Re: [PATCH v3 09/21] KVM: arm64: Tolerate re-creating hyp mappings to set software bits

[Fuad Tabba]

Hi Quentin,

On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 3:28 PM Quentin Perret <qperret@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The current hypervisor stage-1 mapping code doesn't allow changing an
> existing valid mapping. Relax this condition by allowing changes that
> only target software bits, as that will soon be needed to annotate shared
> pages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> index 1ee1168ac32d..2689fcb7901d 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> @@ -362,6 +362,21 @@ static int hyp_set_prot_attr(enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot, kvm_pte_t *ptep)
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> +static bool hyp_pte_needs_update(kvm_pte_t old, kvm_pte_t new)
> +{
> +       /*
> +        * Tolerate KVM recreating the exact same mapping, or changing software
> +        * bits if the existing mapping was valid.
> +        */
> +       if (old == new)
> +               return false;

The added comment clarifies the rationale here. Thanks.

Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@xxxxxxxxxx>

/fuad



/fuad

> +       if (!kvm_pte_valid(old))
> +               return true;
> +
> +       return !WARN_ON((old ^ new) & ~KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_SW);
> +}
> +
>  static bool hyp_map_walker_try_leaf(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level,
>                                     kvm_pte_t *ptep, struct hyp_map_data *data)
>  {
> @@ -371,9 +386,8 @@ static bool hyp_map_walker_try_leaf(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level,
>         if (!kvm_block_mapping_supported(addr, end, phys, level))
>                 return false;
>
> -       /* Tolerate KVM recreating the exact same mapping */
>         new = kvm_init_valid_leaf_pte(phys, data->attr, level);
> -       if (old != new && !WARN_ON(kvm_pte_valid(old)))
> +       if (hyp_pte_needs_update(old, new))
>                 smp_store_release(ptep, new);
>
>         data->phys += granule;
> --
> 2.32.0.432.gabb21c7263-goog
>