Linux-ARM-Kernel Archive on lore.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
	 linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: maz@kernel.org, oupton@kernel.org, seiden@linux.ibm.com,
	 joey.gouly@arm.com, suzuki.poulose@arm.com,
	yuzenghui@huawei.com,  catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org,
	vdonnefort@google.com,  tabba@google.com,
	sebastianene@google.com, keirf@google.com,
	 Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>,
	Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: Optimize protected mode and FWB
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:56:45 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260721085646.1660673-1-smostafa@google.com> (raw)

KVM opportunistically enables FWB if supported by the system for guest
VMs, which allows it to elude cache maintenance for data as they are
forced to be cacheable from stage-2.
In that case, __clean_dcache_guest_page() will immediately return.
However in protected mode, before calling __clean_dcache_guest_page()
it loops over the range and fix_map/unmap it, issuing TLB
invalidations, dsb() and isb() unnecessarily.

This can be optimized by returning early if FWB is supported,
kvm_pgtable_stage2_map() already issues dsb() and tlb invalidation
functions issue dsb() for the unmap path.

Signed-off-by: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
index 4e329e39a695..049a09be2bbf 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
@@ -261,6 +261,13 @@ static void __apply_guest_page(void *va, size_t size,
 
 static void clean_dcache_guest_page(void *va, size_t size)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Guest stage-2 uses FWB if available, making it safe to elide CMOs.
+	 * In contrast, the host stage-2 never has FWB enabled.
+	 */
+	if (cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_STAGE2_FWB))
+		return;
+
 	__apply_guest_page(va, size, __clean_dcache_guest_page);
 }
 
-- 
2.55.0.229.g6434b31f56-goog



             reply	other threads:[~2026-07-21  8:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-21  8:56 Mostafa Saleh [this message]
2026-07-21 10:10 ` [PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: Optimize protected mode and FWB Marc Zyngier
2026-07-21 10:19   ` Mostafa Saleh

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20260721085646.1660673-1-smostafa@google.com \
    --to=smostafa@google.com \
    --cc=catalin.marinas@arm.com \
    --cc=fuad.tabba@linux.dev \
    --cc=joey.gouly@arm.com \
    --cc=keirf@google.com \
    --cc=kvmarm@lists.linux.dev \
    --cc=linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=maz@kernel.org \
    --cc=oupton@kernel.org \
    --cc=sebastianene@google.com \
    --cc=seiden@linux.ibm.com \
    --cc=suzuki.poulose@arm.com \
    --cc=tabba@google.com \
    --cc=vdonnefort@google.com \
    --cc=will@kernel.org \
    --cc=yuzenghui@huawei.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox