[PATCH v2 5/7] KVM: arm64: Support FFA_NOTIFICATION_SET in host handler

From: Sebastian Ene

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 13:53:27 EST


Allow FF-A notification SET messages to be proxied from the pKVM
hypervisor to Trustzone and enforce MBZ/SBZ fields.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ene <sebastianene@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c
index ca285e89516e..3270381679b4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c
@@ -690,7 +690,6 @@ static bool ffa_call_supported(u64 func_id)
case FFA_MEM_DONATE:
case FFA_MEM_RETRIEVE_REQ:
/* Optional notification interfaces added in FF-A 1.1 */
- case FFA_NOTIFICATION_SET:
case FFA_NOTIFICATION_GET:
case FFA_NOTIFICATION_INFO_GET:
/* Optional interfaces added in FF-A 1.2 */
@@ -959,6 +958,32 @@ static void do_ffa_notif_unbind(struct arm_smccc_1_2_regs *res,
arm_smccc_1_2_smc(args, res);
}

+static void do_ffa_notif_set(struct arm_smccc_1_2_regs *res,
+ struct kvm_cpu_context *ctxt)
+{
+ DECLARE_REG(u32, endp_id, ctxt, 1);
+ DECLARE_REG(u32, flags, ctxt, 2);
+ struct arm_smccc_1_2_regs *args;
+
+ if (FIELD_GET(FFA_NOTIF_SENDER_ENDP_MASK, endp_id) != HOST_FFA_ID) {
+ ffa_to_smccc_res(res, FFA_RET_INVALID_PARAMETERS);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (ffa_check_unused_args_sbz(ctxt, 5)) {
+ ffa_to_smccc_res(res, FFA_RET_INVALID_PARAMETERS);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (flags & GENMASK(15, 2)) {
+ ffa_to_smccc_res(res, FFA_RET_INVALID_PARAMETERS);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ args = (void *)&ctxt->regs.regs[0];
+ arm_smccc_1_2_smc(args, res);
+}
+
bool kvm_host_ffa_handler(struct kvm_cpu_context *host_ctxt, u32 func_id)
{
struct arm_smccc_1_2_regs res;
@@ -1029,6 +1054,9 @@ bool kvm_host_ffa_handler(struct kvm_cpu_context *host_ctxt, u32 func_id)
case FFA_NOTIFICATION_UNBIND:
do_ffa_notif_unbind(&res, host_ctxt);
goto out_handled;
+ case FFA_NOTIFICATION_SET:
+ do_ffa_notif_set(&res, host_ctxt);
+ goto out_handled;
}

if (ffa_call_supported(func_id))
--
2.54.0.1064.gd145956f57-goog