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1b2441318SGreg Kroah-Hartman# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2edf88417SAvi Kivity#
3edf88417SAvi Kivity# KVM configuration
4edf88417SAvi Kivity#
5edf88417SAvi Kivity
60ba12d10SAvi Kivitysource "virt/kvm/Kconfig"
75d9b8e30SAvi Kivity
8edf88417SAvi Kivitymenuconfig VIRTUALIZATION
9edf88417SAvi Kivity	bool "Virtualization"
10edf88417SAvi Kivity	default y
11a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
12edf88417SAvi Kivity	  Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run other
13edf88417SAvi Kivity	  operating systems inside virtual machines (guests).
14edf88417SAvi Kivity	  This option alone does not add any kernel code.
15edf88417SAvi Kivity
16edf88417SAvi Kivity	  If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
17edf88417SAvi Kivity
18edf88417SAvi Kivityif VIRTUALIZATION
19edf88417SAvi Kivity
20ea4290d7SPaolo Bonziniconfig KVM_X86
219ee62c33SSean Christopherson	def_tristate KVM if (KVM_INTEL != n || KVM_AMD != n)
22caadf876SPaolo Bonzini	select KVM_COMMON
23f128cf8cSSean Christopherson	select KVM_GENERIC_MMU_NOTIFIER
24b9883ee4SSean Christopherson	select KVM_ELIDE_TLB_FLUSH_IF_YOUNG
25b146a9b3SSean Christopherson	select KVM_MMU_LOCKLESS_AGING
260ba12d10SAvi Kivity	select HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP
27982ed0deSDavid Woodhouse	select HAVE_KVM_PFNCACHE
2817601bfeSMarc Zyngier	select HAVE_KVM_DIRTY_RING_TSO
29fc0693d4SMarc Zyngier	select HAVE_KVM_DIRTY_RING_ACQ_REL
3087276880SFeng Wu	select HAVE_KVM_IRQ_BYPASS
31a725d56aSAlexander Graf	select HAVE_KVM_IRQ_ROUTING
328886640dSPaolo Bonzini	select HAVE_KVM_READONLY_MEM
33d96c77bdSPaolo Bonzini	select VHOST_TASK
34af585b92SGleb Natapov	select KVM_ASYNC_PF
3518863bddSAvi Kivity	select USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
3650eb2a3cSAvi Kivity	select KVM_MMIO
3763b3f96eSPeter Zijlstra	select SCHED_INFO
38f5132b01SGleb Natapov	select PERF_EVENTS
392aef6f30SSean Christopherson	select GUEST_PERF_EVENTS
4007975ad3SJan Kiszka	select HAVE_KVM_MSI
41f2a74347SRaghavendra K T	select HAVE_KVM_CPU_RELAX_INTERCEPT
422d5ba19bSMarcelo Tosatti	select HAVE_KVM_NO_POLL
4372c3c0feSThomas Gleixner	select KVM_XFER_TO_GUEST_WORK
44e108ff2fSPaolo Bonzini	select KVM_GENERIC_DIRTYLOG_READ_PROTECT
45ec53500fSAlex Williamson	select KVM_VFIO
467d62874fSSergey Senozhatsky	select HAVE_KVM_PM_NOTIFIER if PM
47441f7bfaSSean Christopherson	select KVM_GENERIC_HARDWARE_ENABLING
486e01b760SPaolo Bonzini	select KVM_GENERIC_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY
49ea4290d7SPaolo Bonzini	select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM if KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM
5076d5363cSSean Christopherson	select KVM_WERROR if WERROR
51ea4290d7SPaolo Bonzini
52ea4290d7SPaolo Bonziniconfig KVM
53ea4290d7SPaolo Bonzini	tristate "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support"
541331343aSArnd Bergmann	depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC
55a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
56edf88417SAvi Kivity	  Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware
57edf88417SAvi Kivity	  virtualization extensions.  You will need a fairly recent
58edf88417SAvi Kivity	  processor equipped with virtualization extensions. You will also
59edf88417SAvi Kivity	  need to select one or more of the processor modules below.
60edf88417SAvi Kivity
61edf88417SAvi Kivity	  This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through
62edf88417SAvi Kivity	  a character device node named /dev/kvm.
63edf88417SAvi Kivity
64edf88417SAvi Kivity	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
65edf88417SAvi Kivity	  will be called kvm.
66edf88417SAvi Kivity
67edf88417SAvi Kivity	  If unsure, say N.
68edf88417SAvi Kivity
694f337fafSPaolo Bonziniconfig KVM_WERROR
704f337fafSPaolo Bonzini	bool "Compile KVM with -Werror"
7175bedc1eSSean Christopherson	# Disallow KVM's -Werror if KASAN is enabled, e.g. to guard against
7275bedc1eSSean Christopherson	# randomized configs from selecting KVM_WERROR=y, which doesn't play
7375bedc1eSSean Christopherson	# nice with KASAN.  KASAN builds generates warnings for the default
7475bedc1eSSean Christopherson	# FRAME_WARN, i.e. KVM_WERROR=y with KASAN=y requires special tuning.
7575bedc1eSSean Christopherson	# Building KVM with -Werror and KASAN is still doable via enabling
7675bedc1eSSean Christopherson	# the kernel-wide WERROR=y.
7776d5363cSSean Christopherson	depends on KVM && ((EXPERT && !KASAN) || WERROR)
784f337fafSPaolo Bonzini	help
79a754acc3SJason A. Donenfeld	  Add -Werror to the build flags for KVM.
804f337fafSPaolo Bonzini
814f337fafSPaolo Bonzini	  If in doubt, say "N".
824f337fafSPaolo Bonzini
8389ea60c2SSean Christophersonconfig KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM
8489ea60c2SSean Christopherson	bool "Enable support for KVM software-protected VMs"
8589ea60c2SSean Christopherson	depends on EXPERT
8678328801SPaolo Bonzini	depends on KVM && X86_64
8789ea60c2SSean Christopherson	help
8842269209SSean Christopherson	  Enable support for KVM software-protected VMs.  Currently, software-
8942269209SSean Christopherson	  protected VMs are purely a development and testing vehicle for
9042269209SSean Christopherson	  KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD.  Attempting to run a "real" VM workload as a
9142269209SSean Christopherson	  software-protected VM will fail miserably.
9289ea60c2SSean Christopherson
9389ea60c2SSean Christopherson	  If unsure, say "N".
9489ea60c2SSean Christopherson
95edf88417SAvi Kivityconfig KVM_INTEL
968f63aaf5SSean Christopherson	tristate "KVM for Intel (and compatible) processors support"
978f63aaf5SSean Christopherson	depends on KVM && IA32_FEAT_CTL
988d032b68SIsaku Yamahata	select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM if INTEL_TDX_HOST
998d032b68SIsaku Yamahata	select KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES if INTEL_TDX_HOST
100*28d11e45SSean Christopherson	select X86_FRED if X86_64
101a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
1028f63aaf5SSean Christopherson	  Provides support for KVM on processors equipped with Intel's VT
1038f63aaf5SSean Christopherson	  extensions, a.k.a. Virtual Machine Extensions (VMX).
104edf88417SAvi Kivity
10558f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
10658f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day	  will be called kvm-intel.
10758f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day
1088131cf5bSIsaku Yamahataconfig KVM_INTEL_PROVE_VE
1098131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata        bool "Check that guests do not receive #VE exceptions"
1106af6142eSSean Christopherson        depends on KVM_INTEL && EXPERT
1118131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata        help
1128131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata          Checks that KVM's page table management code will not incorrectly
1138131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata          let guests receive a virtualization exception.  Virtualization
1148131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata          exceptions will be trapped by the hypervisor rather than injected
1158131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata          in the guest.
1168131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata
1176af6142eSSean Christopherson          Note: some CPUs appear to generate spurious EPT Violations #VEs
1186af6142eSSean Christopherson          that trigger KVM's WARN, in particular with eptad=0 and/or nested
1196af6142eSSean Christopherson          virtualization.
1206af6142eSSean Christopherson
1218131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata          If unsure, say N.
1228131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata
123540745ddSSean Christophersonconfig X86_SGX_KVM
124540745ddSSean Christopherson	bool "Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) Virtualization"
125540745ddSSean Christopherson	depends on X86_SGX && KVM_INTEL
126540745ddSSean Christopherson	help
127540745ddSSean Christopherson
128540745ddSSean Christopherson	  Enables KVM guests to create SGX enclaves.
129540745ddSSean Christopherson
130540745ddSSean Christopherson	  This includes support to expose "raw" unreclaimable enclave memory to
131540745ddSSean Christopherson	  guests via a device node, e.g. /dev/sgx_vepc.
132540745ddSSean Christopherson
133540745ddSSean Christopherson	  If unsure, say N.
134540745ddSSean Christopherson
135fcdbdf63SKai Huangconfig KVM_INTEL_TDX
136fcdbdf63SKai Huang	bool "Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) support"
137fcdbdf63SKai Huang	default y
138fcdbdf63SKai Huang	depends on INTEL_TDX_HOST
139fcdbdf63SKai Huang	help
140fcdbdf63SKai Huang	  Provides support for launching Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX)
141fcdbdf63SKai Huang	  confidential VMs on Intel processors.
142fcdbdf63SKai Huang
143fcdbdf63SKai Huang	  If unsure, say N.
144fcdbdf63SKai Huang
145edf88417SAvi Kivityconfig KVM_AMD
146edf88417SAvi Kivity	tristate "KVM for AMD processors support"
147554856b6SSean Christopherson	depends on KVM && (CPU_SUP_AMD || CPU_SUP_HYGON)
148a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
149edf88417SAvi Kivity	  Provides support for KVM on AMD processors equipped with the AMD-V
150edf88417SAvi Kivity	  (SVM) extensions.
151edf88417SAvi Kivity
15258f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
15358f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day	  will be called kvm-amd.
15458f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day
1555dd0a57cSBrijesh Singhconfig KVM_AMD_SEV
1565dd0a57cSBrijesh Singh	bool "AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) support"
157cd14b018SMasahiro Yamada	default y
1585dd0a57cSBrijesh Singh	depends on KVM_AMD && X86_64
159d30f370dSJanakarajan Natarajan	depends on CRYPTO_DEV_SP_PSP && !(KVM_AMD=y && CRYPTO_DEV_CCP_DD=m)
16054f5f47bSBorislav Petkov (AMD)	select ARCH_HAS_CC_PLATFORM
161a8e31983SMichael Roth	select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM
162564429a6SPaolo Bonzini	select HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_PREPARE
163564429a6SPaolo Bonzini	select HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_INVALIDATE
164a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
1655fa9f048SVitaly Kuznetsov	  Provides support for launching encrypted VMs which use Secure
1665fa9f048SVitaly Kuznetsov	  Encrypted Virtualization (SEV), Secure Encrypted Virtualization with
1675fa9f048SVitaly Kuznetsov	  Encrypted State (SEV-ES), and Secure Encrypted Virtualization with
1685fa9f048SVitaly Kuznetsov	  Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP) technologies on AMD processors.
1695dd0a57cSBrijesh Singh
170628a2773SSean Christophersonconfig KVM_IOAPIC
171628a2773SSean Christopherson	bool "I/O APIC, PIC, and PIT emulation"
172628a2773SSean Christopherson	default y
173628a2773SSean Christopherson	depends on KVM
174628a2773SSean Christopherson	help
175628a2773SSean Christopherson	  Provides support for KVM to emulate an I/O APIC, PIC, and PIT, i.e.
176628a2773SSean Christopherson	  for full in-kernel APIC emulation.
177628a2773SSean Christopherson
178628a2773SSean Christopherson	  If unsure, say Y.
179628a2773SSean Christopherson
1804b8e1b32SPaolo Bonziniconfig KVM_SMM
1814b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	bool "System Management Mode emulation"
1824b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	default y
1834b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	depends on KVM
1844b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	help
1854b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	  Provides support for KVM to emulate System Management Mode (SMM)
1864b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	  in virtual machines.  This can be used by the virtual machine
1874b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	  firmware to implement UEFI secure boot.
1884b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini
1894b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	  If unsure, say Y.
1904b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini
191b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsovconfig KVM_HYPERV
192b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	bool "Support for Microsoft Hyper-V emulation"
193b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	depends on KVM
194b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	default y
195b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	help
196b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	  Provides KVM support for emulating Microsoft Hyper-V.  This allows KVM
197b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	  to expose a subset of the paravirtualized interfaces defined in the
198b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	  Hyper-V Hypervisor Top-Level Functional Specification (TLFS):
199b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/reference/tlfs
200b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	  These interfaces are required for the correct and performant functioning
201b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	  of Windows and Hyper-V guests on KVM.
202b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov
203b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	  If unsure, say "Y".
204b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov
205b59b153dSPaolo Bonziniconfig KVM_XEN
206b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini	bool "Support for Xen hypercall interface"
207b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini	depends on KVM
208b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini	help
209b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini	  Provides KVM support for the hosting Xen HVM guests and
210b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini	  passing Xen hypercalls to userspace.
211b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini
212b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini	  If in doubt, say "N".
213b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini
214870d4d4eSSean Christophersonconfig KVM_PROVE_MMU
215870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	bool "Prove KVM MMU correctness"
216870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
217870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	depends on KVM
218870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	depends on EXPERT
219870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	help
220870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	  Enables runtime assertions in KVM's MMU that are too costly to enable
221870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	  in anything remotely resembling a production environment, e.g. this
222870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	  gates code that verifies a to-be-freed page table doesn't have any
223870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	  present SPTEs.
224870d4d4eSSean Christopherson
225870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	  If in doubt, say "N".
226870d4d4eSSean Christopherson
227e9d0c0c4SDavid Stevensconfig KVM_EXTERNAL_WRITE_TRACKING
228e9d0c0c4SDavid Stevens	bool
229e9d0c0c4SDavid Stevens
230f10a570bSKyle Meyerconfig KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS
231f10a570bSKyle Meyer	int "Maximum number of vCPUs per KVM guest"
232f10a570bSKyle Meyer	depends on KVM
233f10a570bSKyle Meyer	range 1024 4096
234f10a570bSKyle Meyer	default 4096 if MAXSMP
235f10a570bSKyle Meyer	default 1024
236f10a570bSKyle Meyer	help
237f10a570bSKyle Meyer	  Set the maximum number of vCPUs per KVM guest. Larger values will increase
238f10a570bSKyle Meyer	  the memory footprint of each KVM guest, regardless of how many vCPUs are
239f10a570bSKyle Meyer	  created for a given VM.
240f10a570bSKyle Meyer
241edf88417SAvi Kivityendif # VIRTUALIZATION
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