[PATCH v3 08/18] KVM: arm64: Add system register reset framework for protected VMs
From: Fuad Tabba
Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 07:53:03 EST
Add kvm_reset_pvm_sys_regs() and the pvm_sys_reg_reset_vals[] table
that drives it, and call it from init_pkvm_hyp_vcpu() for protected
vCPUs. The table holds the registers KVM resets that EL2 loads for a
protected vCPU: the ones __sysreg_restore_state_nvhe() restores, and
CNTV_CTL_EL0, which flush_hyp_timer_state() loads from a copy the
host's kvm_timer_vcpu_reset() doesn't write. The ptrauth keys, which
entry.S loads, are not in the table: sys_regs.c resets them to
UNKNOWN, and a vCPU that CPU_ON brings back keeps the keys the guest
last set, one UNKNOWN value in place of another.
A register that resets to 0 still needs an entry: a later patch calls
kvm_reset_pvm_sys_regs() again for PSCI CPU_ON at EL2, on a context
that has run.
A poison value stands in where sys_regs.c resets to UNKNOWN, and for
VBAR_EL1 and CONTEXTIDR_EL1 in place of the 0 it uses.
MPIDR_EL1 is derived from vcpu_id, as for any KVM guest.
AMAIR_EL1 resets to 0 where sys_regs.c reads the hardware: the host
writes it freely before the hypercall, and it's loaded on every guest
entry.
Until the per-EC marshalling patch removes the host's full-context
copy from flush_hyp_vcpu(), that copy overwrites these values on every
entry. It preserves CNTV_CTL_EL0, whose entry writes the zero the page
already holds. So this patch has no observable effect on its own.
No functional change intended.
Reviewed-by: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c | 5 +++
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h
index 49a0a992047ba..a04b7c04d5135 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ bool kvm_handle_pvm_hvc64(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *exit_code);
bool kvm_handle_pvm_sysreg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *exit_code);
bool kvm_handle_pvm_restricted(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *exit_code);
void kvm_init_pvm_id_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+void kvm_reset_pvm_sys_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
int kvm_check_pvm_sysreg_table(void);
#endif /* __ARM64_KVM_NVHE_PKVM_H__ */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
index d52c26c0959a8..0252f28cca300 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
@@ -590,6 +590,11 @@ static int init_pkvm_hyp_vcpu(struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu,
goto done;
ret = pkvm_vcpu_init_sve(hyp_vcpu, host_vcpu);
+ if (ret)
+ goto done;
+
+ if (pkvm_hyp_vcpu_is_protected(hyp_vcpu))
+ kvm_reset_pvm_sys_regs(&hyp_vcpu->vcpu);
done:
if (ret)
unpin_host_vcpu(host_vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c
index 8758c68017765..87557d1b3bf07 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c
@@ -525,6 +525,66 @@ static const struct sys_reg_desc pvm_sys_reg_descs[] = {
/* Performance Monitoring Registers are restricted. */
};
+struct sys_reg_desc_reset {
+ int reg;
+ void (*reset)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc_reset *rd);
+ u64 value;
+};
+
+static void reset_mpidr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc_reset *r)
+{
+ __vcpu_assign_sys_reg(vcpu, r->reg, kvm_calculate_mpidr(vcpu));
+}
+
+static void reset_value(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc_reset *r)
+{
+ __vcpu_assign_sys_reg(vcpu, r->reg, r->value);
+}
+
+#define RESET_VAL(REG, VAL) { REG, reset_value, VAL }
+
+#define RESET_ZERO(REG) RESET_VAL(REG, 0)
+
+#define RESET_UNKNOWN(REG) RESET_VAL(REG, 0x1de7ec7edbadc0deULL)
+
+#define RESET_FUNC(REG, FN) { REG, FN, 0 }
+
+static const struct sys_reg_desc_reset pvm_sys_reg_reset_vals[] = {
+ RESET_FUNC(MPIDR_EL1, reset_mpidr),
+ RESET_UNKNOWN(TPIDR_EL0),
+ RESET_UNKNOWN(TPIDRRO_EL0),
+ RESET_UNKNOWN(TPIDR_EL1),
+ RESET_ZERO(CNTKCTL_EL1),
+ RESET_UNKNOWN(PAR_EL1),
+ RESET_ZERO(DISR_EL1),
+ RESET_ZERO(CPACR_EL1),
+ RESET_VAL(CONTEXTIDR_EL1, 0x00000000dbadc0deULL),
+ RESET_VAL(SCTLR_EL1, 0x00C50078ULL),
+ RESET_ZERO(TCR_EL1),
+ RESET_UNKNOWN(AFSR0_EL1),
+ RESET_UNKNOWN(AFSR1_EL1),
+ RESET_UNKNOWN(ESR_EL1),
+ RESET_UNKNOWN(MAIR_EL1),
+ RESET_ZERO(AMAIR_EL1),
+ RESET_ZERO(MDSCR_EL1),
+ RESET_ZERO(CNTV_CTL_EL0),
+ RESET_UNKNOWN(TTBR0_EL1),
+ RESET_UNKNOWN(TTBR1_EL1),
+ RESET_UNKNOWN(FAR_EL1),
+ RESET_VAL(VBAR_EL1, 0x1de7ec7edbadc000ULL),
+};
+
+void kvm_reset_pvm_sys_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ unsigned long i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pvm_sys_reg_reset_vals); i++) {
+ const struct sys_reg_desc_reset *r = &pvm_sys_reg_reset_vals[i];
+
+ r->reset(vcpu, r);
+ }
+}
+
/*
* Initializes feature registers for protected vms.
*/
--
2.39.5