If guests don't have certain CPU erratum work-arounds implemented, then there is a possibility a guest can deadlock the system. IOW, only trusted guests should be used on systems with the erratum.
This is the case for Cortex-A57 erratum 832075. Cc: Marc Zyngier <m...@kernel.org> Cc: James Morse <james.mo...@arm.com> Cc: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.k...@gmail.com> Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poul...@arm.com> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.mari...@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <w...@kernel.org> Cc: kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <r...@kernel.org> --- arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c index 90cb90561446..e2f50fa4d825 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c @@ -1653,6 +1653,10 @@ int kvm_arch_init(void *opaque) return -ENODEV; } + if (cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_WORKAROUND_DEVICE_LOAD_ACQUIRE)) + kvm_info("Guests without required CPU erratum work-arounds can deadlock system!\n" \ + "Only trusted guests should be used on this system.\n"); + for_each_online_cpu(cpu) { smp_call_function_single(cpu, check_kvm_target_cpu, &ret, 1); if (ret < 0) { -- 2.25.1 _______________________________________________ kvmarm mailing list kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/kvmarm