[PATCH v1 12/13] KVM: arm64: Hoist MTE validation check out of MMU lock path
Fuad Tabba
tabba at google.com
Fri Mar 6 06:02:31 PST 2026
Simplify the non-cacheable attributes assignment by using a ternary
operator. Additionally, hoist the MTE validation check (mte_allowed) out
of kvm_s2_fault_map() and into kvm_s2_fault_compute_prot(). This allows
us to fail faster and avoid acquiring the KVM MMU lock unnecessarily
when the VMM introduces a disallowed VMA for an MTE-enabled guest.
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba at google.com>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 28 ++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index 9265a7fc43f7..cc6b35efcee5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1870,18 +1870,21 @@ static int kvm_s2_fault_compute_prot(struct kvm_s2_fault *fault)
if (fault->exec_fault)
fault->prot |= KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_X;
- if (fault->s2_force_noncacheable) {
- if (fault->vm_flags & VM_ALLOW_ANY_UNCACHED)
- fault->prot |= KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_NORMAL_NC;
- else
- fault->prot |= KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_DEVICE;
- } else if (cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_CACHE_DIC)) {
+ if (fault->s2_force_noncacheable)
+ fault->prot |= (fault->vm_flags & VM_ALLOW_ANY_UNCACHED) ?
+ KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_NORMAL_NC : KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_DEVICE;
+ else if (cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_CACHE_DIC))
fault->prot |= KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_X;
- }
if (fault->nested)
adjust_nested_exec_perms(kvm, fault->nested, &fault->prot);
+ if (!fault->fault_is_perm && !fault->s2_force_noncacheable && kvm_has_mte(kvm)) {
+ /* Check the VMM hasn't introduced a new disallowed VMA */
+ if (!fault->mte_allowed)
+ return -EFAULT;
+ }
+
return 0;
}
@@ -1918,15 +1921,8 @@ static int kvm_s2_fault_map(struct kvm_s2_fault *fault, void *memcache)
}
}
- if (!fault->fault_is_perm && !fault->s2_force_noncacheable && kvm_has_mte(kvm)) {
- /* Check the VMM hasn't introduced a new disallowed VMA */
- if (fault->mte_allowed) {
- sanitise_mte_tags(kvm, fault->pfn, fault->vma_pagesize);
- } else {
- ret = -EFAULT;
- goto out_unlock;
- }
- }
+ if (!fault->fault_is_perm && !fault->s2_force_noncacheable && kvm_has_mte(kvm))
+ sanitise_mte_tags(kvm, fault->pfn, fault->vma_pagesize);
/*
* Under the premise of getting a FSC_PERM fault, we just need to relax
--
2.53.0.473.g4a7958ca14-goog
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