Re: [PATCH v15 14/37] KVM: arm64: CCA: Handle realm enter/exit

[Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com>]

On 27/07/2026 09:14, Kohei Enju wrote:
> Hi Steven, I have a comment about rec_exit_sys_reg() below.
> 
> On 07/15 15:28, Steven Price wrote:
>> Entering a realm is done using a SMC call to the RMM. On exit the
>> exit-codes need to be handled slightly differently to the normal KVM
>> path so define our own functions for realm enter/exit and hook them
>> in if the guest is a realm guest.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> Changes since v13:
>>  * The RMM is now required to provide an ESR value with the correct
>>    information to emulate MMIO, so we no longer need to hardcode 0s in
>>    rec_exit_sys_reg().
>>  * The PSCI changes mean that there is a potential race when turning on
>>    a VCPU which can cause a RMI_ERROR_REC return. Exit to user space
>>    with -EAGAIN in this case.
>> Changes since v12:
>>  * Call guest_state_{enter,exit}_irqoff() around rmi_rec_enter().
>>  * Add handling of the IRQ exception case where IRQs need to be briefly
>>    enabled before exiting guest timing.
>> Changes since v8:
>>  * Introduce kvm_rec_pre_enter() called before entering an atomic
>>    section to handle operations that might require memory allocation
>>    (specifically completing a RIPAS change introduced in a later patch).
>>  * Updates to align with upstream changes to hpfar_el2 which now (ab)uses
>>    HPFAR_EL2_NS as a valid flag.
>>  * Fix exit reason when racing with PSCI shutdown to return
>>    KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN rather than KVM_EXIT_UNKNOWN.
>> Changes since v7:
>>  * A return of 0 from kvm_handle_sys_reg() doesn't mean the register has
>>    been read (although that can never happen in the current code). Tidy
>>    up the condition to handle any future refactoring.
>> Changes since v6:
>>  * Use vcpu_err() rather than pr_err/kvm_err when there is an associated
>>    vcpu to the error.
>>  * Return -EFAULT for KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT as per the documentation for
>>    this exit type.
>>  * Split code handling a RIPAS change triggered by the guest to the
>>    following patch.
>> Changes since v5:
>>  * For a RIPAS_CHANGE request from the guest perform the actual RIPAS
>>    change on next entry rather than immediately on the exit. This allows
>>    the VMM to 'reject' a RIPAS change by refusing to continue
>>    scheduling.
>> Changes since v4:
>>  * Rename handle_rme_exit() to handle_rec_exit()
>>  * Move the loop to copy registers into the REC enter structure from the
>>    to rec_exit_handlers callbacks to kvm_rec_enter(). This fixes a bug
>>    where the handler exits to user space and user space wants to modify
>>    the GPRS.
>>  * Some code rearrangement in rec_exit_ripas_change().
>> Changes since v2:
>>  * realm_set_ipa_state() now provides an output parameter for the
>>    top_iap that was changed. Use this to signal the VMM with the correct
>>    range that has been transitioned.
>>  * Adapt to previous patch changes.
>> ---
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> +static int rec_exit_sys_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>> +{
>> +	struct realm_rec *rec = &vcpu->arch.rec;
>> +	unsigned long esr = kvm_vcpu_get_esr(vcpu);
>> +	int rt = kvm_vcpu_sys_get_rt(vcpu);
>> +	bool is_write = (esr & ESR_ELx_SYS64_ISS_DIR_MASK) == ESR_ELx_SYS64_ISS_DIR_WRITE;
>> +	int ret;
>> +
>> +	if (is_write)
>> +		vcpu_set_reg(vcpu, rt, rec->run->exit.gprs[rt]);
> 
> When rt is 31 (XZR), does exit.gprs[rt] trigger an out-of-bounds read
> since REC_RUN_GPRS is 31? Although the padding after the gprs means this
> OOB may not cause any practical issue, would it make sense to skip the
> access when rt is 31?
> 
> if (is_write && rt != 31)
>     vcpu_set_reg(vcpu, rt, rec->run->exit.gprs[rt]);

Very true - as you say in practise this isn't a big issue because
vcpu_set_reg() is a no-op, so it's just a read of padding. But
definitely worth fixing.

>> +
>> +	ret = kvm_handle_sys_reg(vcpu);
>> +	if (!is_write)
>> +		rec->run->enter.gprs[rt] = vcpu_get_reg(vcpu, rt);
> 
> The same applies here:
> 
> if (!is_write && rt != 31)
>     rec->run->enter.gprs[rt] = vcpu_get_reg(vcpu, rt);

And the same here - a zero written into the padding.

Thanks for the review!

Steve

>> +
>> +	return ret;
>> +}