Patch "KVM: arm64: Remove VHE host restore of CPACR_EL1.ZEN" has been added to the 5.15-stable tree
gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Mon Apr 21 23:45:14 PDT 2025
This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
KVM: arm64: Remove VHE host restore of CPACR_EL1.ZEN
to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
kvm-arm64-remove-vhe-host-restore-of-cpacr_el1.zen.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable at vger.kernel.org> know about it.
>From broonie at kernel.org Tue Apr 8 20:22:47 2025
From: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:10:04 +0100
Subject: KVM: arm64: Remove VHE host restore of CPACR_EL1.ZEN
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>, James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>, Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>, Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg at redhat.com>, Oliver Upton <oliver.upton at linux.dev>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org, kvmarm at lists.cs.columbia.edu, linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org, stable at vger.kernel.org, Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>, Fuad Tabba <tabba at google.com>
Message-ID: <20250408-stable-sve-5-15-v3-9-ca9a6b850f55 at kernel.org>
From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
[ Upstream commit 459f059be702056d91537b99a129994aa6ccdd35 ]
When KVM is in VHE mode, the host kernel tries to save and restore the
configuration of CPACR_EL1.ZEN (i.e. CPTR_EL2.ZEN when HCR_EL2.E2H=1)
across kvm_arch_vcpu_load_fp() and kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp(), since the
configuration may be clobbered by hyp when running a vCPU. This logic is
currently redundant.
The VHE hyp code unconditionally configures CPTR_EL2.ZEN to 0b01 when
returning to the host, permitting host kernel usage of SVE.
Now that the host eagerly saves and unbinds its own FPSIMD/SVE/SME
state, there's no need to save/restore the state of the EL0 SVE trap.
The kernel can safely save/restore state without trapping, as described
above, and will restore userspace state (including trap controls) before
returning to userspace.
Remove the redundant logic.
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
Tested-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: Fuad Tabba <tabba at google.com>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
Cc: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton at linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton at linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250210195226.1215254-4-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
[Rework for refactoring of where the flags are stored -- broonie]
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 -
arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c | 15 ---------------
2 files changed, 16 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
#define KVM_ARM64_DEBUG_DIRTY (1 << 0)
#define KVM_ARM64_FP_ENABLED (1 << 1) /* guest FP regs loaded */
#define KVM_ARM64_FP_HOST (1 << 2) /* host FP regs loaded */
-#define KVM_ARM64_HOST_SVE_ENABLED (1 << 4) /* SVE enabled for EL0 */
#define KVM_ARM64_GUEST_HAS_SVE (1 << 5) /* SVE exposed to guest */
#define KVM_ARM64_VCPU_SVE_FINALIZED (1 << 6) /* SVE config completed */
#define KVM_ARM64_GUEST_HAS_PTRAUTH (1 << 7) /* PTRAUTH exposed to guest */
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_load_fp(struct kvm_vc
*/
fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state();
vcpu->arch.flags &= ~KVM_ARM64_FP_HOST;
-
- if (read_sysreg(cpacr_el1) & CPACR_EL1_ZEN_EL0EN)
- vcpu->arch.flags |= KVM_ARM64_HOST_SVE_ENABLED;
}
/*
@@ -142,18 +139,6 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp(struct kvm_vcp
}
fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state();
- } else if (has_vhe() && system_supports_sve()) {
- /*
- * The FPSIMD/SVE state in the CPU has not been touched, and we
- * have SVE (and VHE): CPACR_EL1 (alias CPTR_EL2) has been
- * reset to CPACR_EL1_DEFAULT by the Hyp code, disabling SVE
- * for EL0. To avoid spurious traps, restore the trap state
- * seen by kvm_arch_vcpu_load_fp():
- */
- if (vcpu->arch.flags & KVM_ARM64_HOST_SVE_ENABLED)
- sysreg_clear_set(CPACR_EL1, 0, CPACR_EL1_ZEN_EL0EN);
- else
- sysreg_clear_set(CPACR_EL1, CPACR_EL1_ZEN_EL0EN, 0);
}
local_irq_restore(flags);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from broonie at kernel.org are
queue-5.15/kvm-arm64-remove-host-fpsimd-saving-for-non-protected-kvm.patch
queue-5.15/spi-cadence-qspi-fix-probe-on-am62a-lp-sk.patch
queue-5.15/asoc-qdsp6-q6asm-dai-fix-q6asm_dai_compr_set_params-error-path.patch
queue-5.15/kvm-arm64-eagerly-switch-zcr_el-1-2.patch
queue-5.15/kvm-arm64-unconditionally-save-flush-host-fpsimd-sve-sme-state.patch
queue-5.15/kvm-arm64-always-start-with-clearing-sve-flag-on-load.patch
queue-5.15/asoc-codecs-lpass-wsa-macro-fix-vi-feedback-rate.patch
queue-5.15/arm64-fpsimd-track-the-saved-fpsimd-state-type-separately-to-tif_sve.patch
queue-5.15/kvm-arm64-get-rid-of-host-sve-tracking-saving.patch
queue-5.15/kvm-arm64-remove-vhe-host-restore-of-cpacr_el1.zen.patch
queue-5.15/asoc-fsl_audmix-register-card-device-depends-on-dais.patch
queue-5.15/arm64-fpsimd-have-kvm-explicitly-say-which-fp-registers-to-save.patch
queue-5.15/kvm-arm64-discard-any-sve-state-when-entering-kvm-guests.patch
queue-5.15/arm64-fpsimd-stop-using-tif_sve-to-manage-register-saving-in-kvm.patch
queue-5.15/asoc-codecs-lpass-wsa-macro-fix-logic-of-enabling-vi-channels.patch
queue-5.15/kvm-arm64-calculate-cptr_el2-traps-on-activating-traps.patch
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