On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 07:19:44PM +0000, Oliver Upton wrote: > Of course, if the PTE wasn't changed then there are absolutely no > serialization requirements. Skip the DSB for an unsuccessful update to > the access flag. > > Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c | 10 +++++++--- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c > index b11cf2c618a6..9626f615d9b8 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c > @@ -1094,9 +1094,13 @@ int kvm_pgtable_stage2_wrprotect(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, u64 addr, u64 size) > kvm_pte_t kvm_pgtable_stage2_mkyoung(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, u64 addr) > { > kvm_pte_t pte = 0; > - stage2_update_leaf_attrs(pgt, addr, 1, KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_AF, 0, > - &pte, NULL, 0); > - dsb(ishst); > + int ret; > + > + ret = stage2_update_leaf_attrs(pgt, addr, 1, KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_LO_S2_AF, 0, > + &pte, NULL, 0); > + if (!ret) > + dsb(ishst); At the moment, the only reason for stage2_update_leaf_attrs() to not update the PTE is if it's not valid: if (!kvm_pte_valid(pte)) return 0; I guess you could check that as well: + if (!ret || kvm_pte_valid(pte)) + dsb(ishst); > + > return pte; > } > > -- > 2.38.1.584.g0f3c55d4c2-goog > >