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1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2#
3# KVM configuration
4#
5
6source "virt/kvm/Kconfig"
7
8menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION
9	bool "Virtualization"
10	default y
11	help
12	  Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run other
13	  operating systems inside virtual machines (guests).
14	  This option alone does not add any kernel code.
15
16	  If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
17
18if VIRTUALIZATION
19
20config KVM
21	tristate "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support"
22	depends on HIGH_RES_TIMERS
23	depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC
24	select KVM_COMMON
25	select KVM_GENERIC_MMU_NOTIFIER
26	select HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP
27	select HAVE_KVM_PFNCACHE
28	select HAVE_KVM_DIRTY_RING_TSO
29	select HAVE_KVM_DIRTY_RING_ACQ_REL
30	select HAVE_KVM_IRQ_BYPASS
31	select HAVE_KVM_IRQ_ROUTING
32	select HAVE_KVM_READONLY_MEM
33	select KVM_ASYNC_PF
34	select USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
35	select KVM_MMIO
36	select SCHED_INFO
37	select PERF_EVENTS
38	select GUEST_PERF_EVENTS
39	select HAVE_KVM_MSI
40	select HAVE_KVM_CPU_RELAX_INTERCEPT
41	select HAVE_KVM_NO_POLL
42	select KVM_XFER_TO_GUEST_WORK
43	select KVM_GENERIC_DIRTYLOG_READ_PROTECT
44	select KVM_VFIO
45	select HAVE_KVM_PM_NOTIFIER if PM
46	select KVM_GENERIC_HARDWARE_ENABLING
47	select KVM_WERROR if WERROR
48	help
49	  Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware
50	  virtualization extensions.  You will need a fairly recent
51	  processor equipped with virtualization extensions. You will also
52	  need to select one or more of the processor modules below.
53
54	  This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through
55	  a character device node named /dev/kvm.
56
57	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
58	  will be called kvm.
59
60	  If unsure, say N.
61
62config KVM_WERROR
63	bool "Compile KVM with -Werror"
64	# Disallow KVM's -Werror if KASAN is enabled, e.g. to guard against
65	# randomized configs from selecting KVM_WERROR=y, which doesn't play
66	# nice with KASAN.  KASAN builds generates warnings for the default
67	# FRAME_WARN, i.e. KVM_WERROR=y with KASAN=y requires special tuning.
68	# Building KVM with -Werror and KASAN is still doable via enabling
69	# the kernel-wide WERROR=y.
70	depends on KVM && ((EXPERT && !KASAN) || WERROR)
71	help
72	  Add -Werror to the build flags for KVM.
73
74	  If in doubt, say "N".
75
76config KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM
77	bool "Enable support for KVM software-protected VMs"
78	depends on EXPERT
79	depends on KVM && X86_64
80	select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM
81	help
82	  Enable support for KVM software-protected VMs.  Currently, software-
83	  protected VMs are purely a development and testing vehicle for
84	  KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD.  Attempting to run a "real" VM workload as a
85	  software-protected VM will fail miserably.
86
87	  If unsure, say "N".
88
89config KVM_INTEL
90	tristate "KVM for Intel (and compatible) processors support"
91	depends on KVM && IA32_FEAT_CTL
92	help
93	  Provides support for KVM on processors equipped with Intel's VT
94	  extensions, a.k.a. Virtual Machine Extensions (VMX).
95
96	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
97	  will be called kvm-intel.
98
99config KVM_INTEL_PROVE_VE
100        bool "Check that guests do not receive #VE exceptions"
101        depends on KVM_INTEL && EXPERT
102        help
103          Checks that KVM's page table management code will not incorrectly
104          let guests receive a virtualization exception.  Virtualization
105          exceptions will be trapped by the hypervisor rather than injected
106          in the guest.
107
108          Note: some CPUs appear to generate spurious EPT Violations #VEs
109          that trigger KVM's WARN, in particular with eptad=0 and/or nested
110          virtualization.
111
112          If unsure, say N.
113
114config X86_SGX_KVM
115	bool "Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) Virtualization"
116	depends on X86_SGX && KVM_INTEL
117	help
118
119	  Enables KVM guests to create SGX enclaves.
120
121	  This includes support to expose "raw" unreclaimable enclave memory to
122	  guests via a device node, e.g. /dev/sgx_vepc.
123
124	  If unsure, say N.
125
126config KVM_AMD
127	tristate "KVM for AMD processors support"
128	depends on KVM && (CPU_SUP_AMD || CPU_SUP_HYGON)
129	help
130	  Provides support for KVM on AMD processors equipped with the AMD-V
131	  (SVM) extensions.
132
133	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
134	  will be called kvm-amd.
135
136config KVM_AMD_SEV
137	bool "AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) support"
138	default y
139	depends on KVM_AMD && X86_64
140	depends on CRYPTO_DEV_SP_PSP && !(KVM_AMD=y && CRYPTO_DEV_CCP_DD=m)
141	select ARCH_HAS_CC_PLATFORM
142	help
143	  Provides support for launching Encrypted VMs (SEV) and Encrypted VMs
144	  with Encrypted State (SEV-ES) on AMD processors.
145
146config KVM_SMM
147	bool "System Management Mode emulation"
148	default y
149	depends on KVM
150	help
151	  Provides support for KVM to emulate System Management Mode (SMM)
152	  in virtual machines.  This can be used by the virtual machine
153	  firmware to implement UEFI secure boot.
154
155	  If unsure, say Y.
156
157config KVM_HYPERV
158	bool "Support for Microsoft Hyper-V emulation"
159	depends on KVM
160	default y
161	help
162	  Provides KVM support for emulating Microsoft Hyper-V.  This allows KVM
163	  to expose a subset of the paravirtualized interfaces defined in the
164	  Hyper-V Hypervisor Top-Level Functional Specification (TLFS):
165	  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/reference/tlfs
166	  These interfaces are required for the correct and performant functioning
167	  of Windows and Hyper-V guests on KVM.
168
169	  If unsure, say "Y".
170
171config KVM_XEN
172	bool "Support for Xen hypercall interface"
173	depends on KVM
174	help
175	  Provides KVM support for the hosting Xen HVM guests and
176	  passing Xen hypercalls to userspace.
177
178	  If in doubt, say "N".
179
180config KVM_PROVE_MMU
181	bool "Prove KVM MMU correctness"
182	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
183	depends on KVM
184	depends on EXPERT
185	help
186	  Enables runtime assertions in KVM's MMU that are too costly to enable
187	  in anything remotely resembling a production environment, e.g. this
188	  gates code that verifies a to-be-freed page table doesn't have any
189	  present SPTEs.
190
191	  If in doubt, say "N".
192
193config KVM_EXTERNAL_WRITE_TRACKING
194	bool
195
196config KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS
197	int "Maximum number of vCPUs per KVM guest"
198	depends on KVM
199	range 1024 4096
200	default 4096 if MAXSMP
201	default 1024
202	help
203	  Set the maximum number of vCPUs per KVM guest. Larger values will increase
204	  the memory footprint of each KVM guest, regardless of how many vCPUs are
205	  created for a given VM.
206
207endif # VIRTUALIZATION
208