From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6AA22606A319 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:53:11 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=lists.infradead.org header.i=@lists.infradead.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=bombadil.20210309 header.b=PFhTmFz/; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20260515 header.b=Zd+Vs3ar DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=RUALFoCPuP4ag/Wm4Tjk9NReNJDOBGhLi2LnL7PxTOU=; b=PFhTmFz/4zt8u53Q1B9iQjWrrT 6MtWGMMcrTwvbT4JvZzOpuc81tofmcOCh6nER2JQBHqJdGq48uI38ahUjM2jqRan/qaB0FvMKXNLP Xh2vipeRARjeSOmsURy+khQjy2GNoJDDSdhsaLm9L/cMs7DPt94CcAvKaM2mg22x+9CbB0t2M/L52 qby6IbDWY08Bf+sKoE0Kc5uYZkhGYVEsY64FUxpsKdJ5eVYvdgd1UbyYDAlIsCafYuwBzQ83CGuQT 6VANyui3BrgX5AHsPA5+3B9VmGOj8bpqVeht8fyX0MmsnYgSbj67jseVsYNH/KvIa1Lm3CSkxqsrz irNJqEuQ==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1xJ8Ou-00000009awv-14t2; Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:53:04 +0000 Received: from tor.source.kernel.org ([172.105.4.254]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1xJ8Os-00000009awd-3j4e for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:53:02 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) by tor.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56EC660142; Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:53:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A6B9F1F000C5; Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:52:57 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1792497182; bh=RUALFoCPuP4ag/Wm4Tjk9NReNJDOBGhLi2LnL7PxTOU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=Zd+Vs3arajwy5+WYD3opiB8R/t/y46x74me9H0tC1BGifbOJmn88NfzmfaqKDZUd4 j26wSB6R1aWrD3VYYBKd5/jmlYe7tCEDsTxnmkzRnq8QRw31nuxmU/4SFX912KrfId 9ih5O9VeW7igCxlpsg6/Ll4WWo2hzVj4FonYaRvAQODRnyPJHCp3+xrq83sllTOWXI IDzmDheO2Yyve6GD2lwlMOaAWdQ8UF3fbkNnCqccUvfnT47+T7CCsys3P79oCwyhJw JsaJ3GsV1i3NXaSOLRH6Z7hSsHNWKgJNKtJgbGXNtLf5bdYhlWJPrCcVzyKFD7xjmI OeKsHNeVVcB+A== Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:52:54 +0100 From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" To: Fuad Tabba Cc: Marc Zyngier , Oliver Upton , kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Joey Gouly , Suzuki K Poulose , Zenghui Yu , Steffen Eiden , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Mark Rutland , Steven Price , Yang Shi , David Hildenbrand , Fuad Tabba , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: arm64: Clear the whole hugetlb folio when sanitising MTE tags Message-ID: References: <20261019132103.3836646-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev> <20261019132103.3836646-2-fuad.tabba@linux.dev> X-Archived-By: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20261019132103.3836646-2-fuad.tabba@linux.dev> X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-16.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-26) on aws-us-west-2-korg-listserv-alma10-1 hugetlb strikes again... :) the mm part of me apologises ;) On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 02:21:01PM +0100, Fuad Tabba wrote: > sanitise_mte_tags() clears the tags of the pages about to be mapped at > stage-2 before marking them tagged. For a hugetlb folio the flag covers > every page in the folio, but the loop only covers the mapping being > installed. Stage-2 maps a folio in pieces for the contiguous hugetlb > sizes, and for any size under dirty logging. The first fault then marks > the whole folio after clearing only its own piece, and the rest keeps > its previous owner's tags for the guest to read. I'm guessing the folio size is always >= size here? > > Clear the whole folio, as mte_sync_tags() does. > > Fixes: 25c17c4b55def ("hugetlb: arm64: add mte support") > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba Some nits below but generally looks sensible to me so: Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) > --- > arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c > index 9ba86450fe4af..48a08b608ea72 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c > @@ -1514,7 +1514,8 @@ static void sanitise_mte_tags(struct kvm *kvm, kvm_pfn_t pfn, > if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio)) { > /* Hugetlb has MTE flags set on head page only */ Is this comment redundant now? > if (folio_try_hugetlb_mte_tagging(folio)) { > - for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++, page++) > + page = folio_page(folio, 0); > + for (i = 0; i < folio_nr_pages(folio); i++, page++) I know it's a stable fix, but the fact that this pattern exists in multiple places really argues for a mte_clear_folio_tags(), which would make this trivially: mte_clear_folio_tags(folio); And avoid the re-use of page etc. It's not a huge change and makes the next patch in the series simpler too so arguably could be part of the series? > mte_clear_page_tags(page_address(page)); > folio_set_hugetlb_mte_tagged(folio); > } > -- > 2.47.3 > > -- Cheers, Lorenzo