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 04/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Only shadow writable-dirty guest descs as writable
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:41:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260623184201.1518871-5-oupton@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260623184201.1518871-1-oupton@kernel.org>
KVM will soon add support for hardware dirty state management for nested
guests. In order to emulate dirty state transitions on the guest
desciptor, KVM will need to use read-only hardware mappings and re-walk
the guest page tables upon taking a permission fault.
Prepare by limiting shadow stage-2 and shadow VNCR translations to
read-only for writable-clean guest translations.
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_nested.h | 2 ++
arch/arm64/kvm/at.c | 1 +
arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 2 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c | 4 +++-
4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_nested.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_nested.h
index 3b36ed7c7608..7fe6fb56c187 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_nested.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_nested.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct kvm_s2_trans {
u32 esr;
bool writable;
bool readable;
+ bool dirty;
bool px;
bool ux;
};
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ struct s1_walk_result {
bool pr;
bool pw;
bool px;
+ bool dirty;
};
struct {
u8 fst;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
index 86b499e7a9a0..7a84495a2e6d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
@@ -1317,6 +1317,7 @@ static void compute_s1_permissions(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
(pan3_enabled(vcpu, wi->regime) && wr->ux));
wr->pw &= !pan;
wr->pr &= !pan;
+ wr->dirty = !(wr->desc & BIT(7));
}
static int handle_at_slow(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 op, u64 vaddr, u64 *par)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index 07bd1e3ae9fb..f35c4ce95473 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ static int topup_mmu_memcache(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, void *memcache)
static enum kvm_pgtable_prot adjust_nested_fault_perms(struct kvm_s2_trans *nested,
enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot)
{
- if (!nested->writable)
+ if (!(nested->writable && nested->dirty))
prot &= ~KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_W;
if (!nested->readable)
prot &= ~KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
index b247bc1d83fa..dcc7d0cc7c95 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ static void compute_s2_permissions(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct s2_walk_info *w
trans->readable = s2ap & BIT(0);
trans->writable = s2ap & BIT(1);
+
+ trans->dirty = ws->desc & BIT(7);
}
/*
@@ -1603,7 +1605,7 @@ static void kvm_map_l1_vncr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
vt->cpu = smp_processor_id();
- if (vt->hpa_writable && vt->wr.pw && vt->wr.pr)
+ if (vt->hpa_writable && vt->wr.pw && vt->wr.dirty && vt->wr.pr)
prot = PAGE_KERNEL;
else if (vt->wr.pr)
prot = PAGE_KERNEL_RO;
--
2.47.3
next prev 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 ` Oliver Upton [this message]
2026-06-23 18:58 ` [PATCH 04/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Only shadow writable-dirty guest descs as writable 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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