Re: [PATCH v22 23/23] KVM: arm64: CCA: Control user register access for Realms

[Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>]

On 10/6/26 4:01 PM, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> On 06/10/2026 06:47, Gavin Shan wrote:
>> On 10/5/26 7:07 PM, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
>>> From: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@linaro.org>
>>>
>>> The RMM restricts the access to the register states that the host can
>>> read/modify for a given Realm.
>>>
>>> e.g., At VCPU creation, can modify GPRS (x0-x30) and PC.
>>>        While servicing SMCCC calls via RSI_HOST_CALL or servicing PSCI
>>>        requests.
>>>        MMIO emulation in the unprotected space.
>>>
>>> Additionally we use the sysreg configuration to advertise/configure the
>>> following Realm parameters, which are required before the Realm Descriptor
>>> is created:
>>>   - SVE Vector Length
>>>   - Number of HW Breakpoints/Watchpoints
>>>   - PMU Counters.
>>>
>>> Thus KVM also additionally allows access to ID_AA64DFR0_EL1 and SVE_VLS for
>>> the configuration of Realm creation parameters. We don't support PMUs for
>>> the Realm VMs yet, so PMCR is not exposed.
>>>
>>> The RMM makes similar restrictions for reading of the guest's registers
>>> (this is *confidential* compute after all), however we don't impose the
>>> restriction here. This allows the VMM to read (stale) values from the
>>> registers which might be useful to read back the initial values even if
>>> the RMM doesn't provide the latest version. For migration of a realm VM,
>>> a new interface will be needed so that the VMM can receive an
>>> (encrypted) blob of the VM's state.
>>>
>>> Reflect the above in KVM_GET_REG_LIST, KVM_SET_ONE_REG calls.
> 
>>>   static int core_reg_size_from_offset(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 off)
>>>   {
>>>       int size;
>>> @@ -553,6 +572,9 @@ static int copy_core_reg_indices(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>>           u64 reg = KVM_REG_ARM64 | KVM_REG_ARM_CORE | i;
>>>           int size = core_reg_size_from_offset(vcpu, i);
>>> +        if (vcpu_is_rec(vcpu) && !kvm_realm_validate_core_reg(i))
>>> +            continue;
>>> +
>>>           if (size < 0)
>>>               continue;
>>> @@ -598,6 +620,9 @@ static unsigned long num_sve_regs(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>>       if (!vcpu_has_sve(vcpu))
>>>           return 0;
>>> +    if (kvm_vm_is_realm(vcpu->kvm))
>>> +        return 1; /* KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS */
>>> +
>>>       if (!kvm_arm_vcpu_sve_finalized(vcpu))
>>>           return 1; /* KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS */
>>>
>>
>> Aren't above two checks conflicting to each other?
> 
> Do they? We allow SVE_VLS only for the Realms and we allow that
> before the vCPUs are finalized. For normal VMs, depending on
> whether the vcpus are finalized, we either send 1 or the full list.
> 

num_sve_regs() can be called for 3 cases: (a) non-finalized realm vCPU; (b) finalized
realm vCPU; (c) Other finalized vCPUs, correct? The check "if (kvm_vm_is_realm(vcpu->kvm))",
which would be "if (vcpu_is_rec(vcpu))", covers (a) and (b). The second check
"if (!kvm_arm_vcpu_sve_finalized(vcpu))" isn't used. The check here would be something
as below after this series is applied:

	/*
	 * Only KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS is visible on realm vCPUs no matter if
	 * they have been finalized.
	 */
	if (vcpu_is_rec(vcpu))
		return 1;

Besides, this check "if (vcpu_is_rec(vcpu))" belongs to PATCH[22]. Hope I make myself
clear :-)

>>
>>> @@ -625,6 +650,10 @@ static int copy_sve_reg_indices(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>>           return -EFAULT;
>>>       ++num_regs;
>>> +    /* For Realms only support SVE_VLS */
>>> +    if (kvm_vm_is_realm(vcpu->kvm))
>>> +        return num_regs;
>>> +
>>>       if (!kvm_arm_vcpu_sve_finalized(vcpu))
>>>           return num_regs;
>>
>> Same question here.
> 
> As above.
> 
> Suzuki

Thanks,
Gavin