@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ static bool indep_threads_mode = true;
module_param(indep_threads_mode, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(indep_threads_mode, "Independent-threads mode (only on POWER9)");
+static bool one_vm_per_core;
+module_param(one_vm_per_core, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(one_vm_per_core, "Only run vCPUs from the same VM on a core (requires indep_threads_mode=N)");
+
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_XICS
static struct kernel_param_ops module_param_ops = {
.set = param_set_int,
@@ -2493,6 +2497,10 @@ static bool can_dynamic_split(struct kvmppc_vcore *vc, struct core_info *cip)
if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S))
return false;
+ /* In one_vm_per_core mode, require all vcores to be from the same vm */
+ if (one_vm_per_core && vc->kvm != cip->vc[0]->kvm)
+ return false;
+
/* Some POWER9 chips require all threads to be in the same MMU mode */
if (no_mixing_hpt_and_radix &&
kvm_is_radix(vc->kvm) != kvm_is_radix(cip->vc[0]->kvm))
This adds a mode where the vcore scheduling logic in HV KVM limits itself to scheduling only virtual cores from the same VM on any given physical core. This is enabled via a new module parameter on the kvm-hv module called "one_vm_per_core". For this to work on POWER9, it is necessary to set indep_threads_mode=N. (On POWER8, hardware limitations mean that KVM is never in independent threads mode, regardless of the indep_threads_mode setting.) Thus the settings needed for this to work are: 1. The host is in SMT1 mode. 2. On POWER8, the host is not in 2-way or 4-way static split-core mode. 3. On POWER9, the indep_threads_mode parameter is N. 4. The one_vm_per_core parameter is Y. With these settings, KVM can run up to 4 vcpus on a core at the same time on POWER9, or up to 8 vcpus on POWER8 (depending on the guest threading mode), and will ensure that all of the vcpus belong to the same VM. This is intended for use in security-conscious settings where users are concerned about possible side-channel attacks between threads which could perhaps enable one VM to attack another VM on the same core, or the host. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org> --- arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)