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>,
Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>,
Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@arm.com>,
Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 08/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Treat DBM as writable at stage-2
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:55:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261023205610.1044532-9-oupton@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261023205610.1044532-1-oupton@kernel.org>
When using direct permissions, the DBM bit has the effect of granting
the write permission. And, depending on the access, it could grant write
permission without a dirty state update.
Reviewed-by: Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c | 11 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
index edfae3a6f362..23e93f14af7b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ typedef u64 kvm_pte_t;
#define KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S1_PXN BIT(53)
#define KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_XN GENMASK(54, 53)
+#define KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_DBM BIT(51)
#define KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S1_GP BIT(50)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
index 1d581d3bd557..e388cefad9e5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
@@ -328,6 +328,17 @@ static void compute_s2_permissions(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct s2_walk_info *w
break;
}
+ /*
+ * 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_nestd_s2_pgd() made the necessary descriptor updates
+ * for the access and just treat DBM as writable here.
+ */
+ if (wi->hd && ws->desc & KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_DBM)
+ s2ap |= BIT(1);
+
trans->readable = s2ap & BIT(0);
trans->writable = s2ap & BIT(1);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-23 20:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-23 20:55 [PATCH v2 00/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Implement FEAT_HAFDBS, FEAT_HAFT Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 01/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Introduce struct for stage-2 walk step Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 02/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Consolidate computation of stage-2 permissions Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 03/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Get rid of kvm_s2_trans*() accessors Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 04/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Only shadow writable-dirty guest descs as writable Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 21:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-24 6:26 ` Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 05/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Pass an access descriptor for stage-2 walks Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 06/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Use a helper for stage-2 descriptor updates Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 07/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Set dirty state at stage-2 Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` Oliver Upton [this message]
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 09/28] KVM: arm64: Compute S1 permissions as part of s1_walk() Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 10/28] KVM: arm64: Plumb through access descriptor for stage-1 Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 21:06 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 11/28] KVM: arm64: Use a struct for stage-1 walk context Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 12/28] KVM: arm64: Create helper for stage-1 descriptor updates Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 13/28] KVM: arm64: Set dirty state at stage-1 Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 14/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Respect HA when computing translated TCR Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 15/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Respect HD " Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 16/28] KVM: arm64: Grant write permission when DBM is set at S1 Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:55 ` [PATCH v2 17/28] KVM: arm64: Don't update descriptors for "non-arch" access Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 18/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Emulate CMOs via writable-clean translations as NOPs Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 19/28] arm64: Add command line switch to disable FEAT_S2FWB Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 20/28] KVM: arm64: Reject non-coherent DMA when using forced writeback Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 21:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 21/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Expose FEAT_HAFDBS Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 22/28] KVM: arm64: Set Access flag on table descriptors at stage-1 Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 21:22 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-24 6:24 ` Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 23/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Set access flag on table descriptors at stage-2 Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 24/28] KVM: arm64: nv: Expose FEAT_HAFT Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 25/28] KVM: arm64: selftests: Only test AF behavior for emulated AT insns Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 26/28] KVM: arm64: selftests: Test AT emulation for FEAT_HAFT Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 27/28] KVM: arm64: Add tracepoints for S1 page table walk Oliver Upton
2026-10-23 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 28/28] KVM: arm64: Add tracepoints for S2 " Oliver Upton
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