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authorAmit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>2026-06-14 23:04:37 +0530
committerMadhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>2026-07-15 08:04:13 +0530
commite4de1b9cb3b5c981e4fe9bca253a7fb9161f5acd (patch)
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powerpc/dt_cpu_ftrs: Set CPU_FTR_P11_PVR for Power11 and later processors
When using device tree CPU features (dt-cpu-ftrs), the kernel bypasses the traditional cputable-based CPU identification and instead derives CPU features from the device tree's "ibm,powerpc-cpu-features" node provided by firmware. However, CPU_FTR_P11_PVR is a kernel-internal feature flag used to identify Power11 and later processors, and is not represented in the device tree's ISA feature set. While ISA v3.1 support (indicated by CPU_FTR_ARCH_31) is present on both Power10 and Power11, the CPU_FTR_P11_PVR flag is specifically needed by code that must distinguish between Power10 and Power11 processors. Without this flag set, code that checks for Power11 using cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_P11_PVR) will incorrectly return false on Power11+ systems using dt-cpu-ftrs, leading to incorrect behavior. This issue manifests specifically in powernv environments (bare-metal or QEMU TCG with powernv machine type), where skiboot/OPAL firmware provides the "ibm,powerpc-cpu-features" node, causing the kernel to use dt-cpu-ftrs. The issue does not affect pseries guests, where SLOF firmware does not provide this node, causing the kernel to fall back to the traditional cputable path (identify_cpu) which correctly sets CPU_FTR_P11_PVR during PVR-based CPU identification. In powernv TCG guests, the missing flag causes KVM code to trigger warnings when attempting to create KVM guests, as cpu_features shows 0x000c00eb8f4fb187 (missing bit 53) instead of the correct 0x002c00eb8f4fb187 (with bit 53 set). Fix this by setting CPU_FTR_P11_PVR for all processors with PVR >= PVR_POWER11 when ISA v3.1 support is detected in cpufeatures_setup_start(). This approach ensures forward compatibility with future processor generations. Fixes: 96e266e3bcd6 ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add Power11 capability support for Nested PAPR guests") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.13+ Signed-off-by: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM) <mkchauras@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) <chleroy@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260614173437.26352-1-amachhiw@linux.ibm.com
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