[PATCH v2 1/6] KVM: arm64: ptdump: Remove shadow ptdump files

From: Wei-Lin Chang

Date: Tue Jun 30 2026 - 08:11:43 EST


Previously we exposed shadow page tables by creating a debugfs ptdump
file whenever a nested mmu instance gets bound to a new context, and
deleting the debugfs file whose context was getting unbound.

This turned out to be buggy, as the instance<->context binding process
is done with the mmu_lock held, and debugfs creation/deletion can sleep.

Revert most of commit 19e15dc73f0f ("KVM: arm64: nv: Expose shadow page
tables in debugfs"), keep the "nested" debugfs directory for use in a
later patch where we'll expose the shadow ptdump in another way.

Fixes: 19e15dc73f0f ("KVM: arm64: nv: Expose shadow page tables in debugfs")
Reported-by: Itaru Kitayama <itaru.kitayama@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/kvmarm/aiuF0KSvvv-ZozI1@sm-arm-grace07/
Signed-off-by: Wei-Lin Chang <weilin.chang@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 5 +----
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h | 4 ----
arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c | 6 +-----
arch/arm64/kvm/ptdump.c | 23 -----------------------
4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 2faa60df847d..94bced53a323 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -217,10 +217,6 @@ struct kvm_s2_mmu {
*/
bool nested_stage2_enabled;

-#ifdef CONFIG_PTDUMP_STAGE2_DEBUGFS
- struct dentry *shadow_pt_debugfs_dentry;
-#endif
-
/*
* true when this MMU needs to be unmapped before being used for a new
* purpose.
@@ -424,6 +420,7 @@ struct kvm_arch {
/* Nested virtualization info */
struct dentry *debugfs_nv_dentry;
#endif
+
};

struct kvm_vcpu_fault_info {
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
index 6eae7e7e2a68..c1e535e3d931 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
@@ -392,12 +392,8 @@ static inline bool kvm_supports_cacheable_pfnmap(void)

#ifdef CONFIG_PTDUMP_STAGE2_DEBUGFS
void kvm_s2_ptdump_create_debugfs(struct kvm *kvm);
-void kvm_nested_s2_ptdump_create_debugfs(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu);
-void kvm_nested_s2_ptdump_remove_debugfs(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu);
#else
static inline void kvm_s2_ptdump_create_debugfs(struct kvm *kvm) {}
-static inline void kvm_nested_s2_ptdump_create_debugfs(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu) {}
-static inline void kvm_nested_s2_ptdump_remove_debugfs(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu) {}
#endif /* CONFIG_PTDUMP_STAGE2_DEBUGFS */

#endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
index faa4a48f265d..6435efd65cb5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
@@ -834,10 +834,8 @@ static struct kvm_s2_mmu *get_s2_mmu_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
kvm->arch.nested_mmus_next = (i + 1) % kvm->arch.nested_mmus_size;

/* Make sure we don't forget to do the laundry */
- if (kvm_s2_mmu_valid(s2_mmu)) {
- kvm_nested_s2_ptdump_remove_debugfs(s2_mmu);
+ if (kvm_s2_mmu_valid(s2_mmu))
s2_mmu->pending_unmap = true;
- }

/*
* The virtual VMID (modulo CnP) will be used as a key when matching
@@ -851,8 +849,6 @@ static struct kvm_s2_mmu *get_s2_mmu_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
s2_mmu->tlb_vtcr = vcpu_read_sys_reg(vcpu, VTCR_EL2);
s2_mmu->nested_stage2_enabled = vcpu_read_sys_reg(vcpu, HCR_EL2) & HCR_VM;

- kvm_nested_s2_ptdump_create_debugfs(s2_mmu);
-
out:
atomic_inc(&s2_mmu->refcnt);

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/ptdump.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/ptdump.c
index c9140e22abcf..7c32f1f7772c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/ptdump.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/ptdump.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@

#define MARKERS_LEN 2
#define KVM_PGTABLE_MAX_LEVELS (KVM_PGTABLE_LAST_LEVEL + 1)
-#define S2FNAMESZ sizeof("0x0123456789abcdef-0x0123456789abcdef-s2-disabled")

struct kvm_ptdump_guest_state {
struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu;
@@ -273,28 +272,6 @@ static const struct file_operations kvm_pgtable_levels_fops = {
.release = kvm_pgtable_debugfs_close,
};

-void kvm_nested_s2_ptdump_create_debugfs(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu)
-{
- struct dentry *dent;
- char file_name[S2FNAMESZ];
-
- snprintf(file_name, sizeof(file_name), "0x%016llx-0x%016llx-s2-%sabled",
- mmu->tlb_vttbr,
- mmu->tlb_vtcr,
- mmu->nested_stage2_enabled ? "en" : "dis");
-
- dent = debugfs_create_file(file_name, 0400,
- mmu->arch->debugfs_nv_dentry, mmu,
- &kvm_ptdump_guest_fops);
-
- mmu->shadow_pt_debugfs_dentry = dent;
-}
-
-void kvm_nested_s2_ptdump_remove_debugfs(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu)
-{
- debugfs_remove(mmu->shadow_pt_debugfs_dentry);
-}
-
void kvm_s2_ptdump_create_debugfs(struct kvm *kvm)
{
debugfs_create_file("stage2_page_tables", 0400, kvm->debugfs_dentry,
--
2.43.0