From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
To: kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com>,
Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] arm64: Add MT_S2{,_FWB}_AS_S1 encodings
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:56:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260119105651.255693-2-maz@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260119105651.255693-1-maz@kernel.org>
pKVM usage of S2 translation on the host is purely for isolation
purposes, not translation. To that effect, the memory attributes
being used must be that of S1.
With FWB=0, this is easily achieved by using the Normal Cacheable
type (which is the weakest possible memory type) at S2, and let S1
pick something stronger as required.
With FWB=1, the attributes are combined in a different way, and we
cannot arbitrarily use Normal Cacheable. We can, however, use a
memattr encoding that indicates that the final attributes are that
of Stage-1.
Add these encoding and a few pointers to the relevant parts of the
specification. It might come handy some day.
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
index 9d54b2ea49d66..a2b7a33966ff1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
@@ -175,19 +175,24 @@
#define MT_DEVICE_nGnRE 4
/*
- * Memory types for Stage-2 translation
+ * Memory types for Stage-2 translation when HCR_EL2.FWB=0. See R_HMNDG,
+ * R_TNHFM, R_GQFSF and I_MCQKW for the details on how these attributes get
+ * combined with Stage-1.
*/
#define MT_S2_NORMAL 0xf
#define MT_S2_NORMAL_NC 0x5
#define MT_S2_DEVICE_nGnRE 0x1
+#define MT_S2_AS_S1 MT_S2_NORMAL
/*
- * Memory types for Stage-2 translation when ID_AA64MMFR2_EL1.FWB is 0001
- * Stage-2 enforces Normal-WB and Device-nGnRE
+ * Memory types for Stage-2 translation when HCR_EL2.FWB=1. Stage-2 enforces
+ * Normal-WB and Device-nGnRE, unless we actively say that S1 wins. See
+ * R_VRJSW and R_RHWZM for details.
*/
#define MT_S2_FWB_NORMAL 6
#define MT_S2_FWB_NORMAL_NC 5
#define MT_S2_FWB_DEVICE_nGnRE 1
+#define MT_S2_FWB_AS_S1 7
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_4K_PAGES
#define IOREMAP_MAX_ORDER (PUD_SHIFT)
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-19 10:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-19 10:56 [PATCH 0/6] KVM: arm64: ... and FWB for all Marc Zyngier
2026-01-19 10:56 ` Marc Zyngier [this message]
2026-01-22 15:07 ` [PATCH 1/6] arm64: Add MT_S2{,_FWB}_AS_S1 encodings Fuad Tabba
2026-01-19 10:56 ` [PATCH 2/6] KVM: arm64: Add KVM_PGTABLE_S2_AS_S1 flag Marc Zyngier
2026-01-22 15:08 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-01-22 17:05 ` Will Deacon
2026-01-19 10:56 ` [PATCH 3/6] KVM: arm64: Make stage2_pte_cacheable() return false when S2_AS_S1 is set Marc Zyngier
2026-01-22 15:04 ` Will Deacon
2026-01-23 13:21 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-01-19 10:56 ` [PATCH 4/6] KVM: arm64: Switch pKVM host S2 over to KVM_PGTABLE_S2_AS_S1 Marc Zyngier
2026-01-22 15:09 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-01-19 10:56 ` [PATCH 5/6] KVM: arm64: Kill KVM_PGTABLE_S2_NOFWB Marc Zyngier
2026-01-22 15:09 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-01-19 10:56 ` [PATCH 6/6] KVM: arm64: Simplify PAGE_S2_MEMATTR Marc Zyngier
2026-01-22 15:03 ` Will Deacon
2026-01-21 16:23 ` [PATCH 0/6] KVM: arm64: ... and FWB for all Joey Gouly
2026-01-21 18:13 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-01-23 12:22 ` Alexandru Elisei
2026-01-23 12:37 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-01-23 15:17 ` Alexandru Elisei
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