From: Wei-Lin Chang <weilin.chang@arm.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>, Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: arm64: selftests: Basic nested guest support
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:36:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260325003620.2214766-1-weilin.chang@arm.com> (raw)
Hi,
This series adds basic support for running nested guests (L2) in
kselftest. The first patch adds library functions. While designing the
APIs for userspace, I referenced Joey's approach for kvm-unit-tests [1].
In summary, four preparatory functions are provided for userspace to
set up state to run an L2 in EL1:
- prepare_l2_stack() <- sets up stack for L2
- prepare_hyp_state() <- sets up vEL2 registers
- prepare_eret_destination() <- userspace passes a function pointer
for L2 to run
- prepare_nested_sync_handler() <- sets up hvc handler in order to
regain control after L2's hvc
After calling those functions, userspace can vcpu_run(), and when
run_l2() is called within the guest, the supplied function will be run
in L2, with the control flow managed by the library code in nested.c and
nested_asm.S. After running the L2 function, run_l2() will automatically
return. Note that the L2 function supplied by the user does not have to
call hvc.
Patch 2 demonstrates usage of the APIs introduced above, with a simple
L1 -> L2 -> L1 sequence, with an empty L2 function.
Patch 3 enhances the library functions by setting up L2 -> L1 stage-2
translation. Currently the translation is simple, with start level 0, 4
levels, 4KB granules, normal cachable, 48-bit IA, 40-bit OA.
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/kvmarm/20260306142656.2775185-1-joey.gouly@arm.com/
Wei-Lin Chang (3):
KVM: arm64: selftests: Add library functions for NV
KVM: arm64: sefltests: Add basic NV selftest
KVM: arm64: selftests: Enable stage-2 in NV preparation functions
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 3 +
.../selftests/kvm/arm64/hello_nested.c | 65 ++++++++
.../selftests/kvm/include/arm64/nested.h | 25 +++
.../selftests/kvm/include/arm64/processor.h | 9 +
.../testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/nested.c | 154 ++++++++++++++++++
.../selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/nested_asm.S | 35 ++++
6 files changed, 291 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/hello_nested.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/arm64/nested.h
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/nested.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/nested_asm.S
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next reply other threads:[~2026-03-25 0:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-25 0:36 Wei-Lin Chang [this message]
2026-03-25 0:36 ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: arm64: selftests: Add library functions for NV Wei-Lin Chang
2026-03-25 9:03 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-03-26 14:28 ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-03-25 0:36 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: arm64: sefltests: Add basic NV selftest Wei-Lin Chang
2026-03-25 0:36 ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: arm64: selftests: Enable stage-2 in NV preparation functions Wei-Lin Chang
2026-03-25 6:23 ` Itaru Kitayama
2026-03-26 21:34 ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-03-25 9:18 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-03-26 21:16 ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-03-25 8:00 ` [PATCH 0/3] KVM: arm64: selftests: Basic nested guest support Itaru Kitayama
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