[PATCH 2/5] KVM: arm64: Avoid mapping size adjustment on permission fault
Marc Zyngier
maz at kernel.org
Fri Jul 23 09:18:00 PDT 2021
On Fri, 23 Jul 2021 16:55:39 +0100,
Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei at arm.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> On 7/17/21 10:55 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > Since we only support PMD-sized mappings for THP, getting
> > a permission fault on a level that results in a mapping
> > being larger than PAGE_SIZE is a sure indication that we have
> > already upgraded our mapping to a PMD.
> >
> > In this case, there is no need to try and parse userspace page
> > tables, as the fault information already tells us everything.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
> > ---
> > arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 11 ++++++++---
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > index db6314b93e99..c036a480ca27 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > @@ -1088,9 +1088,14 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
> > * If we are not forced to use page mapping, check if we are
> > * backed by a THP and thus use block mapping if possible.
> > */
> > - if (vma_pagesize == PAGE_SIZE && !(force_pte || device))
> > - vma_pagesize = transparent_hugepage_adjust(kvm, memslot, hva,
> > - &pfn, &fault_ipa);
> > + if (vma_pagesize == PAGE_SIZE && !force_pte) {
>
> Looks like now it's possible to call transparent_hugepage_adjust()
> for devices (if fault_status != FSC_PERM). Commit 2aa53d68cee6
> ("KVM: arm64: Try stage2 block mapping for host device MMIO") makes
> a good case for the !device check. Was the check removed
> unintentionally?
That's what stupid bugs are made of. I must have resolved a rebase
conflict the wrong way, and lost this crucial bit. Thanks for spotting
this! Now fixed.
>
> > + if (fault_status == FSC_PERM && fault_granule > PAGE_SIZE)
> > + vma_pagesize = fault_granule;
> > + else
> > + vma_pagesize = transparent_hugepage_adjust(kvm, memslot,
> > + hva, &pfn,
> > + &fault_ipa);
> > + }
>
> This change makes sense to me - we can only get stage 2 permission
> faults on a leaf entry since stage 2 tables don't have the
> APTable/XNTable/PXNTable bits. The biggest block mapping size that
> we support at stage 2 is PMD size (from
> transparent_hugepage_adjust()), therefore if fault_granule is larger
> than PAGE_SIZE, then it must be PMD_SIZE.
Yup, exactly.
Thanks again,
M.
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