linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 16/34] KVM: arm64: Prepare the creation of s1 mappings at EL2

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Date:   Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:21:13 +0000
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>
Cc:     catalin.marinas@....com, maz@...nel.org, james.morse@....com,
        julien.thierry.kdev@...il.com, suzuki.poulose@....com,
        android-kvm@...gle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...roid.com, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, tabba@...gle.com,
        mark.rutland@....com, dbrazdil@...gle.com, mate.toth-pal@....com,
        seanjc@...gle.com, robh+dt@...nel.org, ardb@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 16/34] KVM: arm64: Prepare the creation of s1 mappings
 at EL2

On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 05:57:33PM +0000, Quentin Perret wrote:
> When memory protection is enabled, the EL2 code needs the ability to
> create and manage its own page-table. To do so, introduce a new set of
> hypercalls to bootstrap a memory management system at EL2.
> 
> This leads to the following boot flow in nVHE Protected mode:
> 
>  1. the host allocates memory for the hypervisor very early on, using
>     the memblock API;
> 
>  2. the host creates a set of stage 1 page-table for EL2, installs the
>     EL2 vectors, and issues the __pkvm_init hypercall;
> 
>  3. during __pkvm_init, the hypervisor re-creates its stage 1 page-table
>     and stores it in the memory pool provided by the host;
> 
>  4. the hypervisor then extends its stage 1 mappings to include a
>     vmemmap in the EL2 VA space, hence allowing to use the buddy
>     allocator introduced in a previous patch;
> 
>  5. the hypervisor jumps back in the idmap page, switches from the
>     host-provided page-table to the new one, and wraps up its
>     initialization by enabling the new allocator, before returning to
>     the host.
> 
>  6. the host can free the now unused page-table created for EL2, and
>     will now need to issue hypercalls to make changes to the EL2 stage 1
>     mappings instead of modifying them directly.
> 
> Note that for the sake of simplifying the review, this patch focuses on
> the hypervisor side of things. In other words, this only implements the
> new hypercalls, but does not make use of them from the host yet. The
> host-side changes will follow in a subsequent patch.
> 
> Credits to Will for __pkvm_init_switch_pgd.
> 
> Co-authored-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_asm.h     |   4 +
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h    |   7 +
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h     |   8 ++
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h |   2 +
>  arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h       |  16 +++
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/Makefile          |   2 +-
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/mm.h |  71 ++++++++++
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile     |   4 +-
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-init.S   |  27 ++++
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c   |  49 +++++++
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mm.c         | 173 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/setup.c      | 197 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c         |   2 -
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/reserved_mem.c    |  92 +++++++++++++
>  arch/arm64/mm/init.c                 |   3 +
>  15 files changed, 652 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/mm.h
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mm.c
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/setup.c
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/reserved_mem.c

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>

Will