From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
To: Itaru Kitayama <itaru.kitayama@fujitsu.com>
Cc: Wei-Lin Chang <weilin.chang@arm.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>,
Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Wang Han <wanghan@linux.alibaba.com>,
Shuai Xue <xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com>,
"Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/7] KVM: arm64: nv: Implement nested stage-2 reverse map
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:04:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86mrth65ii.wl-maz@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aqoh27cSs5gMHeAL@sm-arm-grace07>
On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 05:58:03 +0100,
Itaru Kitayama <itaru.kitayama@fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Wei-Lin,
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 04:42:58PM +0100, Wei-Lin Chang wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is v6 of optimizing the shadow s2 mmu unmapping during MMU
> > notifiers.
> >
> > This version fixes a few issues, and adds Marc's space optimization
> > for kvm_guest_s2_mapping [1]. Please see the changelog for the details.
> >
> > Tested by booting L3, and running in-kernel targetted tests described
> > in [2]. v5 got some tested-by's from Itaru and Wang (thanks), I didn't
> > carry them over since some bugs fixed in v6 are non-obvious. Some
> > retest would be much appreciated!
> >
> > Series based on v7.3-rc3 + Marc's nested mmu lifecycle fixes [3].
>
> Observed on QEMU (accel tcg) only, but I saw:
>
> [ 1812.052752] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1630
> [ 1812.052896] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 596, name: shadow_stage2
>
> The kernel is built on top of Marc's fix and your version six series, but
> the fix for debugfs will be posted later?
>
> Your hello_nested and shadow_stage2 ran without an issue.
>
> Tested-by: Itaru Kitayama <itaru.kitayama@fujitsu.com>
So you have established that there is a critical locking bug, make
sure you don't communicate any information to help narrow where that
bug is, and yet give your Tested-by: tag?
What is the point? I'm baffled.
Can you at least provide an indication of what you did to get there as
well as the full backtrace?
M.
--
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-16 7:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-15 15:42 [PATCH v6 0/7] KVM: arm64: nv: Implement nested stage-2 reverse map Wei-Lin Chang
2026-09-15 15:42 ` [PATCH v6 1/7] KVM: arm64: Use a variable for the canonical IPA in kvm_s2_fault_map() Wei-Lin Chang
2026-09-15 15:43 ` [PATCH v6 2/7] KVM: arm64: nv: Introduce guest stage-2 tracking structures Wei-Lin Chang
2026-09-15 15:43 ` [PATCH v6 3/7] KVM: arm64: nv: Track guest stage-2 mapping creation Wei-Lin Chang
2026-09-15 15:43 ` [PATCH v6 4/7] KVM: arm64: nv: Track guest stage-2 mapping removal Wei-Lin Chang
2026-09-15 15:43 ` [PATCH v6 5/7] KVM: arm64: nv: Avoid full shadow stage-2 unmap Wei-Lin Chang
2026-09-15 15:43 ` [PATCH v6 6/7] KVM: arm64: nv: Drop kvm_s2_mmu pointer from kvm_guest_s2_mapping Wei-Lin Chang
2026-09-15 15:43 ` [PATCH v6 7/7] KVM: arm64: Refactor kvm_unmap_gfn_range() with common variables Wei-Lin Chang
2026-09-15 21:49 ` [PATCH v6 0/7] KVM: arm64: nv: Implement nested stage-2 reverse map Itaru Kitayama
2026-09-15 23:22 ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-09-15 23:27 ` Itaru Kitayama
2026-09-16 7:08 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-09-17 6:51 ` Itaru Kitayama
2026-09-17 7:56 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-09-17 21:46 ` Itaru Kitayama
2026-09-17 13:10 ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-09-15 22:49 ` Oliver Upton
2026-09-16 4:58 ` Itaru Kitayama
2026-09-16 7:04 ` Marc Zyngier [this message]
2026-09-16 10:08 ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-09-20 1:33 ` Shuai Xue
2026-09-24 20:41 ` Marc Zyngier
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