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authorMarc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>2021-10-01 18:05:53 +0100
committerMarc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>2021-10-11 09:48:47 +0100
commitb6a68b97af23cc75781bed38221ce73144ac2e39 (patch)
treef2279ab2f8e6f84a03de7bc36f2452efca091c06
parentLinux 5.15-rc4 (diff)
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KVM: arm64: Allow KVM to be disabled from the command line
Although KVM can be compiled out of the kernel, it cannot be disabled at runtime. Allow this possibility by introducing a new mode that will prevent KVM from initialising. This is useful in the (limited) circumstances where you don't want KVM to be available (what is wrong with you?), or when you want to install another hypervisor instead (good luck with that). Reviewed-by: David Brazdil <dbrazdil@google.com> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Acked-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Andrew Scull <ascull@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211001170553.3062988-1-maz@kernel.org
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt2
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c14
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 91ba391f9b32..f268731a3d4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2365,6 +2365,8 @@
kvm-arm.mode=
[KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation.
+ none: Forcefully disable KVM.
+
nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
protected guests.
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index f8be56d5342b..019490c67976 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
enum kvm_mode {
KVM_MODE_DEFAULT,
KVM_MODE_PROTECTED,
+ KVM_MODE_NONE,
};
enum kvm_mode kvm_get_mode(void);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index fe102cd2e518..658171231af9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -2064,6 +2064,11 @@ int kvm_arch_init(void *opaque)
return -ENODEV;
}
+ if (kvm_get_mode() == KVM_MODE_NONE) {
+ kvm_info("KVM disabled from command line\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
in_hyp_mode = is_kernel_in_hyp_mode();
if (cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_WORKAROUND_DEVICE_LOAD_ACQUIRE) ||
@@ -2137,8 +2142,15 @@ static int __init early_kvm_mode_cfg(char *arg)
return 0;
}
- if (strcmp(arg, "nvhe") == 0 && !WARN_ON(is_kernel_in_hyp_mode()))
+ if (strcmp(arg, "nvhe") == 0 && !WARN_ON(is_kernel_in_hyp_mode())) {
+ kvm_mode = KVM_MODE_DEFAULT;
return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (strcmp(arg, "none") == 0) {
+ kvm_mode = KVM_MODE_NONE;
+ return 0;
+ }
return -EINVAL;
}