On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 at 11:57, Sebastian Ott <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Provide a kvm specific vcpu property to override the default
> (as of kernel v6.13 that would be PSCI v1.3) PSCI version emulated
> by kvm. Current valid values are: 0.1, 0.2, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3
>
> Note: in order to support PSCI v0.1 we need to drop vcpu
> initialization with KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI_0_2 in that case.
>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Auger <[email protected]>
> Tested-by: Eric Auger <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ott <[email protected]>
> ---
>  docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst | 11 ++++++++
>  target/arm/cpu.c                 |  8 +++++-
>  target/arm/kvm.c                 | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst 
> b/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst
> index 3db1f19401..ce19ae6a04 100644
> --- a/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst
> @@ -204,6 +204,17 @@ the list of KVM VCPU features and their descriptions.
>    the guest scheduler behavior and/or be exposed to the guest
>    userspace.
>
> +``kvm-psci-version``
> +  Set the Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI) firmware ABI version
> +  that KVM provides to the guest. By default KVM will use the newest
> +  version that it knows about (which is PSCI v1.3 in Linux v6.13).
> +
> +  You only need to set this if you want to be able to migrate this
> +  VM to a host machine running an older kernel that does not
> +  recognize the PSCI version that this host's kernel defaults to.
> +
> +  Current valid values are: 0.1, 0.2, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3.
> +
>  TCG VCPU Features
>  =================
>
> diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.c b/target/arm/cpu.c
> index 10f8280eef..60f391651d 100644
> --- a/target/arm/cpu.c
> +++ b/target/arm/cpu.c
> @@ -1144,7 +1144,13 @@ static void arm_cpu_initfn(Object *obj)
>       * picky DTB consumer will also provide a helpful error message.
>       */
>      cpu->dtb_compatible = "qemu,unknown";
> -    cpu->psci_version = QEMU_PSCI_VERSION_0_1; /* By default assume PSCI 
> v0.1 */
> +    if (!kvm_enabled()) {
> +        /* By default KVM will use the newest PSCI version that it knows 
> about.
> +         * This can be changed using the kvm-psci-version property.
> +         * For others assume PSCI v0.1 by default.
> +         */
> +        cpu->psci_version = QEMU_PSCI_VERSION_0_1;
> +    }
>      cpu->kvm_target = QEMU_KVM_ARM_TARGET_NONE;
>
>      if (tcg_enabled() || hvf_enabled()) {
> diff --git a/target/arm/kvm.c b/target/arm/kvm.c
> index ded582e0da..5453460965 100644
> --- a/target/arm/kvm.c
> +++ b/target/arm/kvm.c
> @@ -485,6 +485,28 @@ static void kvm_steal_time_set(Object *obj, bool value, 
> Error **errp)
>      ARM_CPU(obj)->kvm_steal_time = value ? ON_OFF_AUTO_ON : ON_OFF_AUTO_OFF;
>  }
>
> +static char *kvm_get_psci_version(Object *obj, Error **errp)
> +{
> +    ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
> +
> +    return g_strdup_printf("%d.%d",
> +                           (int) PSCI_VERSION_MAJOR(cpu->psci_version),
> +                           (int) PSCI_VERSION_MINOR(cpu->psci_version));
> +}
> +
> +static void kvm_set_psci_version(Object *obj, const char *value, Error 
> **errp)
> +{
> +    ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
> +    uint16_t maj, min;
> +
> +    if (sscanf(value, "%hd.%hd", &maj, &min) != 2) {

%hd is a signed value, so this will accept "-3.-5" I think ?
Probably we want %hu.

(If you agree I can just make this fix locally, no need for you to respin.)

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