linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/45] KVM: arm64: Preserve host MPAM configuration when changing traps

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Message-ID: <aUWvGjGyU7DUW8MI@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:01:30 -0800
From: Oliver Upton <oupton@...nel.org>
To: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/45] KVM: arm64: Preserve host MPAM configuration
 when changing traps

Hi Ben,

On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 06:11:07PM +0000, Ben Horgan wrote:
> When kvm enables or disables MPAM traps to EL2 it clears all other bits in
> MPAM2_EL2.  Notably, it clears the partition ids (PARTIDs) and performance
> monitoring groups (PMGs). Avoid changing these bits in anticipation of
> adding support for MPAM in the kernel. Otherwise, on a VHE system with the
> host running at EL2 where MPAM2_EL2 and MPAM1_EL1 access the same register,
> any attempt to use MPAM to monitor or partition resources for kernel space
> would be foiled by running a KVM guest. Additionally, MPAM2_EL2.EnMPAMSM is
> always set to 0 which causes MPAMSM_EL1 to always trap. Keep EnMPAMSM set
> to 1 when not in a guest so that the kernel can use MPAMSM_EL1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@....com>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h | 12 ++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h
> index c5d5e5b86eaf..63195275a8b8 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h
> @@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ static inline void __deactivate_traps_hfgxtr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  
>  static inline void  __activate_traps_mpam(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  {
> -	u64 r = MPAM2_EL2_TRAPMPAM0EL1 | MPAM2_EL2_TRAPMPAM1EL1;
> +	u64 clr = MPAM2_EL2_EnMPAMSM;
> +	u64 set = MPAM2_EL2_TRAPMPAM0EL1 | MPAM2_EL2_TRAPMPAM1EL1;
>  
>  	if (!system_supports_mpam())
>  		return;
> @@ -279,18 +280,21 @@ static inline void  __activate_traps_mpam(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  		write_sysreg_s(MPAMHCR_EL2_TRAP_MPAMIDR_EL1, SYS_MPAMHCR_EL2);
>  	} else {
>  		/* From v1.1 TIDR can trap MPAMIDR, set it unconditionally */
> -		r |= MPAM2_EL2_TIDR;
> +		set |= MPAM2_EL2_TIDR;
>  	}
>  
> -	write_sysreg_s(r, SYS_MPAM2_EL2);
> +	sysreg_clear_set_s(SYS_MPAM2_EL2, clr, set);

I'd recommend documenting that writes to MPAM1_EL1 are followed by an
ISB. Otherwise it isn't obvious here where context synchronization is
happening (if at all).

Thanks,
Oliver