From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Steven Price" <steven.price@arm.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: "Oliver Upton" <oupton@kernel.org>, "Marc Zyngier" <maz@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/12] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add Realm RTT mapping and invalidation helpers
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 18:06:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-209447@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111145758.217946-9-steven.price@arm.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential
issues to consider:
- [Medium] KVM: arm64: wrong granule level when skipping missing RTT in
realm_fold_rtt_level()
- [Medium] KVM: arm64: cca: unhandled GFP_ATOMIC failure in
realm_create_rtt_levels()
--
commit 68d993c0f3cb9846fd5972acfd789cb5ebe22bac
Author: Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com>
KVM: arm64: CCA: Add Realm RTT mapping and invalidation helpers
This commit adds helpers to create, fold, and unmap Realm Translation
Tables (RTTs) for shared and private IPA ranges.
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/rmi.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/rmi.c
> index b904e6541fb07..5aa34d68de595 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/rmi.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/rmi.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -156,12 +286,94 @@ static int realm_tear_down_rtt_range(struct realm *realm,
> start, end);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Returns 0 on successful fold, a negative value on error, a positive value if
> + * we were not able to fold all tables at this level.
> + */
> +static int realm_fold_rtt_level(struct realm *realm, int level,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> +{
> + int not_folded = 0;
> + ssize_t map_size;
> + unsigned long addr, next_addr;
> +
> + if (WARN_ON(level > KVM_PGTABLE_LAST_LEVEL))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + map_size = kvm_granule_size(level - 1);
> +
> + for (addr = start; addr < end; addr = next_addr) {
> + phys_addr_t rtt_granule;
> + long ret;
> +
> + next_addr = ALIGN(addr + 1, map_size);
> +
> + ret = realm_rtt_fold(realm, addr, level, &rtt_granule);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return ret;
> +
> + switch (RMI_RESULT_STATUS(ret)) {
> + case RMI_SUCCESS:
> + free_rtt(rtt_granule);
> + break;
> + case RMI_ERROR_RTT: {
> + int err_level = RMI_RESULT_DATA_LEVEL(ret);
> +
> + if (err_level < level) {
> + /* No RTT at this level; skip the missing ancestor. */
> + if (WARN_ON(err_level < get_start_level(realm)))
> + return -EINVAL;
> + next_addr = ALIGN(addr + 1,
> + kvm_granule_size(err_level - 1));
> + break;
> + }
[Severity: Medium]
Should this advance next_addr by kvm_granule_size(err_level) instead of
kvm_granule_size(err_level - 1) (matching realm_unmap_shared_range() and
realm_unmap_private_range())?
When realm_rtt_fold() fails at err_level < level, the walk stopped at a
single non-table entry in the table at err_level, which spans
kvm_granule_size(err_level). Using err_level - 1 skips the span of the
entire table at err_level, leaving any foldable sibling RTTs in the rest of
that table unfolded, and evaluates kvm_granule_size(-1) when err_level is 0
on 4-level stage-2 tables (shifting past 64 bits on 16KB and 64KB pages).
[ ... ]
> @@ -191,6 +403,154 @@ int kvm_realm_teardown_stage2(struct kvm *kvm)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static void realm_unmap_shared_range(struct kvm *kvm,
> + unsigned long start,
> + unsigned long end,
> + bool may_block)
> +{
[ ... ]
> + case RMI_ERROR_RTT: {
> + int err_level = RMI_RESULT_DATA_LEVEL(ret);
> + int level = find_map_level(realm, addr, end);
> +
> + if (WARN_ON(err_level > KVM_PGTABLE_LAST_LEVEL))
> + return;
> +
> + if (err_level >= level) {
> + /* Nothing present, so skip */
> + next_addr = ALIGN(addr + 1,
> + kvm_granule_size(err_level));
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + ret = realm_create_rtt_levels(realm, addr, err_level,
> + level, NULL);
> + if (WARN_ON(ret))
> + return;
[ ... ]
> +static void realm_unmap_private_range(struct kvm *kvm,
> + unsigned long start,
> + unsigned long end,
> + bool may_block)
> +{
[ ... ]
> + case RMI_ERROR_RTT: {
> + int err_level = RMI_RESULT_DATA_LEVEL(ret);
> + int level = find_map_level(realm, addr, end);
> +
> + if (WARN_ON(err_level > KVM_PGTABLE_LAST_LEVEL))
> + return;
> +
> + if (err_level >= level) {
> + /* Nothing present, so skip this RTT entry. */
> + next_addr = ALIGN(addr + 1,
> + kvm_granule_size(err_level));
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + ret = realm_create_rtt_levels(realm, addr, err_level,
> + level, NULL);
> + if (WARN_ON(ret))
> + return;
[Severity: Medium]
Can realm_create_rtt_levels() fail with -ENOMEM here, triggering WARN_ON()
and aborting the unmap?
Passing mc = NULL causes alloc_delegated_granule() to allocate RTT pages
with GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_ACCOUNT. When unmapping a sub-block
range under memory pressure or a memcg limit, an allocation failure fires
WARN_ON(ret) and returns early, leaving the rest of [addr, end) mapped in
the Realm RTTs (for example across an MMU notifier invalidation before the
host frees the backing pages).
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261111145758.217946-1-steven.price@arm.com?part=8
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-11 18:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-11 14:57 [PATCH v2 00/12] KVM: arm64: CCA: Prepare Realm memory management Steven Price
2026-11-11 14:57 ` [PATCH v2 01/12] KVM: arm64: CCA: Reserve the RMM mode Steven Price
2026-11-11 14:57 ` [PATCH v2 02/12] KVM: arm64: guest_memfd: Check mmap support when preparing memslot Steven Price
2026-11-11 15:21 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-11-12 10:43 ` Steven Price
2026-11-12 16:35 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-11-12 16:57 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-11-11 16:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-11 14:57 ` [PATCH v2 03/12] KVM: arm64: CCA: Introduce Realms Steven Price
2026-11-11 14:57 ` [PATCH v2 04/12] KVM: arm64: CCA: Check RMI support and features at init Steven Price
2026-11-12 16:39 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-11-11 14:57 ` [PATCH v2 05/12] KVM: arm64: Handle attributes in stage2_unmap_range Steven Price
2026-11-11 14:57 ` [PATCH v2 06/12] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add basic infrastructure for creating a realm Steven Price
2026-11-11 14:57 ` [PATCH v2 07/12] KVM: arm64: CCA: Tear down RTTs Steven Price
2026-11-11 17:38 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 13:47 ` Steven Price
2026-11-11 14:57 ` [PATCH v2 08/12] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add Realm RTT mapping and invalidation helpers Steven Price
2026-11-11 18:06 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-11-12 16:38 ` Steven Price
2026-11-11 14:57 ` [PATCH v2 09/12] KVM: Allow architectures to reject memslot changes before invalidation Steven Price
2026-11-11 14:57 ` [PATCH v2 10/12] KVM: arm64: CCA: Prevent memslot modifications after Realm creation Steven Price
2026-11-11 18:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-11 14:57 ` [PATCH v2 11/12] KVM: arm64: CCA: Support runtime faulting of memory Steven Price
2026-11-11 19:34 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-11 14:57 ` [PATCH v2 12/12] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add Realm stage-2 MMU operations Steven Price
2026-11-12 9:08 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] KVM: arm64: CCA: Prepare Realm memory management Kohei Enju
2026-11-12 9:41 ` Steven Price
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