Re: [PATCH 2/6] KVM: PPC: Introduce KVM_CAP_PPC_COMPAT_CAPS and KVM_PPC_GET_COMPAT_CAPS

[Harsh Prateek Bora]

On 30/04/26 11:19 am, Amit Machhiwal wrote:
> Introduce a new capability and ioctl to expose CPU compatibility modes
> supported by the host processor for nested guests.
>
> Introduce a new KVM capability, KVM_CAP_PPC_COMPAT_CAPS, and a
> corresponding vm ioctl, KVM_PPC_GET_COMPAT_CAPS, to expose processor
> compatibility modes supported by the host.
>
> On IBM POWER systems, newer processor generations (N) can operate in
> compatibility modes corresponding to earlier generations, like (N-1) and
> (N-2). This is particularly relevant for nested virtualization, where
> nested KVM guests may need to run with a specific processor compatibility
> level.
>
> The new ioctl returns a bitmap describing the compatibility modes
> supported by the host in respective bit numbers. This allows userspace
> to select an appropriate compatibility level when configuring nested KVM
> guests.
>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 6 ++++++
>   include/uapi/linux/kvm.h            | 4 ++++
>   2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> index 077c5437f521..a38dff7a8aea 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> @@ -437,6 +437,12 @@ struct kvm_ppc_cpu_char {
>   	__u64	behaviour_mask;		/* valid bits in behaviour */
>   };
>   
> +/* For KVM_PPC_GET_COMPAT_CAPS */
> +struct kvm_ppc_compat_caps {
> +	__u32	flags;

You may either want flags to be __u64, or rearrange to keep variables in 
descending order of size or add padding as appropriate.
Also, if we are not using flags with this series, we need to document 
comment as /* reserved for future use */

> +	__u64	compat_capabilities;	/* Capabilities supported by the host */
> +};
> +
>   /*
>    * Values for character and character_mask.
>    * These are identical to the values used by H_GET_CPU_CHARACTERISTICS.
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> index 6c8afa2047bf..1788a0068662 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> @@ -996,6 +996,7 @@ struct kvm_enable_cap {
>   #define KVM_CAP_S390_USER_OPEREXEC 246
>   #define KVM_CAP_S390_KEYOP 247
>   #define KVM_CAP_S390_VSIE_ESAMODE 248
> +#define KVM_CAP_PPC_COMPAT_CAPS 249
>   
>   struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip {
>   	__u32 irqchip;
> @@ -1349,6 +1350,9 @@ struct kvm_s390_keyop {
>   #define KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR	  _IOW(KVMIO,  0xe2, struct kvm_device_attr)
>   #define KVM_HAS_DEVICE_ATTR	  _IOW(KVMIO,  0xe3, struct kvm_device_attr)
>   
> +/* Available with KVM_CAP_PPC_COMPAT_CAPS */
> +#define KVM_PPC_GET_COMPAT_CAPS	_IOR(KVMIO,  0xe4, struct kvm_ppc_compat_caps)
> +


This patch can actually be squashed with next patch where the struct, 
macros are actually being used.

>   /*
>    * ioctls for vcpu fds
>    */