From: Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@arm.com>
To: Tian Zheng <zhengtian10@huawei.com>
Cc: Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@arm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 12/15] KVM: arm64: Derive the VM hardware dirty mode from dirty logging
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 15:03:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <auimPtktqZ1cwk3-@LeoBrasDK> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260929103655.85107-13-zhengtian10@huawei.com>
On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 06:36:52PM +0800, Tian Zheng wrote:
> Both HAFDBS and HDBSS flip VTCR_EL2.HD at memslot-update time. Two
> independent toggles allow an intermediate HDBSS-set/HD-clear state,
> an illegal combination, and need locking against concurrent updates.
>
> Replace both with kvm_arch_update_hw_dirty_mode(), a pure function
> of the static capabilities and the number of logging memslots:
>
> - logging && HDBSS-capable -> HD|HA|HDBSS
> - logging, no HDBSS -> off
> - !logging && HAFDBS-cap. -> HD|HA
This last one is gone now, so I guess most of this patch has to be
reworked, right?
Thanks!
Leo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-02 15:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-29 10:36 [PATCH v5 00/15] KVM: arm64: FEAT_HDBSS support for stage-2 dirty tracking Tian Zheng
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 01/15] KVM: arm64: pgtables: Change write bit from S2AP_W to DBM Tian Zheng
2026-09-30 0:25 ` Oliver Upton
2026-09-30 2:44 ` Tian Zheng
2026-10-26 15:02 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-10-29 7:08 ` Tian Zheng
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 02/15] KVM: arm64: Add KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_DIRTY Tian Zheng
2026-09-30 0:35 ` Oliver Upton
2026-09-30 2:57 ` Tian Zheng
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 03/15] KVM: arm64: Introduce a dedicated walker for stage2 write-protect Tian Zheng
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 04/15] KVM: arm64: Add KVM_REQ_RELOAD_STAGE2 Tian Zheng
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 05/15] KVM: arm64: Harvest stage-2 dirty state into the host folio account Tian Zheng
2026-10-26 18:05 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-10-29 14:02 ` Tian Zheng
2026-10-30 12:24 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 06/15] KVM: arm64: Add support for FEAT_HDBSS Tian Zheng
2026-10-26 18:12 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-10-30 2:53 ` Tian Zheng
2026-10-30 14:15 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 07/15] KVM: arm64: Add HDBSS per-vCPU buffer management Tian Zheng
2026-10-26 18:27 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-10-30 3:47 ` Tian Zheng
2026-10-30 14:47 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 08/15] KVM: arm64: Flush the HDBSS buffer on VM exit Tian Zheng
2026-10-27 18:13 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-10-30 4:57 ` Tian Zheng
2026-10-30 16:52 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 09/15] KVM: arm64: Handle HDBSS faults Tian Zheng
2026-11-02 14:34 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 10/15] KVM: Add kvm_arch_dirty_ring_size_updated() hook Tian Zheng
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 11/15] KVM: arm64: Reserve dirty ring space for the HDBSS buffer Tian Zheng
2026-11-02 14:54 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 12/15] KVM: arm64: Derive the VM hardware dirty mode from dirty logging Tian Zheng
2026-11-02 15:03 ` Leonardo Bras [this message]
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 13/15] KVM: arm64: Add HDBSS buffer size ioctl for dirty-bitmap mode Tian Zheng
2026-11-02 15:12 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 14/15] KVM: arm64: Document HDBSS buffer size ioctl Tian Zheng
2026-09-29 10:36 ` [PATCH v5 15/15] KVM: arm64: selftests: Add HDBSS buffer size ioctl interface test Tian Zheng
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