[PATCH v4 3/6] KVM: arm64: nv: Add nested revmap broken tracepoint

From: Wei-Lin Chang

Date: Tue Jul 14 2026 - 08:05:07 EST


Add a tracepoint to track when a nested reverse map becomes broken. This
makes it easier to detect NV performance degradation caused by full
shadow stage-2 unmaps.

Signed-off-by: Wei-Lin Chang <weilin.chang@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c | 7 ++++++-
arch/arm64/kvm/trace_arm.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
index 065823e415ce..22f8a1daca93 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <asm/sysreg.h>

#include "sys_regs.h"
+#include "trace.h"

struct vncr_tlb {
/* The guest's VNCR_EL2 */
@@ -916,8 +917,12 @@ void kvm_record_nested_revmap(gpa_t canonical_ipa, struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu,

mas_set_range(&mas_rmap, canonical_ipa, canonical_ipa_end);
if (mas_store_gfp(&mas_rmap, xa_mk_value(new_entry),
- GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_ACCOUNT))
+ GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_ACCOUNT)) {
+ trace_kvm_nested_revmap_broken(mmu - mmu->arch->nested_mmus,
+ canonical_ipa, canonical_ipa_end,
+ nested_ipa, new_entry);
mmu->nested_revmap_broken = true;
+ }
unlock:
mtree_unlock(revmap_mt);
}
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/trace_arm.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/trace_arm.h
index 9c60f6465c78..0db90068ff63 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/trace_arm.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/trace_arm.h
@@ -415,6 +415,33 @@ TRACE_EVENT(kvm_forward_sysreg_trap,
sys_reg_Op2(__entry->sysreg))
);

+TRACE_EVENT(kvm_nested_revmap_broken,
+ TP_PROTO(int mmu_idx, unsigned long canonical_ipa,
+ unsigned long canonical_ipa_end, unsigned long nested_ipa,
+ unsigned long revmap_entry),
+ TP_ARGS(mmu_idx, canonical_ipa, canonical_ipa_end, nested_ipa, revmap_entry),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(int, mmu_idx)
+ __field(unsigned long, canonical_ipa)
+ __field(unsigned long, nested_ipa)
+ __field(size_t, size)
+ __field(unsigned long, revmap_entry)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->mmu_idx = mmu_idx;
+ __entry->canonical_ipa = canonical_ipa;
+ __entry->nested_ipa = nested_ipa;
+ __entry->size = canonical_ipa_end - canonical_ipa + 1;
+ __entry->revmap_entry = revmap_entry;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("mmu idx: %d, cipa: 0x%016lx, nipa: 0x%016lx, size: 0x%016lx, entry: %016lx",
+ __entry->mmu_idx, __entry->canonical_ipa, __entry->nested_ipa,
+ __entry->size, __entry->revmap_entry)
+);
+
#endif /* _TRACE_ARM_ARM64_KVM_H */

#undef TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH
--
2.43.0