On IBM POWER systems, newer processor generations can operate in compatibility modes corresponding to earlier generations. This becomes relevant for nested virtualization, where nested KVM guests may need to run with a specific processor compatibility level.
Currently, when running a nested KVM guest (L2) inside a Power11 pSeries logical partition (L1) booted in Power10 compatibility mode, the guest fails to boot while setting 'arch_compat'. This happens because the CPU class is derived from the hardware PVR (via mfspr()), which reflects the physical processor generation (Power11), rather than the effective compatibility mode (Power10). As a result, userspace may request a Power11 arch_compat for the L2 guest. However, the L1 partition, running in Power10 compatibility, has only negotiated support up to Power10 with the Power Hypervisor (L0). When H_SET_STATE is invoked with a Power11 Logical PVR, the hypervisor rejects the request, leading to a late guest boot failure: KVM-NESTEDv2: couldn't set guest wide elements [..KVM reg dump..] This situation should be detected earlier. Rejecting unsupported 'arch_compat' values in 'kvmppc_set_arch_compat()' avoids issuing an invalid H_SET_STATE hcall and provides a clearer failure mode. Add a check to reject Power11 'arch_compat' requests when the host is running in Power10 compatibility mode, returning -EINVAL early instead of deferring the failure to the hypervisor. Signed-off-by: Amit Machhiwal <[email protected]> --- arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c index 61dbeea317f3..249d1f2e4e2c 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c @@ -446,7 +446,19 @@ static int kvmppc_set_arch_compat(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 arch_compat) guest_pcr_bit = PCR_ARCH_300; break; case PVR_ARCH_31: + guest_pcr_bit = PCR_ARCH_31; + break; case PVR_ARCH_31_P11: + /* + * Need to check this for ISA 3.1, as Power10 and + * Power11 share the same PCR. For any subsequent ISA + * versions, this will be taken care of by the guest vs + * host PCR comparison below. + */ + if ((PVR_ARCH_31 & cur_cpu_spec->pvr_mask) == + cur_cpu_spec->pvr_value) { + return -EINVAL; + } guest_pcr_bit = PCR_ARCH_31; break; default: -- 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
