Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] spapr: Forbid nested KVM-HV in pre-power9 compat mode

[Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>]

On 11/06/2020 11:10, Greg Kurz wrote:
> Nested KVM-HV only works on POWER9.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
> ---
>  hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c |   10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c
> index 2cb7ba8f005a..e86a7c350444 100644
> --- a/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c
> +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c
> @@ -409,6 +409,8 @@ static void cap_nested_kvm_hv_apply(SpaprMachineState *spapr,
>                                      uint8_t val, Error **errp)
>  {
>      ERRP_AUTO_PROPAGATE();
> +    PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(first_cpu);
> +
>      if (!val) {
>          /* capability disabled by default */
>          return;
> @@ -418,6 +420,14 @@ static void cap_nested_kvm_hv_apply(SpaprMachineState *spapr,
>          error_setg(errp, "No Nested KVM-HV support in TCG");
>          error_append_hint(errp, "Try appending -machine cap-nested-hv=off\n");
>      } else if (kvm_enabled()) {
> +        if (!ppc_check_compat(cpu, CPU_POWERPC_LOGICAL_3_00, 0,
> +                              spapr->max_compat_pvr)) {
> +            error_setg(errp, "Nested KVM-HV only supported on POWER9");
> +            error_append_hint(errp,
> +                              "Try appending -machine max-cpu-compat=power9\n");
> +            return;
> +        }
> +
>          if (!kvmppc_has_cap_nested_kvm_hv()) {
>              error_setg(errp,
>                         "KVM implementation does not support Nested KVM-HV");
> 
> 

Reviewed-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>