Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] kvm: arm64: introduce new flag for non-cacheable IO memory

From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Tue Dec 12 2023 - 12:32:10 EST


On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 10:17:08PM +0530, ankita@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> index c651df904fe3..d4835d553c61 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> @@ -718,10 +718,17 @@ static int stage2_set_prot_attr(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, enum kvm_pgtable_prot p
> kvm_pte_t *ptep)
> {
> bool device = prot & KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_DEVICE;
> - kvm_pte_t attr = device ? KVM_S2_MEMATTR(pgt, DEVICE_nGnRE) :
> - KVM_S2_MEMATTR(pgt, NORMAL);
> + bool normal_nc = prot & KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_NORMAL_NC;
> + kvm_pte_t attr;
> u32 sh = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_SH_IS;
>
> + if (device)
> + attr = KVM_S2_MEMATTR(pgt, DEVICE_nGnRE);
> + else if (normal_nc)
> + attr = KVM_S2_MEMATTR(pgt, NORMAL_NC);
> + else
> + attr = KVM_S2_MEMATTR(pgt, NORMAL);

As Will said, maybe a WARN_ON_ONCE(device && normal_nc). It would fall
back to device which I think is fine.

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>