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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>,
	Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 00/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Implement FEAT_HAFDBS, FEAT_HAFT
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:41:39 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260623184201.1518871-1-oupton@kernel.org> (raw)

KVM's support for hardware descriptor updates has been lacking, owing in
large part to the fact that the most widely available NV2 hardware
actually lacks HAFDBS :)

This series brings support for hardware dirty state and table Access
flags to the nested MMU. While KVM uses neither of these features, the
kernel definitely does in the stage-1 page tables. Since there is only
one hypervisor to rule them all, implementing this stuff at stage-2 is
mostly motivated by the desire to enable guest stage-1 :)

Implementing dirty state at stage-2 is a bit more challenging than
anticipated, I'm in the middle of seeking a relaxation from Arm that
would make this all architectural. See the last patch for the details.

Applies to kvmarm/fixes since this depends on some of the earlier VNCR
rework. Lightly tested on an implementation with HAFT.

Oliver Upton (22):
  KVM: arm64: nv: Introduce struct for stage-2 walk step
  KVM: arm64: nv: Consolidate computation of stage-2 permissions
  KVM: arm64: nv: Get rid of kvm_s2_trans*() accessors
  KVM: arm64: nv: Only shadow writable-dirty guest descs as writable
  KVM: arm64: nv: Pass an access descriptor for stage-2 walks
  KVM: arm64: nv: Use a helper for stage-2 descriptor updates
  KVM: arm64: nv: Set dirty state at stage-2
  KVM: arm64: nv: Treat DBM as writable at stage-2
  KVM: arm64: Compute S1 permissions as part of s1_walk()
  KVM: arm64: Plumb through access descriptor for stage-1
  KVM: arm64: Use a struct for stage-1 walk context
  KVM: arm64: Create helper for stage-1 descriptor updates
  KVM: arm64: Set dirty state at stage-1
  KVM: arm64: Grant write permission when DBM is set at S1
  KVM: arm64: Don't update descriptors for "non-arch" access
  KVM: arm64: nv: Expose FEAT_HAFDBS
  KVM: arm64: Set Access flag on table descriptors at stage-1
  KVM: arm64: nv: Set access flag on table descriptors at stage-2
  KVM: arm64: nv: Expose FEAT_HAFT
  KVM: arm64: selftests: Only test AF behavior for emulated AT insns
  KVM: arm64: selftests: Test that AT emulation for FEAT_HAFT
  HACK: KVM: arm64: nv: Set the dirty state for CMOs that fetch for
    write

 arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h       |   1 +
 arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_nested.h    |  94 +++------
 arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h   |  17 +-
 arch/arm64/kvm/at.c                    | 267 +++++++++++++++++--------
 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c           |  11 -
 arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c                   |  36 +++-
 arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c                | 251 ++++++++++++++++-------
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/at.c | 102 ++++++++--
 8 files changed, 515 insertions(+), 264 deletions(-)


base-commit: d098bb75d14fde2f12155f1a95ec0168160867ce
-- 
2.47.3


             reply	other threads:[~2026-06-23 18:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-23 18:41 Oliver Upton [this message]
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 01/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Introduce struct for stage-2 walk step Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 02/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Consolidate computation of stage-2 permissions Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:57   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 03/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Get rid of kvm_s2_trans*() accessors Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 04/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Only shadow writable-dirty guest descs as writable Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:58   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 20:05     ` Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 05/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Pass an access descriptor for stage-2 walks Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 19:06   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 06/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Use a helper for stage-2 descriptor updates Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 07/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Set dirty state at stage-2 Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 19:03   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 16:50   ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-07-08  7:35     ` Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 08/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Treat DBM as writable " Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:55   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 20:08     ` Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 09/22] KVM: arm64: Compute S1 permissions as part of s1_walk() Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 10/22] KVM: arm64: Plumb through access descriptor for stage-1 Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 11/22] KVM: arm64: Use a struct for stage-1 walk context Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 12/22] KVM: arm64: Create helper for stage-1 descriptor updates Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:55   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 13/22] KVM: arm64: Set dirty state at stage-1 Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:54   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-26 15:49   ` Leonardo Bras
2026-06-26 16:03     ` Marc Zyngier
2026-06-29 10:38       ` Leonardo Bras
2026-06-26 17:35     ` Oliver Upton
2026-06-29 10:39       ` Leonardo Bras
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 14/22] KVM: arm64: Grant write permission when DBM is set at S1 Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:57   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 15/22] KVM: arm64: Don't update descriptors for "non-arch" access Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 16/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Expose FEAT_HAFDBS Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 19:01   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 17/22] KVM: arm64: Set Access flag on table descriptors at stage-1 Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 20:56   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 18/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Set access flag on table descriptors at stage-2 Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 19:05   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 20:14     ` Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 19/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Expose FEAT_HAFT Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 19:05   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 18:41 ` [PATCH 20/22] KVM: arm64: selftests: Only test AF behavior for emulated AT insns Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:42 ` [PATCH 21/22] KVM: arm64: selftests: Test AT emulation for FEAT_HAFT Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 19:05   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23 20:17     ` Oliver Upton
2026-06-23 18:42 ` [PATCH 22/22] HACK: KVM: arm64: nv: Set the dirty state for CMOs that fetch for write Oliver Upton
2026-07-01 10:16   ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-07-01 17:33     ` Oliver Upton
2026-07-02  6:50       ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-06-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 00/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Implement FEAT_HAFDBS, FEAT_HAFT Leonardo Bras
2026-06-26 17:12   ` Marc Zyngier
2026-06-26 17:45     ` Oliver Upton
2026-06-29 10:37       ` Leonardo Bras
2026-06-29 10:29     ` Leonardo Bras

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