Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: arm64: Remove VPIPT I-cache handling

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On 11/27/23 22:56, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> We have some special handling for VPIPT I-cache in critical parts
> of the cache and TLB maintenance. Remove it.

Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>

> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h |  7 ----
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c   |  2 +-
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/tlb.c    | 61 --------------------------------
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/tlb.c     | 13 -------
>  4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 82 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
> index 49e0d4b36bd0..e3e793d0ec30 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
> @@ -243,13 +243,6 @@ static inline size_t __invalidate_icache_max_range(void)
>  
>  static inline void __invalidate_icache_guest_page(void *va, size_t size)
>  {
> -	/*
> -	 * VPIPT I-cache maintenance must be done from EL2. See comment in the
> -	 * nVHE flavor of __kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa().
> -	 */
> -	if (icache_is_vpipt() && read_sysreg(CurrentEL) != CurrentEL_EL2)
> -		return;
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * Blow the whole I-cache if it is aliasing (i.e. VIPT) or the
>  	 * invalidation range exceeds our arbitrary limit on invadations by
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
> index 9d23a51d7f75..b29f15418c0a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
>  #include <nvhe/pkvm.h>
>  #include <nvhe/trap_handler.h>
>  
> -/* Used by icache_is_vpipt(). */
> +/* Used by icache_is_aliasing(). */
>  unsigned long __icache_flags;
>  
>  /* Used by kvm_get_vttbr(). */
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/tlb.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/tlb.c
> index 1b265713d6be..a60fb13e2192 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/tlb.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/tlb.c
> @@ -105,28 +105,6 @@ void __kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu,
>  	dsb(ish);
>  	isb();
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * If the host is running at EL1 and we have a VPIPT I-cache,
> -	 * then we must perform I-cache maintenance at EL2 in order for
> -	 * it to have an effect on the guest. Since the guest cannot hit
> -	 * I-cache lines allocated with a different VMID, we don't need
> -	 * to worry about junk out of guest reset (we nuke the I-cache on
> -	 * VMID rollover), but we do need to be careful when remapping
> -	 * executable pages for the same guest. This can happen when KSM
> -	 * takes a CoW fault on an executable page, copies the page into
> -	 * a page that was previously mapped in the guest and then needs
> -	 * to invalidate the guest view of the I-cache for that page
> -	 * from EL1. To solve this, we invalidate the entire I-cache when
> -	 * unmapping a page from a guest if we have a VPIPT I-cache but
> -	 * the host is running at EL1. As above, we could do better if
> -	 * we had the VA.
> -	 *
> -	 * The moral of this story is: if you have a VPIPT I-cache, then
> -	 * you should be running with VHE enabled.
> -	 */
> -	if (icache_is_vpipt())
> -		icache_inval_all_pou();
> -
>  	__tlb_switch_to_host(&cxt);
>  }
>  
> @@ -157,28 +135,6 @@ void __kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa_nsh(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu,
>  	dsb(nsh);
>  	isb();
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * If the host is running at EL1 and we have a VPIPT I-cache,
> -	 * then we must perform I-cache maintenance at EL2 in order for
> -	 * it to have an effect on the guest. Since the guest cannot hit
> -	 * I-cache lines allocated with a different VMID, we don't need
> -	 * to worry about junk out of guest reset (we nuke the I-cache on
> -	 * VMID rollover), but we do need to be careful when remapping
> -	 * executable pages for the same guest. This can happen when KSM
> -	 * takes a CoW fault on an executable page, copies the page into
> -	 * a page that was previously mapped in the guest and then needs
> -	 * to invalidate the guest view of the I-cache for that page
> -	 * from EL1. To solve this, we invalidate the entire I-cache when
> -	 * unmapping a page from a guest if we have a VPIPT I-cache but
> -	 * the host is running at EL1. As above, we could do better if
> -	 * we had the VA.
> -	 *
> -	 * The moral of this story is: if you have a VPIPT I-cache, then
> -	 * you should be running with VHE enabled.
> -	 */
> -	if (icache_is_vpipt())
> -		icache_inval_all_pou();
> -
>  	__tlb_switch_to_host(&cxt);
>  }
>  
> @@ -205,10 +161,6 @@ void __kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_range(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu,
>  	dsb(ish);
>  	isb();
>  
> -	/* See the comment in __kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa() */
> -	if (icache_is_vpipt())
> -		icache_inval_all_pou();
> -
>  	__tlb_switch_to_host(&cxt);
>  }
>  
> @@ -246,18 +198,5 @@ void __kvm_flush_vm_context(void)
>  	/* Same remark as in __tlb_switch_to_guest() */
>  	dsb(ish);
>  	__tlbi(alle1is);
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * VIPT and PIPT caches are not affected by VMID, so no maintenance
> -	 * is necessary across a VMID rollover.
> -	 *
> -	 * VPIPT caches constrain lookup and maintenance to the active VMID,
> -	 * so we need to invalidate lines with a stale VMID to avoid an ABA
> -	 * race after multiple rollovers.
> -	 *
> -	 */
> -	if (icache_is_vpipt())
> -		asm volatile("ic ialluis");
> -
>  	dsb(ish);
>  }
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/tlb.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/tlb.c
> index b636b4111dbf..b32e2940df7d 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/tlb.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/tlb.c
> @@ -216,18 +216,5 @@ void __kvm_flush_vm_context(void)
>  {
>  	dsb(ishst);
>  	__tlbi(alle1is);
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * VIPT and PIPT caches are not affected by VMID, so no maintenance
> -	 * is necessary across a VMID rollover.
> -	 *
> -	 * VPIPT caches constrain lookup and maintenance to the active VMID,
> -	 * so we need to invalidate lines with a stale VMID to avoid an ABA
> -	 * race after multiple rollovers.
> -	 *
> -	 */
> -	if (icache_is_vpipt())
> -		asm volatile("ic ialluis");
> -
>  	dsb(ish);
>  }




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