[PATCH v1 0/2] KVM: arm64: Fix a couple of latent bugs in user_mem_abort()

Fuad Tabba tabba at google.com
Thu Mar 5 08:55:43 PST 2026


On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 at 16:51, Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:22:20 +0000,
> Fuad Tabba <tabba at google.com> wrote:
> >
> > Finding these issues just reinforces how fragile this 300-line function
> > has become. We really need to refactor it to make the state flow easier
> > to reason about. I'm currently putting together a series to do just that
> > (introducing a proper fault state object), so stay tuned for an RFC on
> > that front.
>
> If you have such patches, please post them sooner rather than later,
> even if the rework is incomplete. I'd be happy take small patches that
> start add infrastructure early and work out the full refactoring over
> time.

I'll try to have something for you by tomorrow in that case.

Cheers,
/fuad

> Thanks,
>
>         M.
>
> --
> Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.



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