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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 2/2] KVM: arm64: Only update XN attr when requested during S2 relaxation
Date: Wed,  1 Jul 2026 16:16:20 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260701231620.3300204-3-oupton@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260701231620.3300204-1-oupton@kernel.org>

On systems without DIC, KVM lazily grants execute permission to stage-2
translations after taking an instruction abort due to a permission
fault, allowing it to defer I-cache invalidations to the point they're
absolutely required.

If a data abort happens later down the line to such a translation, KVM
will not request execute permissions as part of the S2 relaxation on the
assumption that kvm_pgtable_stage2_relax_perms() does exactly what the
name implies and adds the requested permissions to the pre-existing
ones.

Avoid taking unintended execute permission faults by only preparing the
XN attribute if KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_X is set.

Fixes: 2608563b466b ("KVM: arm64: Add support for FEAT_XNX stage-2 permissions")
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
index 31aaca35693a..0b6d32d03efe 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
@@ -1370,12 +1370,14 @@ 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;
 
-	ret = stage2_set_xn_attr(prot, &xn);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	if (prot & KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_X) {
+		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;
+		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


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-01 23:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-01 23:16 [PATCH 0/2] KVM: arm64: Fixes for S2 permission relaxation Oliver Upton
2026-07-01 23:16 ` [PATCH 1/2] KVM: arm64: Ensure level is always initialized when relaxing perms Oliver Upton
2026-07-01 23:16 ` Oliver Upton [this message]
2026-07-02  7:16 ` [PATCH 0/2] KVM: arm64: Fixes for S2 permission relaxation Wei-Lin Chang
2026-07-06 16:19 ` Marc Zyngier

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