Re: [PATCH 00/27] Nested virtualization for KVM RISC-V

From: Anup Patel

Date: Fri Apr 03 2026 - 08:41:57 EST


On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM Anup Patel <anup.patel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Initial nested virtualization support for KVM RISC-V. Using
> this series, we can boot Xvisor inside KVM guest and KVM RISC-V
> insmod also works inside KVM guest but we can't run nested guest
> at the moment due to work-in-progress G-stage emulation (or
> G-stage page table walker).
>
> Patch01-to-Patch09: Fixes and preparatory changes
> Patch10-to-Patch23: Actual nested virtualization support
> Patch24-to-Patch27: ONE_REG interface and get-reg-list selftest
>
> Upcoming work on-top-of this series include:
> * Software MMU emulation for nested guest (aka swtlb)
> * HLV/HSV emulation
> * Sstc emulation for nested guest
> * SBI NACL for guest hypervisor
> * ... and more ...
>
> These patches can also be found in the riscv_kvm_nested_v1
> branch at: https://github.com/avpatel/linux.git
>
> Anup Patel (27):
> RISC-V: KVM: Fix error code returned for Smstateen ONE_REG
> RISC-V: KVM: Fix error code returned for Ssaia ONE_REG
> RISC-V: KVM: Check host Ssaia extension when creating AIA irqchip
> RISC-V: KVM: Introduce common kvm_riscv_isa_check_host()
> RISC-V: KVM: Factor-out ISA checks into separate sources
> RISC-V: KVM: Move timer state defines closer to struct in UAPI header
> RISC-V: KVM: Add hideleg to struct kvm_vcpu_config
> RISC-V: KVM: Factor-out VCPU config into separate sources
> RISC-V: KVM: Don't check hstateen0 when updating sstateen0 CSR
> RISC-V: KVM: Initial skeletal nested virtualization support
> RISC-V: KVM: Use half VMID space for nested guest
> RISC-V: KVM: Extend kvm_riscv_mmu_update_hgatp() for nested
> virtualization
> RISC-V: KVM: Extend kvm_riscv_vcpu_config_load() for nested
> virtualization
> RISC-V: KVM: Extend kvm_riscv_vcpu_update_timedelta() for nested virt
> RISC-V: KVM: Extend trap redirection for nested virtualization
> RISC-V: KVM: Check and inject nested virtual interrupts
> RISC-V: KVM: Extend kvm_riscv_isa_check_host() for nested virt
> RISC-V: KVM: Trap-n-emulate SRET for Guest HS-mode
> RISC-V: KVM: Redirect nested supervisor ecall and breakpoint traps
> RISC-V: KVM: Redirect nested WFI and WRS traps
> RISC-V: KVM: Implement remote HFENCE SBI calls for guest
> RISC-V: KVM: Add CSR emulation for nested virtualization
> RISC-V: KVM: Add HFENCE emulation for nested virtualization
> RISC-V: KVM: Add ONE_REG interface for nested virtualization state
> RISC-V: KVM: selftests: Add nested virt state to get-reg-list test
> RISC-V: KVM: Add ONE_REG interface for nested virtualization CSRs
> RISC-V: KVM: selftests: Add nested virt CSRs to get-reg-list test

Patches 1-to-3 are already merged as fixes.

Queued patches 4-to-9 for Linux-7.1

Thanks,
Anup

>
> arch/riscv/include/asm/csr.h | 17 +
> arch/riscv/include/asm/insn.h | 9 +
> arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_gstage.h | 2 +
> arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 29 +-
> arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_isa.h | 20 +
> arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h | 2 +-
> arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_tlb.h | 37 +-
> arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_config.h | 25 ++
> arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_nested.h | 163 ++++++++
> arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_timer.h | 1 +
> arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vmid.h | 1 +
> arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 36 +-
> arch/riscv/kvm/Makefile | 6 +
> arch/riscv/kvm/aia.c | 4 +
> arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c | 5 +
> arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c | 14 +
> arch/riscv/kvm/isa.c | 259 ++++++++++++
> arch/riscv/kvm/main.c | 13 +-
> arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c | 18 +-
> arch/riscv/kvm/tlb.c | 135 +++++-
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c | 117 ++----
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_config.c | 130 ++++++
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_exit.c | 62 ++-
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_fp.c | 9 +-
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_insn.c | 46 +++
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_nested.c | 258 ++++++++++++
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_nested_csr.c | 389 ++++++++++++++++++
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_nested_insn.c | 140 +++++++
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_nested_swtlb.c | 146 +++++++
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_onereg.c | 334 +++------------
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c | 5 +-
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_sbi_replace.c | 63 ++-
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c | 24 +-
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_vector.c | 5 +-
> arch/riscv/kvm/vmid.c | 33 +-
> .../selftests/kvm/riscv/get-reg-list.c | 106 ++++-
> 36 files changed, 2244 insertions(+), 419 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_isa.h
> create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_config.h
> create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_nested.h
> create mode 100644 arch/riscv/kvm/isa.c
> create mode 100644 arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_config.c
> create mode 100644 arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_nested.c
> create mode 100644 arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_nested_csr.c
> create mode 100644 arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_nested_insn.c
> create mode 100644 arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_nested_swtlb.c
>
> --
> 2.43.0
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