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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
20edf88417SAvi Kivityconfig KVM
21edf88417SAvi Kivity	tristate "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support"
2292b5265dSLiu, Jinsong	depends on HIGH_RES_TIMERS
23e42eef4bSArnd Bergmann	depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC
24caadf876SPaolo Bonzini	select KVM_COMMON
25f128cf8cSSean Christopherson	select KVM_GENERIC_MMU_NOTIFIER
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
33af585b92SGleb Natapov	select KVM_ASYNC_PF
3418863bddSAvi Kivity	select USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
3550eb2a3cSAvi Kivity	select KVM_MMIO
3663b3f96eSPeter Zijlstra	select SCHED_INFO
37f5132b01SGleb Natapov	select PERF_EVENTS
382aef6f30SSean Christopherson	select GUEST_PERF_EVENTS
3907975ad3SJan Kiszka	select HAVE_KVM_MSI
40f2a74347SRaghavendra K T	select HAVE_KVM_CPU_RELAX_INTERCEPT
412d5ba19bSMarcelo Tosatti	select HAVE_KVM_NO_POLL
4272c3c0feSThomas Gleixner	select KVM_XFER_TO_GUEST_WORK
43e108ff2fSPaolo Bonzini	select KVM_GENERIC_DIRTYLOG_READ_PROTECT
44ec53500fSAlex Williamson	select KVM_VFIO
457d62874fSSergey Senozhatsky	select HAVE_KVM_PM_NOTIFIER if PM
46441f7bfaSSean Christopherson	select KVM_GENERIC_HARDWARE_ENABLING
476e01b760SPaolo Bonzini	select KVM_GENERIC_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY
4876d5363cSSean Christopherson	select KVM_WERROR if WERROR
49a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
50edf88417SAvi Kivity	  Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware
51edf88417SAvi Kivity	  virtualization extensions.  You will need a fairly recent
52edf88417SAvi Kivity	  processor equipped with virtualization extensions. You will also
53edf88417SAvi Kivity	  need to select one or more of the processor modules below.
54edf88417SAvi Kivity
55edf88417SAvi Kivity	  This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through
56edf88417SAvi Kivity	  a character device node named /dev/kvm.
57edf88417SAvi Kivity
58edf88417SAvi Kivity	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
59edf88417SAvi Kivity	  will be called kvm.
60edf88417SAvi Kivity
61edf88417SAvi Kivity	  If unsure, say N.
62edf88417SAvi Kivity
634f337fafSPaolo Bonziniconfig KVM_WERROR
644f337fafSPaolo Bonzini	bool "Compile KVM with -Werror"
6575bedc1eSSean Christopherson	# Disallow KVM's -Werror if KASAN is enabled, e.g. to guard against
6675bedc1eSSean Christopherson	# randomized configs from selecting KVM_WERROR=y, which doesn't play
6775bedc1eSSean Christopherson	# nice with KASAN.  KASAN builds generates warnings for the default
6875bedc1eSSean Christopherson	# FRAME_WARN, i.e. KVM_WERROR=y with KASAN=y requires special tuning.
6975bedc1eSSean Christopherson	# Building KVM with -Werror and KASAN is still doable via enabling
7075bedc1eSSean Christopherson	# the kernel-wide WERROR=y.
7176d5363cSSean Christopherson	depends on KVM && ((EXPERT && !KASAN) || WERROR)
724f337fafSPaolo Bonzini	help
73a754acc3SJason A. Donenfeld	  Add -Werror to the build flags for KVM.
744f337fafSPaolo Bonzini
754f337fafSPaolo Bonzini	  If in doubt, say "N".
764f337fafSPaolo Bonzini
7789ea60c2SSean Christophersonconfig KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM
7889ea60c2SSean Christopherson	bool "Enable support for KVM software-protected VMs"
7989ea60c2SSean Christopherson	depends on EXPERT
8078328801SPaolo Bonzini	depends on KVM && X86_64
8189ea60c2SSean Christopherson	select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM
8289ea60c2SSean Christopherson	help
8342269209SSean Christopherson	  Enable support for KVM software-protected VMs.  Currently, software-
8442269209SSean Christopherson	  protected VMs are purely a development and testing vehicle for
8542269209SSean Christopherson	  KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD.  Attempting to run a "real" VM workload as a
8642269209SSean Christopherson	  software-protected VM will fail miserably.
8789ea60c2SSean Christopherson
8889ea60c2SSean Christopherson	  If unsure, say "N".
8989ea60c2SSean Christopherson
90edf88417SAvi Kivityconfig KVM_INTEL
918f63aaf5SSean Christopherson	tristate "KVM for Intel (and compatible) processors support"
928f63aaf5SSean Christopherson	depends on KVM && IA32_FEAT_CTL
93a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
948f63aaf5SSean Christopherson	  Provides support for KVM on processors equipped with Intel's VT
958f63aaf5SSean Christopherson	  extensions, a.k.a. Virtual Machine Extensions (VMX).
96edf88417SAvi Kivity
9758f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
9858f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day	  will be called kvm-intel.
9958f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day
1008131cf5bSIsaku Yamahataconfig KVM_INTEL_PROVE_VE
1018131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata        bool "Check that guests do not receive #VE exceptions"
1026af6142eSSean Christopherson        depends on KVM_INTEL && EXPERT
1038131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata        help
1048131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata          Checks that KVM's page table management code will not incorrectly
1058131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata          let guests receive a virtualization exception.  Virtualization
1068131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata          exceptions will be trapped by the hypervisor rather than injected
1078131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata          in the guest.
1088131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata
1096af6142eSSean Christopherson          Note: some CPUs appear to generate spurious EPT Violations #VEs
1106af6142eSSean Christopherson          that trigger KVM's WARN, in particular with eptad=0 and/or nested
1116af6142eSSean Christopherson          virtualization.
1126af6142eSSean Christopherson
1138131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata          If unsure, say N.
1148131cf5bSIsaku Yamahata
115540745ddSSean Christophersonconfig X86_SGX_KVM
116540745ddSSean Christopherson	bool "Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) Virtualization"
117540745ddSSean Christopherson	depends on X86_SGX && KVM_INTEL
118540745ddSSean Christopherson	help
119540745ddSSean Christopherson
120540745ddSSean Christopherson	  Enables KVM guests to create SGX enclaves.
121540745ddSSean Christopherson
122540745ddSSean Christopherson	  This includes support to expose "raw" unreclaimable enclave memory to
123540745ddSSean Christopherson	  guests via a device node, e.g. /dev/sgx_vepc.
124540745ddSSean Christopherson
125540745ddSSean Christopherson	  If unsure, say N.
126540745ddSSean Christopherson
127edf88417SAvi Kivityconfig KVM_AMD
128edf88417SAvi Kivity	tristate "KVM for AMD processors support"
129554856b6SSean Christopherson	depends on KVM && (CPU_SUP_AMD || CPU_SUP_HYGON)
130a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
131edf88417SAvi Kivity	  Provides support for KVM on AMD processors equipped with the AMD-V
132edf88417SAvi Kivity	  (SVM) extensions.
133edf88417SAvi Kivity
13458f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
13558f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day	  will be called kvm-amd.
13658f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day
1375dd0a57cSBrijesh Singhconfig KVM_AMD_SEV
1385dd0a57cSBrijesh Singh	bool "AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) support"
139cd14b018SMasahiro Yamada	default y
1405dd0a57cSBrijesh Singh	depends on KVM_AMD && X86_64
141d30f370dSJanakarajan Natarajan	depends on CRYPTO_DEV_SP_PSP && !(KVM_AMD=y && CRYPTO_DEV_CCP_DD=m)
14254f5f47bSBorislav Petkov (AMD)	select ARCH_HAS_CC_PLATFORM
143a8e31983SMichael Roth	select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM
144564429a6SPaolo Bonzini	select HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_PREPARE
145564429a6SPaolo Bonzini	select HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_INVALIDATE
146a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
147*5fa9f048SVitaly Kuznetsov	  Provides support for launching encrypted VMs which use Secure
148*5fa9f048SVitaly Kuznetsov	  Encrypted Virtualization (SEV), Secure Encrypted Virtualization with
149*5fa9f048SVitaly Kuznetsov	  Encrypted State (SEV-ES), and Secure Encrypted Virtualization with
150*5fa9f048SVitaly Kuznetsov	  Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP) technologies on AMD processors.
1515dd0a57cSBrijesh Singh
1524b8e1b32SPaolo Bonziniconfig KVM_SMM
1534b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	bool "System Management Mode emulation"
1544b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	default y
1554b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	depends on KVM
1564b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	help
1574b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	  Provides support for KVM to emulate System Management Mode (SMM)
1584b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	  in virtual machines.  This can be used by the virtual machine
1594b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	  firmware to implement UEFI secure boot.
1604b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini
1614b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini	  If unsure, say Y.
1624b8e1b32SPaolo Bonzini
163b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsovconfig KVM_HYPERV
164b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	bool "Support for Microsoft Hyper-V emulation"
165b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	depends on KVM
166b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	default y
167b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	help
168b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	  Provides KVM support for emulating Microsoft Hyper-V.  This allows KVM
169b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	  to expose a subset of the paravirtualized interfaces defined in the
170b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	  Hyper-V Hypervisor Top-Level Functional Specification (TLFS):
171b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/reference/tlfs
172b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	  These interfaces are required for the correct and performant functioning
173b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	  of Windows and Hyper-V guests on KVM.
174b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov
175b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov	  If unsure, say "Y".
176b4f69df0SVitaly Kuznetsov
177b59b153dSPaolo Bonziniconfig KVM_XEN
178b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini	bool "Support for Xen hypercall interface"
179b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini	depends on KVM
180b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini	help
181b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini	  Provides KVM support for the hosting Xen HVM guests and
182b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini	  passing Xen hypercalls to userspace.
183b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini
184b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini	  If in doubt, say "N".
185b59b153dSPaolo Bonzini
186870d4d4eSSean Christophersonconfig KVM_PROVE_MMU
187870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	bool "Prove KVM MMU correctness"
188870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
189870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	depends on KVM
190870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	depends on EXPERT
191870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	help
192870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	  Enables runtime assertions in KVM's MMU that are too costly to enable
193870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	  in anything remotely resembling a production environment, e.g. this
194870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	  gates code that verifies a to-be-freed page table doesn't have any
195870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	  present SPTEs.
196870d4d4eSSean Christopherson
197870d4d4eSSean Christopherson	  If in doubt, say "N".
198870d4d4eSSean Christopherson
199e9d0c0c4SDavid Stevensconfig KVM_EXTERNAL_WRITE_TRACKING
200e9d0c0c4SDavid Stevens	bool
201e9d0c0c4SDavid Stevens
202f10a570bSKyle Meyerconfig KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS
203f10a570bSKyle Meyer	int "Maximum number of vCPUs per KVM guest"
204f10a570bSKyle Meyer	depends on KVM
205f10a570bSKyle Meyer	range 1024 4096
206f10a570bSKyle Meyer	default 4096 if MAXSMP
207f10a570bSKyle Meyer	default 1024
208f10a570bSKyle Meyer	help
209f10a570bSKyle Meyer	  Set the maximum number of vCPUs per KVM guest. Larger values will increase
210f10a570bSKyle Meyer	  the memory footprint of each KVM guest, regardless of how many vCPUs are
211f10a570bSKyle Meyer	  created for a given VM.
212f10a570bSKyle Meyer
213edf88417SAvi Kivityendif # VIRTUALIZATION
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