From: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
To: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>,
kernel-team@android.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Oculytic <oculytic@gmail.com>, Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: arm64: Fix PMU handling in pKVM
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:11:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261027081147.498183-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev> (raw)
Hi folks,
Two fixes and a hardening patch for PMU handling in pKVM, as one series
[1].
The first is Vincent's rework of his HPMN fix. It supersedes his earlier
posting [2]. Rather than read nr_event_counters through a different
accessor, the host now copies the hypervisor's kvm_host_data before it's
deprivileged, so host_data_ptr() returns what was set up at init.
Otherwise, HPMN is 0 and a non-protected guest's event counters don't
count.
The second is the non-protected half of Oliver's patch from 2024 [3]. It
passes the host's PMU events to the hyp vCPU of a non-protected guest,
whose counters otherwise all read 0.
The third covers the protected half. It stops the host's counters while
a protected guest runs, so the host can't count the guest's cycles and
events. Side channels are outside pKVM's threat model, so it carries no
Fixes: tag.
Based on kvmarm/next (dd0bc00e3e920).
Cheers,
/fuad
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/86bj8kzix4.wl-maz@kernel.org/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261023092007.3918848-1-vdonnefort@google.com/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240305184840.636212-2-oliver.upton@linux.dev/
Fuad Tabba (1):
KVM: arm64: Disable host PMU counters for protected guests
Oliver Upton (1):
KVM: arm64: Pass the PMU events to the hyp vCPU of non-protected
guests
Vincent Donnefort (1):
KVM: arm64: Synchronise kvm_host_data before host deprivileging
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c | 4 +++-
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c | 11 +++++++++++
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/switch.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/kvm/pkvm.c | 6 ++++++
5 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
base-commit: dd0bc00e3e9201fd49b62ff9cc07890c89003afe
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2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-27 8:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-27 8:11 Fuad Tabba [this message]
2026-10-27 8:11 ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: arm64: Synchronise kvm_host_data before host deprivileging Fuad Tabba
2026-10-27 8:11 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: arm64: Pass the PMU events to the hyp vCPU of non-protected guests Fuad Tabba
2026-10-27 11:05 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-10-27 8:11 ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: arm64: Disable host PMU counters for protected guests Fuad Tabba
2026-10-27 9:32 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-10-27 9:41 ` Fuad Tabba
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