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SubjectRe: [PATCH v7 7/7] KVM: arm64: Normalize cache configuration
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On 2023/01/22 3:15, Oliver Upton wrote:
> Hey Marc,
>
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 12:02:03PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 19:46:16 +0000, Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev> wrote:
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
>>> index 459e6d358dab..b6228f7d1d8d 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
>>> @@ -148,17 +148,19 @@ static u32 get_ccsidr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 csselr)
>>>
>>> static int set_ccsidr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 csselr, u32 val)
>>> {
>>> - u8 line_size = FIELD_GET(CCSIDR_EL1_LineSize, val);
>>> + u8 line_size = SYS_FIELD_GET(CCSIDR_EL1, LineSize, val);
>>> + u32 cur = get_ccsidr(vcpu, csselr);
>>> + u8 min_line_size = SYS_FIELD_GET(CCSIDR_EL1, LineSize, cur);
>>> u32 *ccsidr = vcpu->arch.ccsidr;
>>> u32 i;
>>>
>>> - if ((val & CCSIDR_EL1_RES0) || line_size < get_min_cache_line_size(csselr))
>>> + if (cur == val)
>>> + return 0;
>>> +
>>> + if ((val & CCSIDR_EL1_RES0) || line_size < min_line_size)
>>> return -EINVAL;
>>
>> This doesn't look right. You're comparing the value userspace is
>> trying to set for a given level with the value that is already set for
>> that level, and forbid the cache line size to be smaller. It works if
>> no value has been set yet (you fallback to something derived from
>> CTR_EL0), but this fails if userspace does multiple writes.
>
> Good catch, I tried to skip over the unit/field conversions by doing this
> but it has the consequence of not working as expected for multiple writes.
>
>> The original check is against CTR_EL0, which makes absolute sense
>> because we want to check across the whole hierarchy. It is just that
>> the original code has two bugs:
>>
>> - It fails to convert the CCSIDR_EL1.LineSize value to a number of
>> words (the missing +4). Admire how the architecture is actively
>> designed to be hostile to SW by providing two different formats for
>> the cache line size, none of which is in... bytes.
>>
>> - It passes the full CSSELR value to get_min_cache_line_size(), while
>> this function wants a bool... Yes, there are times where you'd want
>> a stronger type system (did anyone say Rust? ;-)
>
> Hey now, if you say it enough times people are going to start getting
> ideas ;-P
>
>> I propose that we fold something like the patch below in instead
>> (tested with get-reg-list).
>
> Agreed, I've backed out my diff and applied yours. Pushed (with force!)
> to my repo now, PTAL.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Oliver
>

I was so careless that I missed two bugs and failed to test the last
version of my patch. It is fortunate that the bugs were caught by
careful review though we don't have a strong type system (yet). Your
tree looks good to me.

Regards,
Akihiko Odaki

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