[PATCH] KVM: arm64: nv: Skip vCPUs without a pseudo-TLB in invalidate_vncr_va()
Marc Zyngier
maz at kernel.org
Sun Jun 7 06:05:02 PDT 2026
On Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:43:53 +0100,
Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> vncr_tlb is not allocated before a vCPU runs for the first time, so
> vcpu->arch.vncr_tlb is NULL for a vCPU that has been created but not yet
> run. Code that iterates over every vCPU's pseudo-TLB must skip those.
>
> invalidate_vncr_va() iterates over the vCPUs with kvm_for_each_vcpu() and
> dereferences vt->valid without checking whether vncr_tlb is NULL.
>
> While iterating, skip vCPUs whose pseudo-TLB has not been allocated.
>
> Fixes: 4ffa72ad8f37 ("KVM: arm64: nv: Add S1 TLB invalidation primitive for VNCR_EL2")
> Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel at gmail.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
> index 6f7bc9a9992e..063e079d1d1a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
> @@ -969,6 +969,10 @@ static void invalidate_vncr_va(struct kvm *kvm,
> struct vncr_tlb *vt = vcpu->arch.vncr_tlb;
> u64 va_start, va_end, va_size;
>
> + /* Skip vCPUs whose pseudo-TLB hasn't been allocated yet */
> + if (!vt)
> + continue;
> +
> if (!vt->valid)
> continue;
>
This looks correct and matches what we already have for
invalidate_vncr_ipa().
But I think this misses the opportunity to squash a whole class of
similar bugs, should we ever have the need for another function that
iterates over all *valid* VNCR pseudo-TLBs.
Since I'm on a train and have nothing better to do, I've written the
following hack.
Thoughts?
M.
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
index 38f672e940878..f0a9f81a08302 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
@@ -897,9 +897,21 @@ static void invalidate_vncr(struct vncr_tlb *vt)
clear_fixmap(vncr_fixmap(vt->cpu));
}
+/*
+ * VNCR TLB invalidation occurs from MMU notifiers or TLBI instructions, and
+ * either can race against a vcpu not being onlined yet (no pseudo-TLB
+ * allocated). Similarly, the TLB might be invalid. Skip those, as they
+ * obviously don't participate in the invalidation at this stage.
+ */
+#define kvm_for_each_vncr_tlb(idx, vcpup, tlbp, kvm) \
+ kvm_for_each_vcpu(idx, vcpu, kvm) \
+ if (((tlbp) = vcpu->arch.vncr_tlb) && \
+ (tlbp)->valid)
+
static void kvm_invalidate_vncr_ipa(struct kvm *kvm, u64 start, u64 end)
{
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
+ struct vncr_tlb *vt;
unsigned long i;
lockdep_assert_held_write(&kvm->mmu_lock);
@@ -907,24 +919,9 @@ static void kvm_invalidate_vncr_ipa(struct kvm *kvm, u64 start, u64 end)
if (!kvm_has_feat(kvm, ID_AA64MMFR4_EL1, NV_frac, NV2_ONLY))
return;
- kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
- struct vncr_tlb *vt = vcpu->arch.vncr_tlb;
+ kvm_for_each_vncr_tlb(i, vcpu, vt, kvm) {
u64 ipa_start, ipa_end, ipa_size;
- /*
- * Careful here: We end-up here from an MMU notifier,
- * and this can race against a vcpu not being onlined
- * yet, without the pseudo-TLB being allocated.
- *
- * Skip those, as they obviously don't participate in
- * the invalidation at this stage.
- */
- if (!vt)
- continue;
-
- if (!vt->valid)
- continue;
-
ipa_size = ttl_to_size(pgshift_level_to_ttl(vt->wi.pgshift,
vt->wr.level));
ipa_start = vt->wr.pa & ~(ipa_size - 1);
@@ -954,17 +951,14 @@ static void invalidate_vncr_va(struct kvm *kvm,
struct s1e2_tlbi_scope *scope)
{
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
+ struct vncr_tlb *vt;
unsigned long i;
lockdep_assert_held_write(&kvm->mmu_lock);
- kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
- struct vncr_tlb *vt = vcpu->arch.vncr_tlb;
+ kvm_for_each_vncr_tlb(i, vcpu, vt, kvm) {
u64 va_start, va_end, va_size;
- if (!vt->valid)
- continue;
-
va_size = ttl_to_size(pgshift_level_to_ttl(vt->wi.pgshift,
vt->wr.level));
va_start = vt->gva & ~(va_size - 1);
--
Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.
More information about the linux-arm-kernel
mailing list