Re: [PATCH v13 26/48] arm64: RMI: Create the realm descriptor

Wei-Lin Chang
2026-03-21T16:20:40Z

On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 04:41:12PM +0000, Steven Price wrote:
> On 19/03/2026 18:25, Wei-Lin Chang wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 03:53:50PM +0000, Steven Price wrote:
> >> Creating a realm involves first creating a realm descriptor (RD). This
> >> involves passing the configuration information to the RMM. Do this as
> >> part of realm_ensure_created() so that the realm is created when it is
> >> first needed.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com>
> >> ---
> >> Changes since v12:
> >> * Since RMM page size is now equal to the host's page size various
> >> calculations are simplified.
> >> * Switch to using range based APIs to delegate/undelegate.
> >> * VMID handling is now handled entirely by the RMM.
> >> ---
> >> arch/arm64/kvm/rmi.c | 94 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >> 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/rmi.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/rmi.c
> >> index 38349c7b34f4..d5fee203824b 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/rmi.c
> >> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/rmi.c
> >> @@ -649,6 +649,83 @@ static void realm_unmap_shared_range(struct kvm *kvm,
> >> start, end);
> >> }
> >>
> >> +static int realm_create_rd(struct kvm *kvm)
> >> +{
> >> + struct realm *realm = &kvm->arch.realm;
> >> + struct realm_params *params = realm->params;
> >> + void *rd = NULL;
> >> + phys_addr_t rd_phys, params_phys;
> >> + size_t pgd_size = kvm_pgtable_stage2_pgd_size(kvm->arch.mmu.vtcr);
> >> + int i, r;
> >> +
> >> + realm->ia_bits = VTCR_EL2_IPA(kvm->arch.mmu.vtcr);
> >> +
> >> + if (WARN_ON(realm->rd || !realm->params))
> >> + return -EEXIST;
> >> +
> >> + rd = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Should this be GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT?
>
> Yes that would be better.
>
> >> + if (!rd)
> >> + return -ENOMEM;
> >> +
> >> + rd_phys = virt_to_phys(rd);
> >> + if (delegate_page(rd_phys)) {
> >> + r = -ENXIO;
> >> + goto free_rd;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + if (delegate_range(kvm->arch.mmu.pgd_phys, pgd_size)) {
> >> + r = -ENXIO;
> >> + goto out_undelegate_tables;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + params->s2sz = VTCR_EL2_IPA(kvm->arch.mmu.vtcr);
> >> + params->rtt_level_start = get_start_level(realm);
> >> + params->rtt_num_start = pgd_size / PAGE_SIZE;
> >> + params->rtt_base = kvm->arch.mmu.pgd_phys;
> >> +
> >> + if (kvm->arch.arm_pmu) {
> >> + params->pmu_num_ctrs = kvm->arch.nr_pmu_counters;
> >> + params->flags |= RMI_REALM_PARAM_FLAG_PMU;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + if (kvm_lpa2_is_enabled())
> >> + params->flags |= RMI_REALM_PARAM_FLAG_LPA2;
> >> +
> >> + params_phys = virt_to_phys(params);
> >> +
> >> + if (rmi_realm_create(rd_phys, params_phys)) {
> >> + r = -ENXIO;
> >> + goto out_undelegate_tables;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + if (WARN_ON(rmi_rec_aux_count(rd_phys, &realm->num_aux))) {
> >> + WARN_ON(rmi_realm_destroy(rd_phys));
> >> + r = -ENXIO;
> >> + goto out_undelegate_tables;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + realm->rd = rd;
> >> + WRITE_ONCE(realm->state, REALM_STATE_NEW);
> >> + /* The realm is up, free the parameters. */
> >> + free_page((unsigned long)realm->params);
> >> + realm->params = NULL;
> >> +
> >> + return 0;
> >> +
> >> +out_undelegate_tables:
> >> + if (WARN_ON(undelegate_range(kvm->arch.mmu.pgd_phys, i))) {
> >> + /* Leak the pages if they cannot be returned */
> >> + kvm->arch.mmu.pgt = NULL;
> >
> > Did you mean kvm->arch.mmu.pgd_phys = NULL; ?
>
> No, although I agree this isn't exactly ideal. kvm_free_stage2_pgd()
> uses mmu->pgt to decide whether to free the memory - pgd_phys isn't used
> in that path. Technically here we end up leaking more than just the PGD
> pages in this case, but as it's a "should never happen" case I didn't
> see the need to worry about the leak being a bit larger than necessary.

Thank you for the clarification.

Thanks,
Wei-Lin Chang

>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
> > Thanks,
> > Wei-Lin Chang
> >
> >> + }
> >> + if (WARN_ON(undelegate_page(rd_phys))) {
> >> + /* Leak the page if it isn't returned */
> >> + return r;
> >> + }
> >> +free_rd:
> >> + free_page((unsigned long)rd);
> >> + return r;
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> static void realm_unmap_private_range(struct kvm *kvm,
> >> unsigned long start,
> >> unsigned long end,
> >> @@ -893,8 +970,21 @@ static int realm_init_ipa_state(struct kvm *kvm,
> >>
> >> static int realm_ensure_created(struct kvm *kvm)
> >> {
> >> - /* Provided in later patch */
> >> - return -ENXIO;
> >> + int ret;
> >> +
> >> + switch (kvm_realm_state(kvm)) {
> >> + case REALM_STATE_NONE:
> >> + break;
> >> + case REALM_STATE_NEW:
> >> + return 0;
> >> + case REALM_STATE_DEAD:
> >> + return -ENXIO;
> >> + default:
> >> + return -EBUSY;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + ret = realm_create_rd(kvm);
> >> + return ret;
> >> }
> >>
> >> static int set_ripas_of_protected_regions(struct kvm *kvm)
> >> --
> >> 2.43.0
> >>
>