Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add support for compat CPU capabilities for KVM on PowerNV
From: Vaibhav Jain
Date: Wed Jun 03 2026 - 00:18:01 EST
Hi Amit,
Thanks for the patch. My review comments inline:
Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Currently, when booting a compatibility-mode KVM guest (L1) on a PowerNV
> hypervisor (L0), the guest runs with the expected processor
> compatibility level. However, when booting a nested KVM guest (L2)
> inside the L1, QEMU derives the CPU model from the raw host PVR and
> attempts to run the nested guest at that level, instead of honoring the
> compatibility mode of the L1.
>
> Extend host CPU compatibility capability reporting to support nested
> virtualization on PowerNV systems (PAPR nested API v1).
>
> For nested API v2 (PowerVM), compatibility capabilities are obtained
> from the hypervisor via the H_GUEST_GET_CAPABILITIES hcall. This
> information is not available on PowerNV systems.
>
> For nested API v1, derive the compatibility capabilities from the L1
> guest by reading the "cpu-version" property from the device tree, which
> reflects the effective (logical) processor compatibility level. Map this
> value to the corresponding compatibility capability bitmap.
>
> Introduce a helper to translate CPU version values into compatibility
> capability bits and integrate it into kvmppc_get_compat_cpu_caps().
>
> This allows userspace to query host CPU compatibility modes on both
> PowerVM and PowerNV platforms via the KVM_PPC_GET_COMPAT_CAPS ioctl.
>
> Suggested-by: Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Anushree Mathur <anushree.mathur@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> index 38de7040e2b7..18774c49af85 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> @@ -6522,15 +6522,50 @@ static bool kvmppc_hash_v3_possible(void)
> return true;
> }
>
> +static int kvmppc_map_compat_capabilities(const __be32 cpu_version,
> + unsigned long *capabilities)
> +{
> + switch (cpu_version) {
> + case PVR_ARCH_31_P11:
> + *capabilities |= H_GUEST_CAP_POWER11;
> + break;
> + case PVR_ARCH_31:
> + *capabilities |= H_GUEST_CAP_POWER10;
> + break;
> + case PVR_ARCH_300:
> + *capabilities |= H_GUEST_CAP_POWER9;
> + break;
> + default:
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
>
> static int kvmppc_get_compat_cpu_caps(struct kvm_ppc_compat_caps *host_caps)
> {
> + struct device_node *np;
> unsigned long capabilities = 0;
> + const __be32 *prop = NULL;
> long rc = -EINVAL;
> + u32 cpu_version;
>
> if (kvmhv_on_pseries()) {
> - if (kvmhv_is_nestedv2())
> + if (kvmhv_is_nestedv2()) {
> rc = plpar_guest_get_capabilities(0,
> &capabilities);
Need to mask capabilities as mentioned in the review comments for
previous patch. I would suggest creating a helper that performs the
hcall and applies the mask which can then be used at
plpar_guest_get_capabilities() call sites.
> + } else {
> + for_each_node_by_type(np, "cpu") {
> + prop = of_get_property(np, "cpu-version", NULL);
> + if (prop) {
> + cpu_version = be32_to_cpup(prop);
> + break;
> + }
> + }
> + if (!prop)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + rc = kvmppc_map_compat_capabilities(cpu_version,
> + &capabilities);
> + }
> host_caps->compat_capabilities = capabilities;
> }
>
> --
> 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
>
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Cheers
~ Vaibhav