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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>,
	Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>,
	Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@arm.com>,
	Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 20/28] KVM: arm64: Reject non-coherent DMA when using forced writeback
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:56:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261023205610.1044532-21-oupton@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261023205610.1044532-1-oupton@kernel.org>

Assigning non-coherent devices to a KVM guest subject to forced
writeback is broken. DMA through cacheable aliases and CMOs work, but
using non-cacheable aliases for buffers on the CPU does not due to the
implicit promotion to Normal writeback.

Non-coherent DMA is fundamentally incompatible with the direction of
travel on KVM/arm64. Draw the line in the sand and bug the VM if FWB is
in use. Users can use the newly-added kernel commandline to fall back to
a non-FWB configuration that *actually works*.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  2 ++
 arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c              | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 1c6632216e32..5672721416a4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1565,6 +1565,8 @@ struct kvm *kvm_arch_alloc_vm(void);
 
 #define __KVM_HAVE_ARCH_FLUSH_REMOTE_TLBS_RANGE
 
+#define __KVM_HAVE_ARCH_NONCOHERENT_DMA
+
 #ifdef __KVM_NVHE_HYPERVISOR__
 
 #define kvm_vm_is_protected(kvm)			\
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index d593ba928093..f08a450184d9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -133,6 +133,20 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(vcpu) == IN_GUEST_MODE;
 }
 
+void kvm_arch_register_noncoherent_dma(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+	if (!cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_STAGE2_FWB))
+		return;
+
+	pr_err_once("kvm: noncoherent DMA unsupported with FWB, see kvm_arm.nofwb\n");
+	kvm_vm_bugged(kvm);
+}
+
+void kvm_arch_unregister_noncoherent_dma(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+
+}
+
 int kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_cap(struct kvm *kvm,
 			    struct kvm_enable_cap *cap)
 {
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-23 20:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-23 20:55 [PATCH v2 00/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Implement FEAT_HAFDBS, FEAT_HAFT Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 01/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Introduce struct for stage-2 walk step Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 02/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Consolidate computation of stage-2 permissions Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 03/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Get rid of kvm_s2_trans*() accessors Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 04/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Only shadow writable-dirty guest descs as writable Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 21:25   ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-24  6:26     ` Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 05/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Pass an access descriptor for stage-2 walks Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 06/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Use a helper for stage-2 descriptor updates Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 07/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Set dirty state at stage-2 Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 08/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Treat DBM as writable " Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 09/28] KVM: arm64: Compute S1 permissions as part of s1_walk() Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 10/28] KVM: arm64: Plumb through access descriptor for stage-1 Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 21:06   ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 11/28] KVM: arm64: Use a struct for stage-1 walk context Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 12/28] KVM: arm64: Create helper for stage-1 descriptor updates Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 13/28] KVM: arm64: Set dirty state at stage-1 Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 14/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Respect HA when computing translated TCR Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 15/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Respect HD " Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 16/28] KVM: arm64: Grant write permission when DBM is set at S1 Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 17/28] KVM: arm64: Don't update descriptors for "non-arch" access Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 18/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Emulate CMOs via writable-clean translations as NOPs Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 19/28] arm64: Add command line switch to disable FEAT_S2FWB Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` Oliver Upton [this message]
2026-10-23 21:16   ` [PATCH v2 20/28] KVM: arm64: Reject non-coherent DMA when using forced writeback sashiko-bot
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 21/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Expose FEAT_HAFDBS Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 22/28] KVM: arm64: Set Access flag on table descriptors at stage-1 Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 21:22   ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-24  6:24     ` Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 23/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Set access flag on table descriptors at stage-2 Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 24/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Expose FEAT_HAFT Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 25/28] KVM: arm64: selftests: Only test AF behavior for emulated AT insns Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 26/28] KVM: arm64: selftests: Test AT emulation for FEAT_HAFT Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 27/28] KVM: arm64: Add tracepoints for S1 page table walk Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 28/28] KVM: arm64: Add tracepoints for S2 " Oliver Upton

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