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KVM: arm64: Use hVHE in pKVM by default on CPUs with VHE support
The early command line parsing treats "kvm-arm.mode=protected" as an
alias for "id_aa64mmfr1.vh=0", forcing the use of nVHE so that the host
kernel runs at EL1 with the pKVM hypervisor at EL2.
With the introduction of hVHE support in ad744e8 ("arm64: Allow
arm64_sw.hvhe on command line"), the hypervisor can run using the EL2+0
translation regime. This is interesting for unusual CPUs that have VH
stuck to 1, but also because it opens the possibility of a hypervisor
"userspace" in the distant future which could be used to isolate vCPU
contexts in the hypervisor (see Marc's talk from KVM Forum 2022 [1]).
Repaint the "kvm-arm.mode=protected" alias to map to "arm64_sw.hvhe=1",
which will use hVHE on CPUs that support it and remain with nVHE
otherwise.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F_Mf2j9eIo
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Oliver Upton <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <[email protected]>
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