From: Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com>
To: <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
Cc: <qemu-arm@nongnu.org>, Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>,
"Thomas Huth" <thuth@redhat.com>, <alex.bennee@linaro.org>,
<philmd@linaro.org>, <berrange@redhat.com>,
<marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>, Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>,
<mst@redhat.com>, Dorjoy Chowdhury <dorjoychy111@gmail.com>,
Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Tyler Fanelli <tfanelli@redhat.com>, <mknaust@amazon.com>,
<nh-open-source@amazon.com>
Subject: [PATCH 06/10] target/arm/cpu64: Allow -host for nitro
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:51:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260218015151.4052-7-graf@amazon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260218015151.4052-1-graf@amazon.com>
The nitro accel does not actually make use of CPU emulation or details:
It always uses the host CPU regardless of configuration. Machines for
the nitro accel select the host CPU type as default to have a clear
statement of the above and to have a unified cpu type across all
supported architectures.
The arm64 logic on Linux currently only allows -cpu host for KVM based
virtual machines. Add a special case for nitro so that when the nitro
accel is active, it allows use of the host cpu type.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com>
---
target/arm/cpu64.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu64.c b/target/arm/cpu64.c
index 5d7c6b7fbb..c01051f038 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu64.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu64.c
@@ -765,6 +765,14 @@ static void aarch64_a53_initfn(Object *obj)
static void aarch64_host_initfn(Object *obj)
{
ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_NITRO)
+ if (nitro_enabled()) {
+ /* The nitro accel uses -cpu host, but does not actually consume it */
+ return;
+ }
+#endif
+
#if defined(CONFIG_KVM)
kvm_arm_set_cpu_features_from_host(cpu);
if (arm_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_AARCH64)) {
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-18 1:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-18 1:51 [PATCH 00/10] Native Nitro Enclaves support Alexander Graf
2026-02-18 1:51 ` [PATCH 01/10] scripts/update-linux-headers: Add Nitro Enclaves header Alexander Graf
2026-02-18 1:51 ` [PATCH 02/10] linux-headers: Add nitro_enclaves.h Alexander Graf
2026-02-18 1:51 ` [PATCH 03/10] accel: Add Nitro Enclaves accelerator Alexander Graf
2026-02-24 10:22 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-02-24 23:16 ` Alexander Graf
2026-02-18 1:51 ` [PATCH 04/10] hw/nitro/nitro-serial-vsock: Nitro Enclaves vsock console Alexander Graf
2026-02-18 1:51 ` [PATCH 05/10] hw/nitro: Introduce Nitro Enclave Heartbeat device Alexander Graf
2026-02-18 1:51 ` Alexander Graf [this message]
2026-02-18 1:51 ` [PATCH 07/10] hw/nitro: Add nitro machine Alexander Graf
2026-02-18 3:27 ` Mohamed Mediouni
2026-02-18 9:20 ` Alexander Graf
2026-02-20 14:59 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-02-20 15:07 ` Alexander Graf
2026-02-18 1:51 ` [PATCH 08/10] hw/core/eif: Move definitions to header Alexander Graf
2026-02-18 15:12 ` Dorjoy Chowdhury
2026-02-18 1:51 ` [PATCH 09/10] hw/nitro: Enable direct kernel boot Alexander Graf
2026-02-18 1:51 ` [PATCH 10/10] docs: Add Nitro Enclaves documentation Alexander Graf
2026-02-24 10:26 ` Paolo Bonzini
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