From: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: maz@kernel.org, oliver.upton@linux.dev, joey.gouly@arm.com,
suzuki.poulose@arm.com, yuzenghui@huawei.com,
catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org, qperret@google.com,
vdonnefort@google.com, tabba@google.com
Subject: [PATCH v1 12/13] KVM: arm64: Hoist MTE validation check out of MMU lock path
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 14:02:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260306140232.2193802-13-tabba@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260306140232.2193802-1-tabba@google.com>
Simplify the non-cacheable attributes assignment by using a ternary
operator. Additionally, hoist the MTE validation check (mte_allowed) out
of kvm_s2_fault_map() and into kvm_s2_fault_compute_prot(). This allows
us to fail faster and avoid acquiring the KVM MMU lock unnecessarily
when the VMM introduces a disallowed VMA for an MTE-enabled guest.
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 28 ++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index 9265a7fc43f7..cc6b35efcee5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1870,18 +1870,21 @@ static int kvm_s2_fault_compute_prot(struct kvm_s2_fault *fault)
if (fault->exec_fault)
fault->prot |= KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_X;
- if (fault->s2_force_noncacheable) {
- if (fault->vm_flags & VM_ALLOW_ANY_UNCACHED)
- fault->prot |= KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_NORMAL_NC;
- else
- fault->prot |= KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_DEVICE;
- } else if (cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_CACHE_DIC)) {
+ if (fault->s2_force_noncacheable)
+ fault->prot |= (fault->vm_flags & VM_ALLOW_ANY_UNCACHED) ?
+ KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_NORMAL_NC : KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_DEVICE;
+ else if (cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_CACHE_DIC))
fault->prot |= KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_X;
- }
if (fault->nested)
adjust_nested_exec_perms(kvm, fault->nested, &fault->prot);
+ if (!fault->fault_is_perm && !fault->s2_force_noncacheable && kvm_has_mte(kvm)) {
+ /* Check the VMM hasn't introduced a new disallowed VMA */
+ if (!fault->mte_allowed)
+ return -EFAULT;
+ }
+
return 0;
}
@@ -1918,15 +1921,8 @@ static int kvm_s2_fault_map(struct kvm_s2_fault *fault, void *memcache)
}
}
- if (!fault->fault_is_perm && !fault->s2_force_noncacheable && kvm_has_mte(kvm)) {
- /* Check the VMM hasn't introduced a new disallowed VMA */
- if (fault->mte_allowed) {
- sanitise_mte_tags(kvm, fault->pfn, fault->vma_pagesize);
- } else {
- ret = -EFAULT;
- goto out_unlock;
- }
- }
+ if (!fault->fault_is_perm && !fault->s2_force_noncacheable && kvm_has_mte(kvm))
+ sanitise_mte_tags(kvm, fault->pfn, fault->vma_pagesize);
/*
* Under the premise of getting a FSC_PERM fault, we just need to relax
--
2.53.0.473.g4a7958ca14-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-06 14:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-06 14:02 [PATCH v1 00/13] KVM: arm64: Refactor user_mem_abort() into a state-object model Fuad Tabba
2026-03-06 14:02 ` [PATCH v1 01/13] KVM: arm64: Extract VMA size resolution in user_mem_abort() Fuad Tabba
2026-03-17 15:07 ` Joey Gouly
2026-03-06 14:02 ` [PATCH v1 02/13] KVM: arm64: Introduce struct kvm_s2_fault to user_mem_abort() Fuad Tabba
2026-03-17 16:00 ` Joey Gouly
2026-03-06 14:02 ` [PATCH v1 03/13] KVM: arm64: Extract PFN resolution in user_mem_abort() Fuad Tabba
2026-03-06 14:02 ` [PATCH v1 04/13] KVM: arm64: Isolate mmap_read_lock inside new kvm_s2_fault_get_vma_info() helper Fuad Tabba
2026-03-06 14:02 ` [PATCH v1 05/13] KVM: arm64: Extract stage-2 permission logic in user_mem_abort() Fuad Tabba
2026-03-06 14:02 ` [PATCH v1 06/13] KVM: arm64: Extract page table mapping " Fuad Tabba
2026-03-06 14:02 ` [PATCH v1 07/13] KVM: arm64: Simplify nested VMA shift calculation Fuad Tabba
2026-03-06 14:02 ` [PATCH v1 08/13] KVM: arm64: Remove redundant state variables from struct kvm_s2_fault Fuad Tabba
2026-03-06 14:02 ` [PATCH v1 09/13] KVM: arm64: Simplify return logic in user_mem_abort() Fuad Tabba
2026-03-06 14:02 ` [PATCH v1 10/13] KVM: arm64: Initialize struct kvm_s2_fault completely at declaration Fuad Tabba
2026-03-06 14:02 ` [PATCH v1 11/13] KVM: arm64: Optimize early exit checks in kvm_s2_fault_pin_pfn() Fuad Tabba
2026-03-17 17:10 ` Joey Gouly
2026-03-06 14:02 ` Fuad Tabba [this message]
2026-03-06 14:02 ` [PATCH v1 13/13] KVM: arm64: Clean up control flow in kvm_s2_fault_map() Fuad Tabba
2026-03-06 15:34 ` [PATCH v1 00/13] KVM: arm64: Refactor user_mem_abort() into a state-object model Marc Zyngier
2026-03-06 15:44 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-03-16 18:13 ` Marc Zyngier
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