility capabilities from the L1
> guest by reading the "cpu-version" property from the device tree, which
> reflects the effective (logical) processor compatibility level. Map this
> value to the corresponding compatibility capability bitmap using
> KVM-specific constants.
>
> Introduce a helper to translate CPU version values into KVM_PPC_COMPAT_CAP
> bits and integrate it into kvmppc_get_compat_caps(). The implementation
> applies masking to ensure only supported processor modes are exposed.
>
> This allows userspace to query host CPU compatibility modes on both
> PowerVM and PowerNV platforms via the KVM_PPC_GET_COMPAT_CAPS ioctl.
>
> Suggested-by: Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> index f674386df62c..375e7a7fa9f8 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> @@ -6523,15 +6523,50 @@ static bool kvmppc_hash_v3_possible(void)
> return true;
> }
>
> +static int kvmppc_map_compat_capabilities(const __be32 cpu_version,
> + unsigned long *capabilities)
> +{
> + switch (cpu_version) {
> + case PVR_ARCH_31_P11:
> + *capabilities |= KVM_PPC_COMPAT_CAP_POWER11;
Do you need to do 'break' here instead of falling through. Since P11
host can support P10 and P9 compat modes
> + break;
> + case PVR_ARCH_31:
> + *capabilities |= KVM_PPC_COMPAT_CAP_POWER10;
> + break;
> + case PVR_ARCH_300:
> + *capabilities |= KVM_PPC_COMPAT_CAP_POWER9;
> + break;
> + default:
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
>
> static int kvmppc_get_compat_caps(struct kvm_ppc_compat_caps *host_caps)
> {
> + struct device_node *np;
> unsigned long capabilities = 0;
> + const __be32 *prop = NULL;
> long rc = -EINVAL;
> + u32 cpu_version;
>
> if (kvmhv_on_pseries()) {
> - if (kvmhv_is_nestedv2())
> + if (kvmhv_is_nestedv2()) {
> rc = plpar_guest_get_capabilities(0, &capabilities);
> + } else {
> + for_each_node_by_type(np, "cpu") {
> + prop = of_get_property(np, "cpu-version", NULL);
> + if (prop) {
> + cpu_version = be32_to_cpup(prop);
> + break;
> + }
> + }
> + if (!prop)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + rc = kvmppc_map_compat_capabilities(cpu_version,
> + &capabilities);
> + }
should you check for 'rc' error here before assigning 'capabilities' to
'host_caps->compat_capabilities' . I understand it will be set to '0'
due to its initialization at the top of the function. But would be
better to make it more explicit
> host_caps->compat_capabilities = capabilities &
> KVM_PPC_COMPAT_BITMASK;
> }
> --
> 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
>
>
--
Cheers
~ Vaibhav
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-19 6:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-16 12:33 [PATCH v4 0/4] KVM: PPC: Expose CPU compatibility modes for nested guests Amit Machhiwal
2026-06-16 12:33 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] KVM: PPC: Introduce KVM_CAP_PPC_COMPAT_CAPS and wire up ioctl Amit Machhiwal
2026-06-19 6:14 ` Vaibhav Jain
2026-06-16 12:33 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Implement compat CPU capability retrieval for KVM on PowerVM Amit Machhiwal
2026-06-19 6:04 ` Vaibhav Jain
2026-06-16 12:33 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add support for compat CPU capabilities for KVM on PowerNV Amit Machhiwal
2026-06-19 6:12 ` Vaibhav Jain [this message]
2026-06-16 12:33 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] KVM: PPC: Document KVM_PPC_GET_COMPAT_CAPS ioctl Amit Machhiwal
2026-06-19 6:14 ` Vaibhav Jain
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=875x3fcb3x.fsf@vajain21.in.ibm.com \
--to=vaibhav@linux.ibm.com \
--cc=amachhiw@linux.ibm.com \
--cc=anushree.mathur@linux.ibm.com \
--cc=chleroy@kernel.org \
--cc=corbet@lwn.net \
--cc=kvm@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-doc@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org \
--cc=lkp@intel.com \
--cc=maddy@linux.ibm.com \
--cc=mpe@ellerman.id.au \
--cc=npiggin@gmail.com \
--cc=pbonzini@redhat.com \
--cc=skhan@linuxfoundation.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox