[PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: ptdump: Don't test PTE_VALID alongside other attributes
Anshuman Khandual
anshuman.khandual at arm.com
Wed Aug 13 21:58:47 PDT 2025
On 09/08/25 7:23 PM, Wei-Lin Chang wrote:
> The attribute masks and test values in the ptdump code are meant for
> individual attributes, however for stage-2 ptdump we included PTE_VALID
> while testing for R, W, X, and AF. This led to some confusion and the
> flipped output for the executable attribute.
>
> Remove PTE_VALID from all attribute masks and values so that each test
> matches only the relevant bits.
>
> Additionally, the executable attribute printing is updated to align with
> stage-1 ptdump, printing "NX" for non-executable regions and "x " for
> executable ones.
>
> Suggested-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual at arm.com>
> Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> Suggested-by: Sebastian Ene <sebastianene at google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wei-Lin Chang <r09922117 at csie.ntu.edu.tw>
> ---
> Tested on QEMU.
>
> Changes in v2, thanks to those listed in the Suggested-by tags:
> - remove PTE_VALID from .mask and .val
> - make executable attribute output format identical to stage-1 ptdump
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/kvmarm/20250802104021.3076621-1-r09922117@csie.ntu.edu.tw/
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/ptdump.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/ptdump.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/ptdump.c
> index 098416d7e5c25..dc5acfb00af91 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/ptdump.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/ptdump.c
> @@ -32,23 +32,23 @@ static const struct ptdump_prot_bits stage2_pte_bits[] = {
> .set = " ",
> .clear = "F",
> }, {
> - .mask = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_S2AP_R | PTE_VALID,
> - .val = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_S2AP_R | PTE_VALID,
> + .mask = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_S2AP_R,
> + .val = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_S2AP_R,
> .set = "R",
> .clear = " ",
> }, {
> - .mask = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_S2AP_W | PTE_VALID,
> - .val = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_S2AP_W | PTE_VALID,
> + .mask = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_S2AP_W,
> + .val = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_S2AP_W,
> .set = "W",
> .clear = " ",
> }, {
> - .mask = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_XN | PTE_VALID,
> - .val = PTE_VALID,
> - .set = " ",
> - .clear = "X",
> + .mask = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_XN,
> + .val = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_XN,
> + .set = "NX",
> + .clear = "x ",
> }, {
> - .mask = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_AF | PTE_VALID,
> - .val = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_AF | PTE_VALID,
> + .mask = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_AF,
> + .val = KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_AF,
> .set = "AF",
> .clear = " ",
> }, {
LGTM and consistent with Stage-1.
Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual at arm.com>
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