[PATCH v6 03/43] arm64: RME: Handle Granule Protection Faults (GPFs)

Suzuki K Poulose suzuki.poulose at arm.com
Mon Dec 16 08:45:21 PST 2024


On 12/12/2024 15:55, Steven Price wrote:
> If the host attempts to access granules that have been delegated for use
> in a realm these accesses will be caught and will trigger a Granule
> Protection Fault (GPF).
> 
> A fault during a page walk signals a bug in the kernel and is handled by
> oopsing the kernel. A non-page walk fault could be caused by user space
> having access to a page which has been delegated to the kernel and will
> trigger a SIGBUS to allow debugging why user space is trying to access a
> delegated page.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price at arm.com>

Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>





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