Hi Vaibhav,

Thanks for reviewing the patch. Please find my response below.

On 2026/06/19 04:45 PM, Vaibhav Jain wrote:
> 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

As I mentioned in the response to previous patch's review comments, the
TARGET_PPC64 guard is needed to fix ppc32 build breakage, and CONFIG_KVM
would be redundant since target/ppc/kvm.c is only compiled when
CONFIG_KVM=y.

Thanks,
Amit

> 
> > +    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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