Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: arm64: Skip break phase when we have FEAT_BBM level 2

From: Will Deacon
Date: Thu Jun 08 2023 - 13:21:24 EST


On Mon, Jun 05, 2023 at 02:36:00PM -0700, Oliver Upton wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 04, 2023 at 09:23:39AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > On Fri, 02 Jun 2023 18:01:47 +0100, Colton Lewis <coltonlewis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > +static bool stage2_try_make_pte(const struct kvm_pgtable_visit_ctx *ctx, struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu, kvm_pte_t new)
> > > {
> > > struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops = ctx->mm_ops;
> > >
> > > - WARN_ON(!stage2_pte_is_locked(*ctx->ptep));
> > > + if (!stage2_has_bbm_level2())
> > > + WARN_ON(!stage2_pte_is_locked(*ctx->ptep));
> > > +
> > > + if (!stage2_try_set_pte(ctx, new))
> > > + return false;
> > > +
> > > + if (kvm_pte_table(ctx->old, ctx->level))
> > > + kvm_call_hyp(__kvm_tlb_flush_vmid, mmu);
> > > + else if (kvm_pte_valid(ctx->old) && !stage2_pte_perms_equal(ctx->old, new))
> > > + kvm_call_hyp(__kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa_nsh, mmu, ctx->addr, ctx->level);
> >
> > Why a non-shareable invalidation? Nothing in this code captures the
> > rationale for it. What if the permission change was a *restriction* of
> > the permission? It should absolutely be global, and not local.
>
> IIRC, Colton was testing largely with permission relaxation, and had
> forward progress issues b.c. the stale TLB entry was never invalidated
> in response to a permission fault.

Would the series at:

https://lore.kernel.org/r/5d8e1f752051173d2d1b5c3e14b54eb3506ed3ef.1684892404.git-series.apopple@xxxxxxxxxx

help with that?

Will