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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 14/22] KVM: arm64: Grant write permission when DBM is set at S1
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:41:53 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260623184201.1518871-15-oupton@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260623184201.1518871-1-oupton@kernel.org>

The DBM bit effectively behaves as a permission bit when using direct
permissions, especially so in the context of accesses that do not update
the dirty state (like AT).

Treat AP[1] == 0 for the purposes of computing permissions, relying on
the walker to abort if it fails to set the dirty state where required.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/at.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
index bfba31b270a9..faffb69c2eef 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
@@ -1077,11 +1077,23 @@ static void compute_s1_direct_permissions(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 					  struct s1_walk_info *wi,
 					  struct s1_walk_result *wr)
 {
+	u8 ap = FIELD_GET(PTE_USER | PTE_RDONLY, wr->desc);
 	bool wxn;
 
+	/*
+	 * Descriptors with the DBM bit set while hardware dirty state are
+	 * considered writable, even though certain accesses (like AT instructions)
+	 * don't actually update the dirty state.
+	 *
+	 * Assume that walk_s1() made the necessary descriptor updates for the
+	 * access and just treat DBM as writable here.
+	 */
+	if (wi->hd && (wr->desc & PTE_DBM))
+		ap &= ~BIT(1);
+
 	/* Non-hierarchical part of AArch64.S1DirectBasePermissions() */
 	if (wi->regime != TR_EL2) {
-		switch (FIELD_GET(PTE_USER | PTE_RDONLY, wr->desc)) {
+		switch (ap) {
 		case 0b00:
 			wr->pr = wr->pw = true;
 			wr->ur = wr->uw = false;
@@ -1105,7 +1117,7 @@ static void compute_s1_direct_permissions(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	} else {
 		wr->ur = wr->uw = wr->ux = false;
 
-		if (!(wr->desc & PTE_RDONLY)) {
+		if (!(ap & BIT(1))) {
 			wr->pr = wr->pw = true;
 		} else {
 			wr->pr = true;
-- 
2.47.3


  parent 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 [PATCH 00/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Implement FEAT_HAFDBS, FEAT_HAFT Oliver Upton
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 ` Oliver Upton [this message]
2026-06-23 18:57   ` [PATCH 14/22] KVM: arm64: Grant write permission when DBM is set at S1 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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