[PATCH v3 01/23] KVM: arm64: Refactor idreg caching into dedicated structure

From: Steffen Eiden

Date: Fri Nov 06 2026 - 11:13:48 EST


Move VM-wide ID register emulation fields from struct kvm_arch into a
new struct kvm_vm_id_regs. The new struct is placed in a shared region.
Update all users to use the new structure.

No functional changes.

Co-developed-by: Nina Schoetterl-Glausch <nsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nina Schoetterl-Glausch <nsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Andreas Grapentin <gra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Grapentin <gra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------
arch/arm64/kvm/config.c | 10 ++++----
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c | 7 +++---
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c | 4 +--
arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c | 2 +-
5 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 97332ffcb130..7f051dad79c7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -105,6 +105,25 @@ struct vcpu_reset_state {
bool reset;
};

+struct kvm_vm_id_regs {
+ /*
+ * Emulated CPU ID registers per VM
+ * (Op0, Op1, CRn, CRm, Op2) of the ID registers to be saved in it
+ * is (3, 0, 0, crm, op2), where 1<=crm<8, 0<=op2<8.
+ *
+ * These emulated idregs are VM-wide, but accessed from the context of a vCPU.
+ * Atomic access to multiple idregs are guarded by kvm_arch.config_lock.
+ */
+#define IDREG_IDX(id) (((sys_reg_CRm(id) - 1) << 3) | sys_reg_Op2(id))
+#define KVM_ARM_ID_REG_NUM (IDREG_IDX(sys_reg(3, 0, 0, 7, 7)) + 1)
+ u64 ftr_reg[KVM_ARM_ID_REG_NUM];
+
+ u64 midr_el1;
+ u64 revidr_el1;
+ u64 aidr_el1;
+ u64 ctr_el0;
+};
+
#endif /* ARM64_S390_COMMON == 1 */

#define KVM_DIRTY_LOG_MANUAL_CAPS (KVM_DIRTY_LOG_MANUAL_PROTECT_ENABLE | \
@@ -478,22 +497,7 @@ struct kvm_arch {
struct kvm_smccc_features smccc_feat;
struct maple_tree smccc_filter;

- /*
- * Emulated CPU ID registers per VM
- * (Op0, Op1, CRn, CRm, Op2) of the ID registers to be saved in it
- * is (3, 0, 0, crm, op2), where 1<=crm<8, 0<=op2<8.
- *
- * These emulated idregs are VM-wide, but accessed from the context of a vCPU.
- * Atomic access to multiple idregs are guarded by kvm_arch.config_lock.
- */
-#define IDREG_IDX(id) (((sys_reg_CRm(id) - 1) << 3) | sys_reg_Op2(id))
-#define KVM_ARM_ID_REG_NUM (IDREG_IDX(sys_reg(3, 0, 0, 7, 7)) + 1)
- u64 id_regs[KVM_ARM_ID_REG_NUM];
-
- u64 midr_el1;
- u64 revidr_el1;
- u64 aidr_el1;
- u64 ctr_el0;
+ struct kvm_vm_id_regs id_regs;

/* Masks for VNCR-backed and general EL2 sysregs */
struct kvm_sysreg_masks *sysreg_masks;
@@ -1634,19 +1638,19 @@ void kvm_arm_vcpu_power_off(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
bool kvm_arm_vcpu_stopped(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
bool kvm_pkvm_vcpu_is_powered_off(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);

-static inline u64 *__vm_id_reg(struct kvm_arch *ka, u32 reg)
+static inline u64 *__vm_id_reg(struct kvm_vm_id_regs *id_regs, u32 reg)
{
switch (reg) {
case sys_reg(3, 0, 0, 1, 0) ... sys_reg(3, 0, 0, 7, 7):
- return &ka->id_regs[IDREG_IDX(reg)];
+ return &id_regs->ftr_reg[IDREG_IDX(reg)];
case SYS_CTR_EL0:
- return &ka->ctr_el0;
+ return &id_regs->ctr_el0;
case SYS_MIDR_EL1:
- return &ka->midr_el1;
+ return &id_regs->midr_el1;
case SYS_REVIDR_EL1:
- return &ka->revidr_el1;
+ return &id_regs->revidr_el1;
case SYS_AIDR_EL1:
- return &ka->aidr_el1;
+ return &id_regs->aidr_el1;
default:
WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
return NULL;
@@ -1654,7 +1658,7 @@ static inline u64 *__vm_id_reg(struct kvm_arch *ka, u32 reg)
}

#define kvm_read_vm_id_reg(kvm, reg) \
- ({ u64 __val = *__vm_id_reg(&(kvm)->arch, reg); __val; })
+ ({ u64 __val = *__vm_id_reg(&(kvm)->arch.id_regs, reg); __val; })

void kvm_set_vm_id_reg(struct kvm *kvm, u32 reg, u64 val);

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/config.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/config.c
index adaf26ab93b8..49bbe68c0b9e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/config.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/config.c
@@ -1467,11 +1467,11 @@ static bool idreg_apply_deps(struct kvm *kvm, const struct reg_feat_map_desc *r)
resx.res0 |= reg_feat_map_bits(&r->bit_feat_map[i]);
}

- val = kvm->arch.id_regs[r->idreg_idx];
- kvm->arch.id_regs[r->idreg_idx] &= ~resx.res0;
- kvm->arch.id_regs[r->idreg_idx] |= resx.res1;
+ val = kvm->arch.id_regs.ftr_reg[r->idreg_idx];
+ kvm->arch.id_regs.ftr_reg[r->idreg_idx] &= ~resx.res0;
+ kvm->arch.id_regs.ftr_reg[r->idreg_idx] |= resx.res1;

- return val != kvm->arch.id_regs[r->idreg_idx];
+ return val != kvm->arch.id_regs.ftr_reg[r->idreg_idx];
}

void kvm_idregs_enforce_dependencies(struct kvm *kvm)
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ void kvm_idregs_enforce_dependencies(struct kvm *kvm)

static bool idreg_feat_match(struct kvm *kvm, const struct reg_bits_to_feat_map *map)
{
- u64 regval = kvm->arch.id_regs[map->regidx];
+ u64 regval = kvm->arch.id_regs.ftr_reg[map->regidx];
u64 regfld = (regval >> map->shift) & GENMASK(map->width - 1, 0);

if (map->sign) {
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
index fc0475f0877d..41ee83290697 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static void pkvm_init_features_from_host(struct pkvm_hyp_vm *hyp_vm, const struc
DECLARE_BITMAP(allowed_features, KVM_VCPU_MAX_FEATURES);

/* CTR_EL0 is always under host control, even for protected VMs. */
- hyp_vm->kvm.arch.ctr_el0 = host_kvm->arch.ctr_el0;
+ hyp_vm->kvm.arch.id_regs.ctr_el0 = host_kvm->arch.id_regs.ctr_el0;

/*
* pKVM runs only GICv3. Anything else becomes 0, the model of a VM
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ static void pkvm_init_features_from_host(struct pkvm_hyp_vm *hyp_vm, const struc
KVM_VCPU_MAX_FEATURES);

if (test_bit(KVM_ARCH_FLAG_WRITABLE_IMP_ID_REGS, &host_arch_flags))
- hyp_vm->kvm.arch.midr_el1 = host_kvm->arch.midr_el1;
+ hyp_vm->kvm.arch.id_regs.midr_el1 = host_kvm->arch.id_regs.midr_el1;

goto out;
}
@@ -574,7 +574,8 @@ static int vm_copy_id_regs(struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu)
if (test_and_set_bit(KVM_ARCH_FLAG_ID_REGS_INITIALIZED, &kvm->arch.flags))
return 0;

- memcpy(kvm->arch.id_regs, host_kvm->arch.id_regs, sizeof(kvm->arch.id_regs));
+ memcpy(kvm->arch.id_regs.ftr_reg, host_kvm->arch.id_regs.ftr_reg,
+ sizeof(kvm->arch.id_regs.ftr_reg));

return 0;
}
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c
index 32e82653ebf7..10b144e50feb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static u64 read_id_reg(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
return 0;

if (reg >= sys_reg(3, 0, 0, 1, 0) && reg <= sys_reg(3, 0, 0, 7, 7))
- return kvm->arch.id_regs[IDREG_IDX(reg)];
+ return kvm->arch.id_regs.ftr_reg[IDREG_IDX(reg)];

return 0;
}
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ void kvm_init_pvm_id_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* for protected VMs.
*/
for (r = sys_reg(3, 0, 0, 4, 0); r <= sys_reg(3, 0, 0, 7, 7); r += sys_reg(0, 0, 0, 0, 1))
- ka->id_regs[IDREG_IDX(r)] = pvm_calc_id_reg(vcpu, r);
+ ka->id_regs.ftr_reg[IDREG_IDX(r)] = pvm_calc_id_reg(vcpu, r);

set_bit(KVM_ARCH_FLAG_ID_REGS_INITIALIZED, &kvm->arch.flags);
}
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
index 850eba167aad..0f0b0495b710 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
@@ -2543,7 +2543,7 @@ static int set_id_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc *rd,

void kvm_set_vm_id_reg(struct kvm *kvm, u32 reg, u64 val)
{
- u64 *p = __vm_id_reg(&kvm->arch, reg);
+ u64 *p = __vm_id_reg(&kvm->arch.id_regs, reg);

lockdep_assert_held(&kvm->arch.config_lock);


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