[PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: nv: fixup! Support multiple nested Stage-2 mmu structures
Ganapatrao Kulkarni
gankulkarni at os.amperecomputing.com
Sun Nov 28 22:00:46 PST 2021
On 27-11-2021 12:50 am, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> [resending after having sorted my email config]
>
> On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 05:59:00 +0000,
> Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gankulkarni at os.amperecomputing.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Marc,
>>
>> On 25-11-2021 07:53 pm, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>>> On Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:58:03 +0000,
>>> Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gankulkarni at os.amperecomputing.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Commit 1776c91346b6 ("KVM: arm64: nv: Support multiple nested Stage-2 mmu
>>>> structures")[1] added a function kvm_vcpu_init_nested which expands the
>>>> stage-2 mmu structures array when ever a new vCPU is created. The array
>>>> is expanded using krealloc() and results in a stale mmu address pointer
>>>> in pgt->mmu. Adding a fix to update the pointer with the new address after
>>>> successful krealloc.
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/maz/arm-platforms.git/
>>>> branch kvm-arm64/nv-5.13
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gankulkarni at os.amperecomputing.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c | 9 +++++++++
>>>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
>>>> index 4ffbc14d0245..57ad8d8f4ee5 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
>>>> @@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ int kvm_vcpu_init_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>>> num_mmus * sizeof(*kvm->arch.nested_mmus),
>>>> GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
>>>> if (tmp) {
>>>> + int i;
>>>> +
>>>> if (kvm_init_stage2_mmu(kvm, &tmp[num_mmus - 1]) ||
>>>> kvm_init_stage2_mmu(kvm, &tmp[num_mmus - 2])) {
>>>> kvm_free_stage2_pgd(&tmp[num_mmus - 1]);
>>>> @@ -80,6 +82,13 @@ int kvm_vcpu_init_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>>> }
>>>> kvm->arch.nested_mmus = tmp;
>>>> +
>>>> + /* Fixup pgt->mmu after krealloc */
>>>> + for (i = 0; i < kvm->arch.nested_mmus_size; i++) {
>>>> + struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu = &kvm->arch.nested_mmus[i];
>>>> +
>>>> + mmu->pgt->mmu = mmu;
>>>> + }
>>>> }
>>>> mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
>>>
>>> Another good catch. I've tweaked a bit to avoid some unnecessary
>>> repainting, see below.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> M.
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
>>> index a4dfffa1dae0..92b225db59ac 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
>>> @@ -66,8 +66,19 @@ int kvm_vcpu_init_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>> num_mmus = atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus) * 2;
>>> tmp = krealloc(kvm->arch.nested_mmus,
>>> num_mmus * sizeof(*kvm->arch.nested_mmus),
>>> - GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
>>> + GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_ZERO);
>>> if (tmp) {
>>> + /*
>>> + * If we went through a realocation, adjust the MMU
>>
>> Is it more precise to say?
>>> + * back-pointers in the pg_table structures.
>> * back-pointers in the pg_table structures of previous inits.
>
> Yes. I have added something along those lines.
>
>>> + */
>>> + if (kvm->arch.nested_mmus != tmp) {
>>> + int i;
>>> +
>>> + for (i = 0; i < num_mms - 2; i++)
>>> + tmp[i].pgt->mmu = &tmp[i];
>>> + }
>>
>> Thanks for this optimization, it saves 2 redundant iterations.
>>> +
>>> if (kvm_init_stage2_mmu(kvm, &tmp[num_mmus - 1]) ||
>>> kvm_init_stage2_mmu(kvm, &tmp[num_mmus - 2])) {
>>> kvm_free_stage2_pgd(&tmp[num_mmus - 1]);
>>>
>>
>> Feel free to add,
>> Reviewed-by: Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gankulkarni at os.amperecomputing.com>
>
> Given that this was a fixup, I haven't taken this tag. I will Cc you
no problem, makes sense to fold this in to original patch.
> on the whole series, and you can give you tag on the whole patch if
> you are happy with it.
Sure.
>
> BTW, I have now fixed the bug that was preventing L2 userspace from
> running (bad interaction with the pgtable code which was unhappy about
> my use of the SW bits when relaxing the permissions). You should now
> be able to test the whole series.
Yes, I have rebased to latest branch kvm-arm64/nv-5.16 and I am able to
boot L1 and L2.
>
> Thanks,
>
> M.
>
Thanks,
Ganapat
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