From: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: maz@kernel.org, oupton@kernel.org, seiden@linux.ibm.com,
joey.gouly@arm.com, suzuki.poulose@arm.com,
yuzenghui@huawei.com, catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org,
vdonnefort@google.com, tabba@google.com,
sebastianene@google.com, keirf@google.com,
Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>,
Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: Optimize protected mode and FWB
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:56:45 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260721085646.1660673-1-smostafa@google.com> (raw)
KVM opportunistically enables FWB if supported by the system for guest
VMs, which allows it to elude cache maintenance for data as they are
forced to be cacheable from stage-2.
In that case, __clean_dcache_guest_page() will immediately return.
However in protected mode, before calling __clean_dcache_guest_page()
it loops over the range and fix_map/unmap it, issuing TLB
invalidations, dsb() and isb() unnecessarily.
This can be optimized by returning early if FWB is supported,
kvm_pgtable_stage2_map() already issues dsb() and tlb invalidation
functions issue dsb() for the unmap path.
Signed-off-by: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
index 4e329e39a695..049a09be2bbf 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
@@ -261,6 +261,13 @@ static void __apply_guest_page(void *va, size_t size,
static void clean_dcache_guest_page(void *va, size_t size)
{
+ /*
+ * Guest stage-2 uses FWB if available, making it safe to elide CMOs.
+ * In contrast, the host stage-2 never has FWB enabled.
+ */
+ if (cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_STAGE2_FWB))
+ return;
+
__apply_guest_page(va, size, __clean_dcache_guest_page);
}
--
2.55.0.229.g6434b31f56-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-21 8:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-21 8:56 Mostafa Saleh [this message]
2026-07-21 10:10 ` [PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: Optimize protected mode and FWB Marc Zyngier
2026-07-21 10:19 ` Mostafa Saleh
2026-07-22 11:51 ` Fuad Tabba
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