1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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4 Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI)
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7 KVM implements the PSCI (Power State Coordination Interface)
8 specification in order to provide services such as CPU on/off, reset
9 and power-off to the guest.
11 The PSCI specification is regularly updated to provide new features,
12 and KVM implements these updates if they make sense from a virtualization
15 This means that a guest booted on two different versions of KVM can
16 observe two different "firmware" revisions. This could cause issues if
17 a given guest is tied to a particular PSCI revision (unlikely), or if
18 a migration causes a different PSCI version to be exposed out of the
19 blue to an unsuspecting guest.
21 In order to remedy this situation, KVM exposes a set of "firmware
22 pseudo-registers" that can be manipulated using the GET/SET_ONE_REG
23 interface. These registers can be saved/restored by userspace, and set
24 to a convenient value if required.
26 The following register is defined:
28 * KVM_REG_ARM_PSCI_VERSION:
30 - Only valid if the vcpu has the KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2 feature set
31 (and thus has already been initialized)
32 - Returns the current PSCI version on GET_ONE_REG (defaulting to the
33 highest PSCI version implemented by KVM and compatible with v0.2)
34 - Allows any PSCI version implemented by KVM and compatible with
35 v0.2 to be set with SET_ONE_REG
36 - Affects the whole VM (even if the register view is per-vcpu)
38 * KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1:
39 Holds the state of the firmware support to mitigate CVE-2017-5715, as
40 offered by KVM to the guest via a HVC call. The workaround is described
41 under SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1 in [1].
45 KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_NOT_AVAIL:
47 firmware support for the workaround. The mitigation status for the
49 KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_AVAIL:
50 The workaround HVC call is
51 available to the guest and required for the mitigation.
52 KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_NOT_REQUIRED:
53 The workaround HVC call
54 is available to the guest, but it is not needed on this VCPU.
56 * KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2:
57 Holds the state of the firmware support to mitigate CVE-2018-3639, as
58 offered by KVM to the guest via a HVC call. The workaround is described
59 under SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2 in [1]_.
63 KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_NOT_AVAIL:
65 available. KVM does not offer firmware support for the workaround.
66 KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_UNKNOWN:
67 The workaround state is
68 unknown. KVM does not offer firmware support for the workaround.
69 KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_AVAIL:
70 The workaround is available,
71 and can be disabled by a vCPU. If
72 KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_ENABLED is set, it is active for
74 KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_NOT_REQUIRED:
75 The workaround is always active on this vCPU or it is not needed.
77 .. [1] https://developer.arm.com/-/media/developer/pdf/ARM_DEN_0070A_Firmware_interfaces_for_mitigating_CVE-2017-5715.pdf