[PATCH v3 04/18] KVM: arm64: Disable steal time for protected VMs

From: Fuad Tabba

Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 07:43:45 EST


pKVM doesn't support steal time for protected guests, and
KVM_CAP_STEAL_TIME already reads 0 for them on the VM file descriptor,
but kvm_arm_pvtime_supported() doesn't know the VM, so the host still
accepts the KVM_ARM_VCPU_PVTIME_CTRL attribute, whose IPA would point
kvm_update_stolen_time() at the guest's private memory on every vCPU
load. Pass the VM in and return false for a protected one, so the
attribute returns -ENXIO as it does where steal time isn't implemented.

Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 2 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/pvtime.c | 10 +++++-----
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 27fe0cd5b2d7a..286489a69dff5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ long kvm_hypercall_pv_features(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
gpa_t kvm_init_stolen_time(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
void kvm_update_stolen_time(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);

-bool kvm_arm_pvtime_supported(void);
+bool kvm_arm_pvtime_supported(struct kvm *kvm);
int kvm_arm_pvtime_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
struct kvm_device_attr *attr);
int kvm_arm_pvtime_get_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 8b080804bc90b..db36815630790 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
r = system_supports_mte();
break;
case KVM_CAP_STEAL_TIME:
- r = kvm_arm_pvtime_supported();
+ r = kvm_arm_pvtime_supported(kvm);
break;
case KVM_CAP_ARM_EL1_32BIT:
r = cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_32BIT_EL1);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pvtime.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pvtime.c
index 4ceabaa4c30bd..053fe831fa541 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pvtime.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pvtime.c
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ gpa_t kvm_init_stolen_time(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
return base;
}

-bool kvm_arm_pvtime_supported(void)
+bool kvm_arm_pvtime_supported(struct kvm *kvm)
{
- return !!sched_info_on();
+ return !!sched_info_on() && (!kvm || !kvm_vm_is_protected(kvm));
}

int kvm_arm_pvtime_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int kvm_arm_pvtime_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
int ret = 0;
int idx;

- if (!kvm_arm_pvtime_supported() ||
+ if (!kvm_arm_pvtime_supported(kvm) ||
attr->attr != KVM_ARM_VCPU_PVTIME_IPA)
return -ENXIO;

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ int kvm_arm_pvtime_get_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
u64 __user *user = (u64 __user *)attr->addr;
u64 ipa;

- if (!kvm_arm_pvtime_supported() ||
+ if (!kvm_arm_pvtime_supported(vcpu->kvm) ||
attr->attr != KVM_ARM_VCPU_PVTIME_IPA)
return -ENXIO;

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int kvm_arm_pvtime_has_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
{
switch (attr->attr) {
case KVM_ARM_VCPU_PVTIME_IPA:
- if (kvm_arm_pvtime_supported())
+ if (kvm_arm_pvtime_supported(vcpu->kvm))
return 0;
}
return -ENXIO;
--
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