On 10/12/25 5:06 PM, Tao Tang wrote:
> The ARMSecuritySpace enum and its related helpers were defined in the
> target-specific header target/arm/cpu.h. This prevented common,
> target-agnostic code like the SMMU model from using these definitions
> without triggering "cpu.h included from common code" errors.
>
> To resolve this, this commit introduces a new, lightweight header,
> include/hw/arm/arm-security.h, which is safe for inclusion by common
> code.
>
> The following change was made:
>
> - The ARMSecuritySpace enum and the arm_space_is_secure() and
> arm_secure_to_space() helpers have been moved from target/arm/cpu.h
> to the new hw/arm/arm-security.h header.
>
> This refactoring decouples the security state definitions from the core
> CPU implementation, allowing common hardware models to correctly handle
> security states without pulling in heavyweight, target-specific headers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tao Tang <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Auger <[email protected]>
nit: the commit msg prefix is unusual (refactor). I would rename into
target/arm: Move ARMSecuritySpace to a common header

Eric
> Link: https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-arm/2025-09/msg01288.html
> ---
>  include/hw/arm/arm-security.h | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  target/arm/cpu.h              | 25 +---------------
>  2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/hw/arm/arm-security.h
>
> diff --git a/include/hw/arm/arm-security.h b/include/hw/arm/arm-security.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..9664c0f95e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/hw/arm/arm-security.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
> +/*
> + * ARM security space helpers
> + *
> + * Provide ARMSecuritySpace and helpers for code that is not tied to CPU.
> + *
> + *  Copyright (c) 2003 Fabrice Bellard
> + *
> + * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> + * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> + * Lesser General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License along with this library; if not, see 
> <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef HW_ARM_ARM_SECURITY_H
> +#define HW_ARM_ARM_SECURITY_H
> +
> +#include <stdbool.h>
> +
> +/*
> + * ARM v9 security states.
> + * The ordering of the enumeration corresponds to the low 2 bits
> + * of the GPI value, and (except for Root) the concat of NSE:NS.
> + */
> +
> + typedef enum ARMSecuritySpace {
> +    ARMSS_Secure     = 0,
> +    ARMSS_NonSecure  = 1,
> +    ARMSS_Root       = 2,
> +    ARMSS_Realm      = 3,
> +} ARMSecuritySpace;
> +
> +/* Return true if @space is secure, in the pre-v9 sense. */
> +static inline bool arm_space_is_secure(ARMSecuritySpace space)
> +{
> +    return space == ARMSS_Secure || space == ARMSS_Root;
> +}
> +
> +/* Return the ARMSecuritySpace for @secure, assuming !RME or EL[0-2]. */
> +static inline ARMSecuritySpace arm_secure_to_space(bool secure)
> +{
> +    return secure ? ARMSS_Secure : ARMSS_NonSecure;
> +}
> +
> +#endif /* HW_ARM_ARM_SECURITY_H */
> +
> +
> diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.h b/target/arm/cpu.h
> index 1d4e13320c..3336d95c6a 100644
> --- a/target/arm/cpu.h
> +++ b/target/arm/cpu.h
> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
>  #include "exec/page-protection.h"
>  #include "qapi/qapi-types-common.h"
>  #include "target/arm/multiprocessing.h"
> +#include "hw/arm/arm-security.h"
>  #include "target/arm/gtimer.h"
>  #include "target/arm/cpu-sysregs.h"
>  #include "target/arm/mmuidx.h"
> @@ -2098,30 +2099,6 @@ static inline int arm_feature(CPUARMState *env, int 
> feature)
>  
>  void arm_cpu_finalize_features(ARMCPU *cpu, Error **errp);
>  
> -/*
> - * ARM v9 security states.
> - * The ordering of the enumeration corresponds to the low 2 bits
> - * of the GPI value, and (except for Root) the concat of NSE:NS.
> - */
> -
> -typedef enum ARMSecuritySpace {
> -    ARMSS_Secure     = 0,
> -    ARMSS_NonSecure  = 1,
> -    ARMSS_Root       = 2,
> -    ARMSS_Realm      = 3,
> -} ARMSecuritySpace;
> -
> -/* Return true if @space is secure, in the pre-v9 sense. */
> -static inline bool arm_space_is_secure(ARMSecuritySpace space)
> -{
> -    return space == ARMSS_Secure || space == ARMSS_Root;
> -}
> -
> -/* Return the ARMSecuritySpace for @secure, assuming !RME or EL[0-2]. */
> -static inline ARMSecuritySpace arm_secure_to_space(bool secure)
> -{
> -    return secure ? ARMSS_Secure : ARMSS_NonSecure;
> -}
>  
>  #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
>  /**


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