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From: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
To: kvmarm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
	Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
	Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
	Wei-Lin Chang <weilin.chang@arm.com>,
	Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
	Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 15/22] KVM: arm64: Don't update descriptors for "non-arch" access
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:41:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260623184201.1518871-16-oupton@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260623184201.1518871-1-oupton@kernel.org>

WALK_ACCESS_NONARCH is a special indicator that the page table walk
request is not due to an architectural behavior and instead used
internally for KVM. Currently, the only user of this is SEA injection to
identify the correct translation level that generated the abort.

Ensure "non-arch" table walks are not made visible to the guest and
explicitly avoid descriptor updates. These accesses are not expected to
be used for pseudo-TLB fills, nor are they used to dirty any memory.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/at.c     | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c | 12 +++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
index faffb69c2eef..8d76eaf463c9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
@@ -459,6 +459,15 @@ static int kvm_read_s1_desc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 pa, u64 *desc,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool should_set_access_flag(struct s1_walk_info *wi, struct s1_walk_step *ws,
+				   struct kvm_walk_access *access)
+{
+	if (access->type == WALK_ACCESS_NONARCH)
+		return false;
+
+	return wi->ha;
+}
+
 static bool should_set_dirty_state(struct s1_walk_info *wi, struct s1_walk_step *ws,
 				   struct s1_walk_result *wr, struct kvm_walk_access *access)
 {
@@ -468,6 +477,7 @@ static bool should_set_dirty_state(struct s1_walk_info *wi, struct s1_walk_step
 	/* R_RKMHW */
 	case WALK_ACCESS_CMO:
 	case WALK_ACCESS_AT:
+	case WALK_ACCESS_NONARCH:
 		return false;
 	default:
 		/* R_NSXRD */
@@ -484,7 +494,7 @@ static int handle_desc_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct s1_walk_info *wi,
 
 	old = new = ws->desc;
 
-	if (wi->ha)
+	if (should_set_access_flag(wi, ws, access))
 		new |= PTE_AF;
 
 	if (should_set_dirty_state(wi, ws, wr, access))
@@ -555,6 +565,9 @@ static int walk_s1(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct s1_walk_info *wi,
 				.write	= wi->ha,
 			};
 
+			if (access->type == WALK_ACCESS_NONARCH)
+				s2_access.type = WALK_ACCESS_NONARCH;
+
 			ret = kvm_walk_nested_s2(vcpu, &s2_access, &ws.s2_trans);
 			if (ret == -EAGAIN)
 				return ret;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
index 54228db30371..4d128003ae7a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
@@ -228,6 +228,15 @@ static int read_guest_s2_desc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct s2_walk_step *ws,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool should_set_access_flag(struct s2_walk_info *wi, struct s2_walk_step *ws,
+				   struct kvm_walk_access *access)
+{
+	if (access->type == WALK_ACCESS_NONARCH)
+		return false;
+
+	return wi->ha;
+}
+
 static bool should_set_dirty_state(struct s2_walk_info *wi, struct s2_walk_step *ws,
 				   struct kvm_s2_trans *out, struct kvm_walk_access *access)
 {
@@ -235,6 +244,7 @@ static bool should_set_dirty_state(struct s2_walk_info *wi, struct s2_walk_step
 	/* R_RKMHW */
 	case WALK_ACCESS_CMO:
 	case WALK_ACCESS_AT:
+	case WALK_ACCESS_NONARCH:
 		return false;
 	default:
 		/* R_NSXRD */
@@ -251,7 +261,7 @@ static int handle_desc_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct s2_walk_info *wi,
 
 	old = new = ws->desc;
 
-	if (wi->ha)
+	if (should_set_access_flag(wi, ws, access))
 		new |= KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_AF;
 
 	if (should_set_dirty_state(wi, ws, out, access))
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-23 18:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-23 18:41 [PATCH 00/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Implement FEAT_HAFDBS, FEAT_HAFT Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 01/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Introduce struct for stage-2 walk step Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 02/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Consolidate computation of stage-2 permissions Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:57   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 03/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Get rid of kvm_s2_trans*() accessors Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 04/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Only shadow writable-dirty guest descs as writable Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:58   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 20:05     ` Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 05/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Pass an access descriptor for stage-2 walks Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 19:06   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 06/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Use a helper for stage-2 descriptor updates Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 07/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Set dirty state at stage-2 Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 19:03   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 08/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Treat DBM as writable " Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:55   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 20:08     ` Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 09/22] KVM: arm64: Compute S1 permissions as part of s1_walk() Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 10/22] KVM: arm64: Plumb through access descriptor for stage-1 Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 11/22] KVM: arm64: Use a struct for stage-1 walk context Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 12/22] KVM: arm64: Create helper for stage-1 descriptor updates Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:55   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 13/22] KVM: arm64: Set dirty state at stage-1 Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:54   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 14/22] KVM: arm64: Grant write permission when DBM is set at S1 Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:57   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` Oliver Upton [this message]
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 16/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Expose FEAT_HAFDBS Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 19:01   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 17/22] KVM: arm64: Set Access flag on table descriptors at stage-1 Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 20:56   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 18/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Set access flag on table descriptors at stage-2 Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 19:05   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 20:14     ` Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 19/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Expose FEAT_HAFT Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 19:05   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 20/22] KVM: arm64: selftests: Only test AF behavior for emulated AT insns Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:42 ` [PATCH 21/22] KVM: arm64: selftests: Test AT emulation for FEAT_HAFT Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 19:05   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 20:17     ` Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:42 ` [PATCH 22/22] HACK: KVM: arm64: nv: Set the dirty state for CMOs that fetch for write Oliver Upton

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