Hi Amit,

Thanks for the patch. My review comments inline below:

Amit Machhiwal <[email protected]> writes:

> On POWER systems, the host CPU may run in a compatibility mode (e.g.,
> a Power11 processor operating in Power10 compatibility mode). When
> running nested KVM guests, QEMU currently derives the host CPU type
> using mfpvr(), which reflects the physical processor version. This can
> result in a mismatch between the CPU model used by QEMU and the
> compatibility mode enforced by the host, leading to guest boot failures
> such as "KVM-NESTEDv2: couldn't set guest wide elements".
>
> Update kvm_ppc_get_host_cpu_class() to check if the host is running in
> a compatibility mode using kvm_ppc_host_compat_pvr(). When available,
> use the compatibility PVR instead of the raw hardware PVR when selecting
> the CPU model. This ensures that QEMU selects a CPU model consistent
> with the host compatibility mode, allowing nested guests to boot
> correctly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Machhiwal <[email protected]>
> ---
>  target/ppc/kvm.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm.c b/target/ppc/kvm.c
> index 9e5006e0c2cd..a72f237f0c8a 100644
> --- a/target/ppc/kvm.c
> +++ b/target/ppc/kvm.c
> @@ -2672,6 +2672,15 @@ PowerPCCPUClass *kvm_ppc_get_host_cpu_class(void)
>      uint32_t host_pvr = mfpvr();
>      PowerPCCPUClass *pvr_pcc;
>  
> +#if defined(TARGET_PPC64)
Use CONFIG_KVM

> +    uint32_t compat_host_pvr;
> +
> +    compat_host_pvr = kvm_ppc_host_compat_pvr();
> +    if (compat_host_pvr) {
> +        host_pvr = compat_host_pvr;
> +    }
> +#endif /* TARGET_PPC64 */
> +
>      pvr_pcc = ppc_cpu_class_by_pvr(host_pvr);
>      if (pvr_pcc == NULL) {
>          pvr_pcc = ppc_cpu_class_by_pvr_mask(host_pvr);
> -- 
> 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
>
>

-- 
Cheers
~ Vaibhav

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