[PATCH 2/3] KVM: arm64: Clear possible conflict aborts

Oliver Upton oliver.upton at linux.dev
Fri Jun 9 08:44:48 PDT 2023


On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 05:01:46PM +0000, Colton Lewis wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> index 7a68398517c95..96b950f20c8d0 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> @@ -1591,6 +1591,12 @@ int kvm_handle_guest_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  		return 1;
>  	}
> 
> +	if (fault_status == ESR_ELx_FSC_CONFLICT) {
> +		/* We could be at any level. 0 covers all levels. */
> +		__kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa(vcpu->arch.hw_mmu, fault_ipa, 0);
> +		return 1;
> +	}
> +

This does not match the architecture. Please read DDI0487J D8.14.3
"TLB maintenance due to TLB conflict", which tells you exactly how to
resolve the conflict. TL; DR: TLBI by address is _not_ guaranteed to
invalidate duplicate TLB entries. vmalls12e1 is your friend.

The conflicting TLB entries are local to the CPU that took the abort, so
you don't need to do any broadcast.

--
Thanks,
Oliver



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