Re: [PATCH v3 19/20] kvm: arm64: Allow IPA size supported by the system

[Suzuki K Poulose]

On 02/07/18 14:50, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 29/06/18 12:15, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> > So far we have restricted the IPA size of the VM to the default
> > value (40bits). Now that we can manage the IPA size per VM and
> > support dynamic stage2 page tables, allow VMs to have larger IPA.
> > This is done by setting the IPA limit to the one supported by
> > the hardware and kernel. This patch also moves the check for
> > the default IPA size support to kvm_get_ipa_limit().
> >
> > Since the stage2 page table code is dependent on the stage1
> > page table, we always ensure that :
> >
> >    Number of Levels at Stage1 >= Number of Levels at Stage2
> >
> > So we limit the IPA to make sure that the above condition
> > is satisfied. This will affect the following combinations
> > of VA_BITS and IPA for different page sizes.
> >
> >    39bit VA, 4K  - IPA > 43 (Upto 48)
> >    36bit VA, 16K - IPA > 40 (Upto 48)
> >    42bit VA, 64K - IPA > 46 (Upto 52)
>
> I'm not sure I get it. Are these the IPA sizes that we forbid based on
> the host VA size and page size configuration?

Yes, thats right.

> If so, can you rewrite
> this as:
>
>     host configuration | unsupported IPA range
>     39bit VA, 4k       | [44, 48]
>     36bit VA, 16K      | [41, 48]
>     42bit VA, 64k      | [47, 52]
>
> and say that all the other combinations are supported?

Sure, that looks much better. Thanks

Suzuki