[PATCH v2 1/5] KVM: arm64: nvhe: Synchronise with page table walker on vcpu run

Oliver Upton oliver.upton at linux.dev
Wed Apr 12 17:10:00 PDT 2023


On Sat, Apr 08, 2023 at 05:04:23PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> When taking an exception between the EL1&0 translation regime and
> the EL2 translation regime, the page table walker is allowed to
> complete the walks started from EL0 or EL1 while running at EL2.
> 
> It means that altering the system registers that define the EL1&0
> translation regime is fraught with danger *unless* we wait for
> the completion of such walk with a DSB (R_LFHQG and subsequent
> statements in the ARM ARM). We already did the right thing for
> other external agents (SPE, TRBE), but not the PTW.
> 
> Rework the existing SPE/TRBE synchronisation to include the PTW,
> and add the missing DSB on guest exit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton at linux.dev>

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Thanks,
Oliver



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