KVM: arm64: Use hVHE in pKVM by default on CPUs with VHE support
The early command line parsing treats "kvm-arm.mode=protected" as an alias for "id_aa64mmfr1.vh=0", forcing the use of nVHE so that the host kernel runs at EL1 with the pKVM hypervisor at EL2. With the introduction of hVHE support in ad744e8c ("arm64: Allow arm64_sw.hvhe on command line"), the hypervisor can run using the EL2+0 translation regime. This is interesting for unusual CPUs that have VH stuck to 1, but also because it opens the possibility of a hypervisor "userspace" in the distant future which could be used to isolate vCPU contexts in the hypervisor (see Marc's talk from KVM Forum 2022 [1]). Repaint the "kvm-arm.mode=protected" alias to map to "arm64_sw.hvhe=1", which will use hVHE on CPUs that support it and remain with nVHE otherwise. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F_Mf2j9eIoSigned-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Acked-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240501163400.15838-3-will@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
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