[PATCH v2 0/5] KVM: arm64: Support FEAT_LS64_ACCDATA in guests

From: Fuad Tabba

Date: Sun Oct 25 2026 - 03:54:38 EST


Hi folks,

Changes since v1 [1]:
- Support FEAT_LS64_ACCDATA in guests instead of capping
ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.LS64 at LS64_V. A saved VM keeps its level, so
restore no longer has to accept older kernels' levels, and v1's
set_id_regs patch goes. (Marc)
- Add an arm64.nols64 option. (Marc)
- Retitled the series to match.

On a host with FEAT_LS64_ACCDATA, KVM advertises ST64BV0 and ACCDATA_EL1
to guests but doesn't support either. A guest's ST64BV0 hits the WARN in
handle_other(), and every guest on a CPU shares ACCDATA_EL1.

Patches 2 and 3 are Marc's from 2024 [2], rebased. I changed patch 3
to switch ACCDATA_EL1 for guests only, and only when the new
ARM64_HAS_LS64_ACCDATA capability is set, for the reasons in its note.
Patch 4 sets HCRX_EL2.EnAS0. Patch 1 adds arm64.nols64 to disable LS64
on a host whose firmware leaves SCR_EL3.ADEn clear. It comes
first so that the option exists in every commit that switches
ACCDATA_EL1. All five carry Cc: stable. The get-reg-list patch carries
it because the test fails on a host with the feature once patch 2 is
in.

Tested on the FVP with arm_v8_7_accelerator_support_level at 3
(LS64_ACCDATA) in VHE, nVHE and protected mode, and at 4 (LS64WB) in
VHE, with cpuidle.off=1 so that idle doesn't reset ACCDATA_EL1 between
VMs. In my reproducer, one VM writes ACCDATA_EL1 and the next VM on the
same CPU reads it. Unpatched, it reads the first VM's value and ST64BV0
hits the WARN. Patched, the second VM reads 0 and ST64BV0 doesn't trap.

Based on Linux 7.3-rc3 (fd73f4a665989).

Cheers,
/fuad

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261023070110.1833446-1-fuad.tabba@xxxxxxxxx/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240815125959.2097734-1-maz@xxxxxxxxxx/

Fuad Tabba (3):
arm64: Add override for ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.LS64
KVM: arm64: Enable ST64BV0 for guests with FEAT_LS64_ACCDATA
KVM: arm64: selftests: Add ACCDATA_EL1 to get-reg-list

Marc Zyngier (2):
KVM: arm64: Add ACCDATA_EL1 to the sysreg array
KVM: arm64: Add context-switch of ACCDATA_EL1

.../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +++
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h | 3 +++
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 3 +++
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 7 ++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/pi/idreg-override.c | 2 ++
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/sysreg-sr.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c | 12 +++++++++-
arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps | 1 +
.../selftests/kvm/arm64/get-reg-list.c | 2 ++
9 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)


base-commit: fd73f4a6659897191fa0d40695fe370925dd3780
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2.47.3