[RFC PATCH 16/27] KVM: arm64: Prepare Hyp memory protection

[Quentin Perret]

On Thursday 03 Dec 2020 at 12:57:33 (+0000), Fuad Tabba wrote:
<snip>
> > +int hyp_create_idmap(void);
> > +int hyp_map_vectors(void);
> > +int hyp_back_vmemmap(phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long size, phys_addr_t back);
> > +int hyp_cpu_set_vector(enum arm64_hyp_spectre_vector slot);
> > +int hyp_create_mappings(void *from, void *to, enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot);
> > +int __hyp_create_mappings(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
> > +                         unsigned long phys, unsigned long prot);
> > +unsigned long __hyp_create_private_mapping(phys_addr_t phys, size_t size,
> > +                                          unsigned long prot);
> > +
> 
> nit: I also thought that the hyp_create_mappings function names are a
> bit confusing, since there's the create_hyp_mappings functions which
> use the aforementioned *hyp_pgtable.

Sure, happy to re-name those (and hyp_pgtable above). Any suggestions?


<snip>
> > +SYM_FUNC_START(__kvm_init_switch_pgd)
> > +       /* Turn the MMU off */
> > +       pre_disable_mmu_workaround
> > +       mrs     x2, sctlr_el2
> > +       bic     x3, x2, #SCTLR_ELx_M
> > +       msr     sctlr_el2, x3
> > +       isb
> > +
> > +       tlbi    alle2
> > +
> > +       /* Install the new pgtables */
> > +       ldr     x3, [x0, #NVHE_INIT_PGD_PA]
> > +       phys_to_ttbr x4, x3
> > +alternative_if ARM64_HAS_CNP
> > +       orr     x4, x4, #TTBR_CNP_BIT
> > +alternative_else_nop_endif
> > +       msr     ttbr0_el2, x4
> > +
> > +       /* Set the new stack pointer */
> > +       ldr     x0, [x0, #NVHE_INIT_STACK_HYP_VA]
> > +       mov     sp, x0
> > +
> > +       /* And turn the MMU back on! */
> > +       dsb     nsh
> > +       isb
> > +       msr     sctlr_el2, x2
> > +       isb
> > +       ret     x1
> > +SYM_FUNC_END(__kvm_init_switch_pgd)
> > +
> 
> Should the instruction cache be flushed here (ic iallu), to discard
> speculatively fetched instructions?

Hmm, Will? Thoughts?

Thanks,
Quentin