Re: [PATCH v21 13/23] KVM: arm64: Mandate VGIC v3 for pKVM VMs and Realms

[Fuad Tabba]

On Thu, 1 Oct 2026 at 22:08, Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> pKVM does not trust the host. Realm VMs follow a similar trust model, with
> the Realm Management Monitor owning the protected state instead of the host.
> Add a helper to identify VMs that run under a host-distrusting hypervisor.
>
> Use this for blocking ioremap of vgic-v2 into stage2 and prevent creation of
> VGIC other than v3.
>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@xxxxxxxxx>

Cheers,
/fuad