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From: James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com>
To: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	 Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
	Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Cc: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>,
	Linu Cherian <linu.cherian@arm.com>,
	 Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
	 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>,
	 Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@huawei.com>, Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>,
	 Frank van der Linden <fvdl@google.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	 James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH 13/18] arm64: Drop BBML2_NOABORT requirement for HVO
Date: Wed,  8 Jul 2026 03:11:23 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260708031129.3503195-14-jthoughton@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260708031129.3503195-1-jthoughton@google.com>

With PMD updates being done with the Access Flag trick, BBML2_NOABORT is
no longer needed.

Dropping this requirement vastly widens the pool of systems this
optimization is valid for.

Intentionally leave HVO as opt-in, as enabling HVO still introduces the
following regression: if all boot CPUs support HW AF, then any
late-onlined CPUs that do not will not be onlined.

Signed-off-by: James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 3b9224b99a5f..c13433316e80 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -2175,11 +2175,10 @@ static bool has_bbml2_noabort(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps, int sco
 static bool hvo_compatible(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps, int scope)
 {
 	/*
-	 * We need BBML2 to support Block -> Table transitions without taking
-	 * faults, and we need HW AF support to support changing the OA without
-	 * taking faults.
+	 * We need HW AF support to support changing vmemmap mapping level and
+	 * OA without taking faults.
 	 */
-	return cpu_supports_bbml2_noabort() && supports_hw_af(scope);
+	return supports_hw_af(scope);
 }
 
 static void cpu_enable_pan(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *__unused)
-- 
2.55.0.795.g602f6c329a-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-08  3:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-08  3:11 [PATCH 00/18] Another attempt at HVO support on arm64 James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 01/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Always flush TLB if needed upon PTE remapping James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 02/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Move vmemmap_get_tail up James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 03/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Leave pages partially HVOed upon restore failure James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 04/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Use try_update_vmemmap_pte to update in-use PTEs James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 05/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Allow architectures not to allow HVO at runtime James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 06/18] arm64: Rename cpu_has_hw_af to system_has_hw_af James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 07/18] arm64: Add system_supports_hvo James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 08/18] arm64: Implement try_update_vmemmap_pte using the AF trick James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 09/18] arm64: Prevent HVO if the HVO system feature is not enabled James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 10/18] arm64: Support hugetlb vmemmap optimization James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 11/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Use try_populate_vmemmap_pmd for replacing in-use PMDs James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 12/18] arm64: Implement try_populate_vmemmap_pmd using AF trick James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` James Houghton [this message]
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 14/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Rename mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h to mm/hugetlb_vmemmap_internal.h James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 15/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Add a way to permanently disable HVO when needed James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 16/18] arm64: Allow "optional" CPU features to be required sometimes James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 17/18] arm64: Permit onlining of HVO-incompatible late CPUs if HVO is not in use James Houghton
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH 18/18] arm64: Remove user-selectable HVO Kconfig James Houghton
2026-07-08  8:40 ` [PATCH 00/18] Another attempt at HVO support on arm64 Muchun Song
2026-07-08 16:49   ` James Houghton
2026-07-09  9:54     ` Muchun Song
2026-07-09 19:04       ` James Houghton
2026-07-10  3:40         ` Muchun Song
2026-07-09  9:58 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-07-10  4:58 ` Muchun Song

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