Re: [PATCH v13 15/48] arm64: RMI: RTT tear down

Steven Price
2026-04-10T15:11:52Z

On 21/03/2026 13:04, Wei-Lin Chang wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 04:12:48PM +0000, Steven Price wrote:
>> On 19/03/2026 17:35, Wei-Lin Chang wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 03:53:39PM +0000, Steven Price wrote:
>>>> The RMM owns the stage 2 page tables for a realm, and KVM must request
>>>> that the RMM creates/destroys entries as necessary. The physical pages
>>>> to store the page tables are delegated to the realm as required, and can
>>>> be undelegated when no longer used.
>>>>
>>>> Creating new RTTs is the easy part, tearing down is a little more
>>>> tricky. The result of realm_rtt_destroy() can be used to effectively
>>>> walk the tree and destroy the entries (undelegating pages that were
>>>> given to the realm).
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> Changes since v12:
>>>> * Simplify some functions now we know RMM page size is the same as the
>>>> host's.
>>>> Changes since v11:
>>>> * Moved some code from earlier in the series to this one so that it's
>>>> added when it's first used.
>>>> Changes since v10:
>>>> * RME->RMI rename.
>>>> * Some code to handle freeing stage 2 PGD moved into this patch where
>>>> it belongs.
>>>> Changes since v9:
>>>> * Add a comment clarifying that root level RTTs are not destroyed until
>>>> after the RD is destroyed.
>>>> Changes since v8:
>>>> * Introduce free_rtt() wrapper which calls free_delegated_granule()
>>>> followed by kvm_account_pgtable_pages(). This makes it clear where an
>>>> RTT is being freed rather than just a delegated granule.
>>>> Changes since v6:
>>>> * Move rme_rtt_level_mapsize() and supporting defines from kvm_rme.h
>>>> into rme.c as they are only used in that file.
>>>> Changes since v5:
>>>> * Rename some RME_xxx defines to do with page sizes as RMM_xxx - they are
>>>> a property of the RMM specification not the RME architecture.
>>>> Changes since v2:
>>>> * Moved {alloc,free}_delegated_page() and ensure_spare_page() to a
>>>> later patch when they are actually used.
>>>> * Some simplifications now rmi_xxx() functions allow NULL as an output
>>>> parameter.
>>>> * Improved comments and code layout.
>>>> ---
>>>> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_rmi.h | 7 ++
>>>> arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 15 +++-
>>>> arch/arm64/kvm/rmi.c | 145 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> 3 files changed, 166 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_rmi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_rmi.h
>>>> index 0ada525af18f..16a297f3091a 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_rmi.h
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_rmi.h
>>>> @@ -68,5 +68,12 @@ u32 kvm_realm_ipa_limit(void);
>>>>
>>>> int kvm_init_realm_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
>>>> void kvm_destroy_realm(struct kvm *kvm);
>>>> +void kvm_realm_destroy_rtts(struct kvm *kvm);
>>>> +
>>>> +static inline bool kvm_realm_is_private_address(struct realm *realm,
>>>> + unsigned long addr)
>>>> +{
>>>> + return !(addr & BIT(realm->ia_bits - 1));
>>>> +}
>>>>
>>>> #endif /* __ASM_KVM_RMI_H */
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
>>>> index 9dc242c3b9c8..41152abf55b2 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
>>>> @@ -1098,10 +1098,23 @@ void stage2_unmap_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
>>>> void kvm_free_stage2_pgd(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu)
>>>> {
>>>> struct kvm *kvm = kvm_s2_mmu_to_kvm(mmu);
>>>> - struct kvm_pgtable *pgt = NULL;
>>>> + struct kvm_pgtable *pgt;
>>>>
>>>> write_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
>>>> pgt = mmu->pgt;
>>>> + if (kvm_is_realm(kvm) &&
>>>> + (kvm_realm_state(kvm) != REALM_STATE_DEAD &&
>>>> + kvm_realm_state(kvm) != REALM_STATE_NONE)) {
>>>> + write_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
>>>> + kvm_realm_destroy_rtts(kvm);
>>>> +
>>>> + /*
>>>> + * The PGD pages can be reclaimed only after the realm (RD) is
>>>> + * destroyed. We call this again from kvm_destroy_realm() after
>>>> + * the RD is destroyed.
>>>> + */
>>>> + return;
>>>> + }
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I see that kvm_free_stage2_pgd() will be called twice:
>>>
>>> kvm_destroy_vm()
>>> mmu_notifier_unregister()
>>> kvm_mmu_notifier_release()
>>> kvm_flush_shadow_all()
>>> kvm_arch_flush_shadow_all()
>>> kvm_uninit_stage2_mmu()
>>> kvm_free_stage2_pgd()
>>> kvm_arch_destroy_vm()
>>> kvm_destroy_realm()
>>> kvm_free_stage2_pgd()
>>>
>>> At the first call the realm state is REALM_STATE_ACTIVE, at the second
>>> it is REALM_STATE_DEAD. Reading the comment added to
>>> kvm_free_stage2_pgd() here, does it mean this function is called twice
>>> on purpose? If so do you think it's better to extract this and create
>>> another function instead, then use kvm_is_realm() to choose which to
>>> run? I think it is confusing to have this function run twice for a
>>> realm.
>>
>> So the issue here is that the RMM requires we do things in a different
>> order to a normal VM. For a realm the PGD cannot be destroyed until the
>> realm itself is destroyed - the RMM revent the host undelegating them.
>>
>> So the first call cannot actually do the free - this is the
>> REALM_STATE_ACTIVE case.
>>
>> In kvm_destroy_realm() we tear down the actual realm and undelegate the
>> granules. We then need to actually free the PGD - the "obvious" way of
>> doing that is calling kvm_free_stage2_pgd() as that handles the KVM
>> intricacies - e.g. updating the mmu object.
>>
>> I'm not sure how to structure the code better without causing
>> duplication - I don't want another copy of the cleanup from
>> kvm_free_stage2_pgd() in a CCA specific file because it will most likely
>> get out of sync with the normal VM case. There is a comment added
>> explaining "we call this again" which I hoped would make it less confusing.
>>
>
> Oh, I see, thanks for letting me know!
>
> During this I found in the first call of kvm_free_stage2_pgd() it's doing
> kvm_stage2_unmap_range() and kvm_realm_destroy_rtts(), but they are also
> called in kvm_destroy_realm(), is that intentional?
> If they can be called at kvm_destroy_realm() time, could we just not do
> kvm_free_stage2_pgd() in kvm_uninit_stage2_mmu() for realms?
> And if they should be called in kvm_free_stage2_pgd(), could we refactor
> it to something like:
> (just showing the idea, didn't try compiling or anything)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> index 7d7caab8f573..280d2bef8492 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> @@ -1030,9 +1030,25 @@ int kvm_init_stage2_mmu(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu, unsigned long t
> return err;
> }
>
> +static void kvm_realm_uninit_stage2(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu)
> +{
> + struct kvm *kvm = kvm_s2_mmu_to_kvm(mmu);
> + struct realm *realm = &kvm->arch.realm;
> +
> + WARN_ON(kvm_realm_state(kvm) != REALM_STATE_ACTIVE);
> + write_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> + kvm_stage2_unmap_range(mmu, 0, BIT(realm->ia_bits - 1), true);
> + write_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> + kvm_realm_destroy_rtts(kvm);
> +}
> +
> void kvm_uninit_stage2_mmu(struct kvm *kvm)
> {
> - kvm_free_stage2_pgd(&kvm->arch.mmu);
> + if (kvm_is_realm(kvm))
> + kvm_realm_uninit_stage2(&kvm->arch.mmu);
> + else
> + kvm_free_stage2_pgd(&kvm->arch.mmu);
> +
> kvm_mmu_free_memory_cache(&kvm->arch.mmu.split_page_cache);
> }
>
> @@ -1117,22 +1133,7 @@ void kvm_free_stage2_pgd(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu)
>
> write_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> pgt = mmu->pgt;
> - if (kvm_is_realm(kvm) &&
> - (kvm_realm_state(kvm) != REALM_STATE_DEAD &&
> - kvm_realm_state(kvm) != REALM_STATE_NONE)) {
> - struct realm *realm = &kvm->arch.realm;
> -
> - kvm_stage2_unmap_range(mmu, 0, BIT(realm->ia_bits - 1), true);
> - write_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> - kvm_realm_destroy_rtts(kvm);
>
> - /*
> - * The PGD pages can be reclaimed only after the realm (RD) is
> - * destroyed. We call this again from kvm_destroy_realm() after
> - * the RD is destroyed.
> - */
> - return;
> - }
> if (pgt) {
> mmu->pgd_phys = 0;
> mmu->pgt = NULL;
>
> Sorry if I missed anything!

No I don't think you've missed anything, that actually does look nicer.
Thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks,
Steve