Re: [PATCH v3 24/32] KVM: arm64: Reserve memory for host stage 2

Quentin Perret
2021-03-05T09:18:46Z

On Thursday 04 Mar 2021 at 19:49:53 (+0000), Will Deacon wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 02:59:54PM +0000, Quentin Perret wrote:
> > Extend the memory pool allocated for the hypervisor to include enough
> > pages to map all of memory at page granularity for the host stage 2.
> > While at it, also reserve some memory for device mappings.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com>
> > ---
> > arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/mm.h | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/setup.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> > arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/reserved_mem.c | 2 ++
> > 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/mm.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/mm.h
> > index ac0f7fcffd08..411a35db949c 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/mm.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/mm.h
> > @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __hyp_pgtable_max_pages(unsigned long nr_pages)
> > return total;
> > }
> >
> > -static inline unsigned long hyp_s1_pgtable_pages(void)
> > +static inline unsigned long __hyp_pgtable_total_pages(void)
> > {
> > unsigned long res = 0, i;
> >
> > @@ -63,9 +63,30 @@ static inline unsigned long hyp_s1_pgtable_pages(void)
> > res += __hyp_pgtable_max_pages(reg->size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> > }
> >
> > + return res;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline unsigned long hyp_s1_pgtable_pages(void)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long res;
> > +
> > + res = __hyp_pgtable_total_pages();
> > +
> > /* Allow 1 GiB for private mappings */
> > res += __hyp_pgtable_max_pages(SZ_1G >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> >
> > return res;
> > }
> > +
> > +static inline unsigned long host_s2_mem_pgtable_pages(void)
> > +{
> > + return __hyp_pgtable_total_pages() + 16;
>
> Is this 16 due to the possibility of a concatenated pgd?

Yes it is, to be sure we have a safe upper-bound.

> If so, please add a comment to that effect.

Will do, thanks.
Quentin