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authorPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2019-07-11 15:14:16 +0200
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2019-07-11 15:14:16 +0200
commita45ff5994c9cde41af627c46abb9f32beae68943 (patch)
treeb726cc506ed1b01484f183ab2679cdd618e1e9b1 /Documentation/virtual/kvm/arm/psci.txt
parent429bb83af8bcea0115eb34fd7ed94a35166d8384 (diff)
parent1e0cf16cdad1ba53e9eeee8746fe57de42f20c97 (diff)
Merge tag 'kvm-arm-for-5.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvmarm/kvmarm into HEAD
KVM/arm updates for 5.3 - Add support for chained PMU counters in guests - Improve SError handling - Handle Neoverse N1 erratum #1349291 - Allow side-channel mitigation status to be migrated - Standardise most AArch64 system register accesses to msr_s/mrs_s - Fix host MPIDR corruption on 32bit
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@@ -28,3 +28,34 @@ The following register is defined:
- Allows any PSCI version implemented by KVM and compatible with
v0.2 to be set with SET_ONE_REG
- Affects the whole VM (even if the register view is per-vcpu)
+
+* KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1:
+ Holds the state of the firmware support to mitigate CVE-2017-5715, as
+ offered by KVM to the guest via a HVC call. The workaround is described
+ under SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1 in [1].
+ Accepted values are:
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_NOT_AVAIL: KVM does not offer
+ firmware support for the workaround. The mitigation status for the
+ guest is unknown.
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_AVAIL: The workaround HVC call is
+ available to the guest and required for the mitigation.
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_NOT_REQUIRED: The workaround HVC call
+ is available to the guest, but it is not needed on this VCPU.
+
+* KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2:
+ Holds the state of the firmware support to mitigate CVE-2018-3639, as
+ offered by KVM to the guest via a HVC call. The workaround is described
+ under SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2 in [1].
+ Accepted values are:
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_NOT_AVAIL: A workaround is not
+ available. KVM does not offer firmware support for the workaround.
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_UNKNOWN: The workaround state is
+ unknown. KVM does not offer firmware support for the workaround.
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_AVAIL: The workaround is available,
+ and can be disabled by a vCPU. If
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_ENABLED is set, it is active for
+ this vCPU.
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_NOT_REQUIRED: The workaround is
+ always active on this vCPU or it is not needed.
+
+[1] https://developer.arm.com/-/media/developer/pdf/ARM_DEN_0070A_Firmware_interfaces_for_mitigating_CVE-2017-5715.pdf