[PATCH v17 2/7] firmware: arm_rmm: Check for RMI support at init
From: Suzuki K Poulose
Date: Mon Sep 07 2026 - 06:03:05 EST
From: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx>
Query the RMI version number and check if it is a compatible version.
The first two feature registers are read and exposed for future code to
use.
Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
---
v17:
* Rename ARM_RMM to ARM_RMM_RMI to make it easier to add Guest facing RSI
support, which is also in progress
v16:
* Update Kconfig text to include PCIe TDISP.
* Export rmi_feat_reg() here rather than in a later commit.
v15:
* The code is moved again, this time into the 'firmware' directory.
v14:
* This moves the basic RMI setup into the 'kernel' directory. This is
because RMI will be used for some features outside of KVM so should
be available even if KVM isn't compiled in.
---
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 1 +
drivers/firmware/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/firmware/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/Kconfig | 26 ++++++++
drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/Makefile | 2 +
drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/rmi.c | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/arm-rmi-cmds.h | 34 ++++++++++
8 files changed, 167 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/Kconfig
create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/Makefile
create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/rmi.c
create mode 100644 include/linux/arm-rmi-cmds.h
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index b5a51b0ef9440..ff9565d3ffa59 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ config ARM64
select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE
select ARCH_HAS_MEM_ENCRYPT
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSEAL_SYSTEM_MAPPINGS
+ select ARCH_SUPPORTS_RMM
select ARCH_HAS_NMI_SAFE_THIS_CPU_OPS
select ARCH_HAS_NON_OVERLAPPING_ADDRESS_SPACE
select ARCH_HAS_NONLEAF_PMD_YOUNG if ARM64_HAFT
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 17b83a2518a8f..db26f6b0eaf5e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_id_aa64isar3[] = {
static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_id_aa64pfr0[] = {
ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_NONSTRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_CSV3_SHIFT, 4, 0),
ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_NONSTRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_CSV2_SHIFT, 4, 0),
+ ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_NONSTRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_RME_SHIFT, 4, 0),
ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_DIT_SHIFT, 4, 0),
ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_NONSTRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_AMU_SHIFT, 4, 0),
ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_MPAM_SHIFT, 4, 0),
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
index b7cc11e4fbfa6..62660bf520a8d 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
@@ -310,5 +310,6 @@ source "drivers/firmware/samsung/Kconfig"
source "drivers/firmware/smccc/Kconfig"
source "drivers/firmware/tegra/Kconfig"
source "drivers/firmware/xilinx/Kconfig"
+source "drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/Kconfig"
endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/Makefile
index be46f1e1dc77f..196a650ccf025 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Makefile
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ obj-y += samsung/
obj-y += smccc/
obj-y += tegra/
obj-y += xilinx/
+obj-y += arm_rmm/
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..82724ee23186d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+config ARCH_SUPPORTS_RMM
+ bool
+
+config ARM_RMM_RMI
+ bool "Realm Management Interface (RMI) Support"
+ depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_RMM
+ default y
+ help
+ Support the Realm Management Monitor (RMM) on Arm systems that
+ implement the Realm Management Extension (RME), as defined by the
+ Arm Confidential Compute Architecture.
+
+ The RMM runs at EL2 in the Realm world and provides the Realm
+ Management Interface (RMI) used by a Normal World host to create,
+ manage and run protected virtual machines called Realms. The RMM can
+ also act as a TSM, as defined by the PCIe TDISP and can manage the
+ PCI IDE setup for securing the PCIe links.
+
+ This option builds the host-side RMI support used by KVM to detect a
+ compatible RMM, configure it, manage delegated memory and enable
+ Realm guests.
+
+ Selecting this option does not by itself make Realm guests available:
+ the system must also provide RME-capable hardware and firmware with a
+ compatible RMM implementation.
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..65171988fdcae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_RMM_RMI) = rmi.o
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/rmi.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/rmi.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..008a783407b4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/rmi.c
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023-2026 ARM Ltd.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/cpufeature.h>
+#include <linux/memblock.h>
+#include <linux/arm-rmi-cmds.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+#include <asm/memory.h>
+#include <asm/pgtable-hwdef.h>
+
+/* Currently only the first 2 registers are used by Linux */
+#define RMI_FEAT_REG_COUNT 2
+static __ro_after_init unsigned long rmi_feat_reg_cache[RMI_FEAT_REG_COUNT];
+
+unsigned long rmi_feat_reg(unsigned long id)
+{
+ if (WARN_ON(id >= RMI_FEAT_REG_COUNT))
+ return 0;
+
+ return rmi_feat_reg_cache[id];
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rmi_feat_reg);
+
+static int rmi_check_version(void)
+{
+ struct arm_smccc_res res;
+ unsigned short version_major, version_minor;
+ unsigned long host_version = RMI_ABI_VERSION(RMI_ABI_MAJOR_VERSION,
+ RMI_ABI_MINOR_VERSION);
+ unsigned long aa64pfr0 = read_sanitised_ftr_reg(SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1);
+
+ /* If RME isn't supported, then RMI can't be */
+ if (cpuid_feature_extract_unsigned_field(aa64pfr0, ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_RME_SHIFT) == 0)
+ return -ENXIO;
+
+ arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(SMC_RMI_VERSION, host_version, &res);
+
+ if (res.a0 == SMCCC_RET_NOT_SUPPORTED)
+ return -ENXIO;
+
+ version_major = RMI_ABI_VERSION_GET_MAJOR(res.a1);
+ version_minor = RMI_ABI_VERSION_GET_MINOR(res.a1);
+
+ if (res.a0 != RMI_SUCCESS) {
+ unsigned short high_version_major, high_version_minor;
+
+ high_version_major = RMI_ABI_VERSION_GET_MAJOR(res.a2);
+ high_version_minor = RMI_ABI_VERSION_GET_MINOR(res.a2);
+
+ pr_err("Unsupported RMI ABI (v%d.%d - v%d.%d) we want v%d.%d\n",
+ version_major, version_minor,
+ high_version_major, high_version_minor,
+ RMI_ABI_MAJOR_VERSION,
+ RMI_ABI_MINOR_VERSION);
+ return -ENXIO;
+ }
+
+ pr_info("RMI ABI version %d.%d\n", version_major, version_minor);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int rmi_read_features(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * Since we've negotiated a compatible version these feature registers
+ * should always be available
+ */
+ for (int i = 0; i < RMI_FEAT_REG_COUNT; i++) {
+ if (WARN_ON(rmi_features(i, &rmi_feat_reg_cache[i])))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int __init arm64_init_rmi(void)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ /* Continue without realm support if we can't agree on a version */
+ ret = rmi_check_version();
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = rmi_read_features();
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Note arm64_init_rmi() must be called before kvm_init_rmi() otherwise KVM
+ * will not support realm guests. subsys_initcall() is called before
+ * module_init() (used for KVM) so this is OK.
+ */
+subsys_initcall(arm64_init_rmi);
diff --git a/include/linux/arm-rmi-cmds.h b/include/linux/arm-rmi-cmds.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2fb1f7f86d71e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/arm-rmi-cmds.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 ARM Ltd.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_ARM_RMI_CMDS_H_
+#define __LINUX_ARM_RMI_CMDS_H_
+
+#include <linux/arm-smccc-rmi.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+unsigned long rmi_feat_reg(unsigned long id);
+
+/**
+ * rmi_features() - Read feature register
+ * @index: Feature register index
+ * @out: Feature register value is written to this pointer
+ *
+ * Return: RMI return code
+ */
+static inline int rmi_features(unsigned long index, unsigned long *out)
+{
+ struct arm_smccc_res res;
+
+ arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(SMC_RMI_FEATURES, index, &res);
+
+ if (res.a0 == RMI_SUCCESS && out)
+ *out = res.a1;
+
+ return res.a0;
+}
+
+#endif
--
2.43.0