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>,
Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 02/12] KVM: arm64: Add support for FEAT_XNX stage-2 permissions
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:33:56 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251112183406.2118981-3-oupton@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251112183406.2118981-1-oupton@kernel.org>
FEAT_XNX adds support for encoding separate execute permissions for EL0
and EL1 at stage-2. Add support for this to the page table library,
hiding the unintuitive encoding scheme behind generic pX and uX
permission flags.
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h | 17 +++++----
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
index 2888b5d03757..c72149a607d6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ typedef u64 kvm_pte_t;
#define KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S1_XN BIT(54)
-#define KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_XN BIT(54)
+#define KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_XN GENMASK(54, 53)
#define KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S1_GP BIT(50)
@@ -251,12 +251,15 @@ enum kvm_pgtable_stage2_flags {
* @KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_SW3: Software bit 3.
*/
enum kvm_pgtable_prot {
- KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_X = BIT(0),
- KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_W = BIT(1),
- KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R = BIT(2),
-
- KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_DEVICE = BIT(3),
- KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_NORMAL_NC = BIT(4),
+ KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_PX = BIT(0),
+ KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_UX = BIT(1),
+ KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_X = KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_PX |
+ KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_UX,
+ KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_W = BIT(2),
+ KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R = BIT(3),
+
+ KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_DEVICE = BIT(4),
+ KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_NORMAL_NC = BIT(5),
KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_SW0 = BIT(55),
KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_SW1 = BIT(56),
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
index c351b4abd5db..8c813bf70b38 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
@@ -661,11 +661,36 @@ void kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_range(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu,
#define KVM_S2_MEMATTR(pgt, attr) PAGE_S2_MEMATTR(attr, stage2_has_fwb(pgt))
+static int stage2_set_xn_attr(enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot, kvm_pte_t *attr)
+{
+ bool px, ux;
+ u8 xn;
+
+ px = prot & KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_PX;
+ ux = prot & KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_UX;
+
+ if (!cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_XNX) && px != ux)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (px && ux)
+ xn = 0b00;
+ else if (!px && ux)
+ xn = 0b01;
+ else if (!px && !ux)
+ xn = 0b10;
+ else
+ xn = 0b11;
+
+ *attr |= FIELD_PREP(KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_XN, xn);
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int stage2_set_prot_attr(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot,
kvm_pte_t *ptep)
{
kvm_pte_t attr;
u32 sh = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_SH_IS;
+ int r;
switch (prot & (KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_DEVICE |
KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_NORMAL_NC)) {
@@ -685,8 +710,9 @@ static int stage2_set_prot_attr(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, enum kvm_pgtable_prot p
attr = KVM_S2_MEMATTR(pgt, NORMAL);
}
- if (!(prot & KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_X))
- attr |= KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_XN;
+ r = stage2_set_xn_attr(prot, &attr);
+ if (r)
+ return r;
if (prot & KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R)
attr |= KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_S2AP_R;
@@ -715,8 +741,19 @@ enum kvm_pgtable_prot kvm_pgtable_stage2_pte_prot(kvm_pte_t pte)
prot |= KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R;
if (pte & KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_S2AP_W)
prot |= KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_W;
- if (!(pte & KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_XN))
- prot |= KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_X;
+
+ switch (FIELD_GET(KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_XN, pte)) {
+ case 0b00:
+ prot |= KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_PX | KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_UX;
+ break;
+ case 0b01:
+ prot |= KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_UX;
+ break;
+ case 0b11:
+ prot |= KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_PX;
+ break;
+ default:
+ }
return prot;
}
@@ -1293,6 +1330,7 @@ int kvm_pgtable_stage2_relax_perms(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, u64 addr,
int ret;
s8 level;
kvm_pte_t set = 0, clr = 0;
+ kvm_pte_t xn;
if (prot & KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_SW)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -1303,8 +1341,12 @@ int kvm_pgtable_stage2_relax_perms(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, u64 addr,
if (prot & KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_W)
set |= KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_S2AP_W;
- if (prot & KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_X)
- clr |= KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_XN;
+ ret = stage2_set_xn_attr(prot, &xn);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ set |= xn & KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_XN;
+ clr |= ~xn & KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_XN;
ret = stage2_update_leaf_attrs(pgt, addr, 1, set, clr, NULL, &level, flags);
if (!ret || ret == -EAGAIN)
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-12 18:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-12 18:33 [PATCH 00/12] KVM: arm64: nv: Implement FEAT_XNX and FEAT_HAF Oliver Upton
2025-11-12 18:33 ` [PATCH 01/12] arm64: Detect FEAT_XNX Oliver Upton
2025-11-12 18:33 ` Oliver Upton [this message]
2025-11-12 18:33 ` [PATCH 03/12] KVM: arm64: nv: Forward FEAT_XNX permissions to the shadow stage-2 Oliver Upton
2025-11-12 18:33 ` [PATCH 04/12] KVM: arm64: Teach ptdump about FEAT_XNX permissions Oliver Upton
2025-11-12 18:33 ` [PATCH 05/12] KVM: arm64: nv: Advertise support for FEAT_XNX Oliver Upton
2025-11-12 18:34 ` [PATCH 06/12] KVM: arm64: Call helper for reading descriptors directly Oliver Upton
2025-11-12 18:34 ` [PATCH 07/12] KVM: arm64: Handle endianness in read helper for emulated PTW Oliver Upton
2025-11-12 18:34 ` [PATCH 08/12] KVM: arm64: nv: Use pgtable definitions in stage-2 walk Oliver Upton
2025-11-12 18:34 ` [PATCH 09/12] KVM: arm64: Add helper for swapping guest descriptor Oliver Upton
2025-11-17 14:14 ` Marc Zyngier
2025-11-17 18:13 ` Oliver Upton
2025-11-12 18:34 ` [PATCH 10/12] KVM: arm64: Implement HW access flag management in stage-1 SW PTW Oliver Upton
2025-11-17 14:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2025-11-17 17:53 ` Oliver Upton
2025-11-12 18:34 ` [PATCH 11/12] KVM: arm64: nv: Implement HW access flag management in stage-2 " Oliver Upton
2025-11-17 14:51 ` Marc Zyngier
2025-11-12 18:34 ` [PATCH 12/12] KVM: arm64: nv: Expose hardware access flag management to NV guests Oliver Upton
2025-11-17 15:21 ` [PATCH 00/12] KVM: arm64: nv: Implement FEAT_XNX and FEAT_HAF Marc Zyngier
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