Allow the 'aarch64=off' property, which is currently KVM-only, to
be set for TCG CPUs also.
Note that we don't permit it on the qemu-aarch64 user-mode binary:
this makes no sense as that executable can only handle AArch64
syscalls (and it would also assert at startup since it doesn't
compile in the A32-specific GDB xml files like arm-neon.xml).
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Clément Chigot <chigot@adacore.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Message-id: 20260416165353.589569-3-peter.maydell@linaro.org
---
docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst | 10 +++++----
target/arm/cpu-features.h | 5 +++++
target/arm/cpu.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
tests/qtest/arm-cpu-features.c | 8 ++-----
4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst b/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst
index ce19ae6a04..10b0eff27e 100644
--- a/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst
+++ b/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ not implement ARMv8-A, will not have the ``aarch64`` CPU property.
QEMU's support may be limited for some CPU features, only partially
supporting the feature or only supporting the feature under certain
configurations. For example, the ``aarch64`` CPU feature, which, when
-disabled, enables the optional AArch32 CPU feature, is only supported
-when using the KVM accelerator and when running on a host CPU type that
-supports the feature. While ``aarch64`` currently only works with KVM,
-it could work with TCG. CPU features that are specific to KVM are
+disabled, enables the optional AArch32 CPU feature, can only be set to
+``off`` on the TCG and KVM accelerators, and it cannot be set to
+``off`` under KVM unless running on a host CPU type that supports
+running guests in AArch32.
+
+CPU features that are inherently specific to KVM are
prefixed with "kvm-" and are described in "KVM VCPU Features".
CPU Feature Probing
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu-features.h b/target/arm/cpu-features.h
index b683c9551a..6e5212ff6c 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu-features.h
+++ b/target/arm/cpu-features.h
@@ -1071,6 +1071,11 @@ static inline bool isar_feature_aa64_aa32_el2(const ARMISARegisters *id)
return FIELD_EX64_IDREG(id, ID_AA64PFR0, EL2) >= 2;
}
+static inline bool isar_feature_aa64_aa32_el3(const ARMISARegisters *id)
+{
+ return FIELD_EX64_IDREG(id, ID_AA64PFR0, EL3) >= 2;
+}
+
static inline bool isar_feature_aa64_ras(const ARMISARegisters *id)
{
return FIELD_EX64_IDREG(id, ID_AA64PFR0, RAS) != 0;
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.c b/target/arm/cpu.c
index 6705ee9db7..9b80dda140 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.c
@@ -1244,10 +1244,38 @@ static void aarch64_cpu_set_aarch64(Object *obj, bool value, Error **errp)
* uniform execution state like do_interrupt.
*/
if (value == false) {
- if (!kvm_enabled() || !kvm_arm_aarch32_supported()) {
- error_setg(errp, "'aarch64' feature cannot be disabled "
- "unless KVM is enabled and 32-bit EL1 "
- "is supported");
+ if (kvm_enabled()) {
+ if (!kvm_arm_aarch32_supported()) {
+ error_setg(errp, "'aarch64' feature cannot be disabled for KVM "
+ "because this host does not support 32-bit EL1");
+ return;
+ }
+ } else if (tcg_enabled()) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+ error_setg(errp, "'aarch64' feature cannot be disabled for "
+ "usermode emulator qemu-aarch64; use qemu-arm instead");
+ return;
+#else
+ bool aa32_at_highest_el;
+ if (arm_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_EL3)) {
+ aa32_at_highest_el = cpu_isar_feature(aa64_aa32_el3, cpu);
+ } else if (arm_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_EL2)) {
+ aa32_at_highest_el = cpu_isar_feature(aa64_aa32_el2, cpu);
+ } else {
+ aa32_at_highest_el = cpu_isar_feature(aa64_aa32_el1, cpu);
+ }
+
+ if (!aa32_at_highest_el) {
+ error_setg(errp, "'aarch64' feature cannot be disabled for "
+ "this TCG CPU because it does not support 32-bit "
+ "execution at its highest implemented exception "
+ "level");
+ return;
+ }
+#endif
+ } else {
+ error_setg(errp, "'aarch64' feature cannot be disabled for "
+ "this accelerator");
return;
}
unset_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_AARCH64);
diff --git a/tests/qtest/arm-cpu-features.c b/tests/qtest/arm-cpu-features.c
index bbdd89a81d..cb4d01fd46 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/arm-cpu-features.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/arm-cpu-features.c
@@ -493,12 +493,8 @@ static void test_query_cpu_model_expansion(const void *data)
sve_tests_default(qts, "max");
pauth_tests_default(qts, "max");
- /* Test that features that depend on KVM generate errors without. */
- assert_error(qts, "max",
- "'aarch64' feature cannot be disabled "
- "unless KVM is enabled and 32-bit EL1 "
- "is supported",
- "{ 'aarch64': false }");
+ /* TCG allows us to turn off AArch64 on the 'max' CPU type */
+ assert_set_feature(qts, "max", "aarch64", false);
}
qtest_quit(qts);
--
2.43.0