Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] KVM: arm64: nv: fix S2 translation for nVHE guests

[Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>]

Hi Volodymyr,

Thanks for looking into this.

On Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:17:55 +0100,
Volodymyr Babchuk <Volodymyr_Babchuk@epam.com> wrote:
> 
> According to ARM architecture specification (ARM DDI 0487 L.a, section
> C5.4.3), Stage 2 translation should be skipped when VHE is active, or,
> in other words, E2H bit is set. Fix the code by inverting both check
> and comment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Volodymyr Babchuk <volodymyr_babchuk@epam.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/at.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
> index a25be111cd8f8..5e7c3fb01273c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
> @@ -1412,10 +1412,10 @@ void __kvm_at_s12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 op, u64 vaddr)
>  		return;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * If we only have a single stage of translation (E2H=0 or
> +	 * If we only have a single stage of translation (E2H=1 or
>  	 * TGE=1), exit early. Same thing if {VM,DC}=={0,0}.
>  	 */
> -	if (!vcpu_el2_e2h_is_set(vcpu) || vcpu_el2_tge_is_set(vcpu) ||
> +	if (vcpu_el2_e2h_is_set(vcpu) || vcpu_el2_tge_is_set(vcpu) ||
>  	    !(vcpu_read_sys_reg(vcpu, HCR_EL2) & (HCR_VM | HCR_DC)))
>  		return;

The code we have here is clearly bogus, but what you are suggesting
doesn't look correct to me either. Here's what the spec says:

<quote>

Performs stage 1 and 2 address translation, with permissions as if
reading from the given virtual address from EL1, or from EL2 if the
Effective value of HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is {1, 1}, using the following
translation regime:

  * When EL2 is implemented and enabled in the Security state
    described by the current Effective value of SCR_EL3.{NSE, NS}:

    - If the Effective value of HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is not {1, 1}, the
      EL1&0 translation regime, accessed from EL1.

    - If the Effective value of HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is {1, 1}, the
      EL2&0 translation regime, accessed from EL2.

  * Otherwise, the EL1&0 translation regime, accessed from EL1.

</quote>

We're obviously in the first bullet, so we need to work out whether
this is applying to the EL1&0 or the EL2&0 translation regime. By the
letter of the spec, we need to check for E2H+TGE being both set to
elide the S2 final walk.

I suspect what you really want is the hack below, though I think the
DC handling has always been broken (who cares anyway?).

Thanks,

	M.

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
index 0e56105339493..3e591979f947e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
@@ -1420,10 +1420,10 @@ void __kvm_at_s12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 op, u64 vaddr)
 		return;
 
 	/*
-	 * If we only have a single stage of translation (E2H=0 or
-	 * TGE=1), exit early. Same thing if {VM,DC}=={0,0}.
+	 * If we only have a single stage of translation ({E2H,TGE}={1,1}),
+	 * exit early. Same thing if {VM,DC}=={0,0}.
 	 */
-	if (!vcpu_el2_e2h_is_set(vcpu) || vcpu_el2_tge_is_set(vcpu) ||
+	if ((vcpu_el2_e2h_is_set(vcpu) && vcpu_el2_tge_is_set(vcpu)) ||
 	    !(vcpu_read_sys_reg(vcpu, HCR_EL2) & (HCR_VM | HCR_DC)))
 		return;
 

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