[PATCH 2/3] KVM: arm64: Teach address translation about access faults

Joey Gouly joey.gouly at arm.com
Tue Apr 22 06:50:08 PDT 2025


On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 01:26:11PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> It appears that our S1 PTW is completely oblivious of access faults.
> Teach the S1 translation code about it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/at.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
> index 3a4568e2de910..c40583edebc4f 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
> @@ -456,6 +456,11 @@ static int walk_s1(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct s1_walk_info *wi,
>  	if (check_output_size(desc & GENMASK(47, va_bottom), wi))
>  		goto addrsz;
>  
> +	if (!(desc & PTE_AF)) {
> +		fail_s1_walk(wr, ESR_ELx_FSC_ACCESS_L(level), false);
> +		return -EACCES;
> +	}
> +
>  	va_bottom += contiguous_bit_shift(desc, wi, level);
>  
>  	wr->failed = false;
> @@ -1209,7 +1214,8 @@ static u64 handle_at_slow(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 op, u64 vaddr)
>   * If the translation is unsuccessful, the value may only contain
>   * PAR_EL1.F, and cannot be taken at face value. It isn't an
>   * indication of the translation having failed, only that the fast
> - * path did not succeed, *unless* it indicates a S1 permission fault.
> + * path did not succeed, *unless* it indicates a S1 permission or
> + * access fault.
>   */
>  static u64 __kvm_at_s1e01_fast(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 op, u64 vaddr)
>  {
> @@ -1312,19 +1318,29 @@ static bool par_check_s1_perm_fault(u64 par)
>  		 !(par & SYS_PAR_EL1_S));
>  }
>  
> +static bool par_check_s1_access_fault(u64 par)
> +{
> +	u8 fst = FIELD_GET(SYS_PAR_EL1_FST, par);
> +
> +	return  ((fst & ESR_ELx_FSC_TYPE) == ESR_ELx_FSC_ACCESS &&
> +		 !(par & SYS_PAR_EL1_S));
> +}
> +
>  void __kvm_at_s1e01(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 op, u64 vaddr)
>  {
>  	u64 par = __kvm_at_s1e01_fast(vcpu, op, vaddr);
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * If PAR_EL1 reports that AT failed on a S1 permission fault, we
> -	 * know for sure that the PTW was able to walk the S1 tables and
> -	 * there's nothing else to do.
> +	 * If PAR_EL1 reports that AT failed on a S1 permission or access
> +	 * fault, we know for sure that the PTW was able to walk the S1
> +	 * tables and there's nothing else to do.
>  	 *
>  	 * If AT failed for any other reason, then we must walk the guest S1
>  	 * to emulate the instruction.
>  	 */
> -	if ((par & SYS_PAR_EL1_F) && !par_check_s1_perm_fault(par))
> +	if ((par & SYS_PAR_EL1_F) &&
> +	    !par_check_s1_perm_fault(par) &&
> +	    !par_check_s1_access_fault(par))
>  		par = handle_at_slow(vcpu, op, vaddr);
>  
>  	vcpu_write_sys_reg(vcpu, par, PAR_EL1);

Reviewed-by: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly at arm.com>




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