[PATCH v3 0/3] KVM ARM64 pre_fault_memory

From: Jack Thomson

Date: Wed Nov 19 2025 - 10:49:25 EST


From: Jack Thomson <jackabt@xxxxxxxxxx>

This patch series adds ARM64 support for the KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY
feature, which was previously only available on x86 [1]. This allows us
to reduce the number of stage-2 faults during execution. This is of
benefit in post-copy migration scenarios, particularly in memory
intensive applications, where we are experiencing high latencies due to
the stage-2 faults.

Patch Overview:

- The first patch adds support for the KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY ioctl
on arm64.

- The second patch updates the pre_fault_memory_test to support
arm64.

- The last patch extends the pre_fault_memory_test to cover
different vm memory backings.

=== Changes Since v2 [2] ===

- Update fault info synthesize value. Thanks Suzuki
- Remove change to selftests for unaligned mmap allocations. Thanks
Sean

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20240710174031.312055-1-pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20251013151502.6679-1-jackabt.amazon@xxxxxxxxx

Jack Thomson (3):
KVM: arm64: Add pre_fault_memory implementation
KVM: selftests: Enable pre_fault_memory_test for arm64
KVM: selftests: Add option for different backing in pre-fault tests

Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 3 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 1 +
arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 73 +++++++++++-
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 1 +
.../selftests/kvm/pre_fault_memory_test.c | 110 ++++++++++++++----
6 files changed, 159 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)


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