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authorFuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>2024-04-23 16:05:28 +0100
committerMarc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>2024-05-01 16:48:14 +0100
commiteef4ce6363626cbaabceef64d0bda84c3df922ac (patch)
tree7f868edc1ae039df25f29d0fe54b5f6bac9aff88 /arch/arm64/kvm
parentb6ed4fa9411f7c17ebc69949c1df66dc12b2f827 (diff)
KVM: arm64: Clarify rationale for ZCR_EL1 value restored on guest exit
Expand comment clarifying why the host value representing SVE vector length being restored for ZCR_EL1 on guest exit isn't the same as it was on guest entry. Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Acked-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240423150538.2103045-21-tabba@google.com Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64/kvm')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c24
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c
index 63a6f82934a6..1807d3a79a8a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c
@@ -175,12 +175,34 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (vcpu_has_sve(vcpu)) {
__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, ZCR_EL1) = read_sysreg_el1(SYS_ZCR);
- /* Restore the VL that was saved when bound to the CPU */
+ /*
+ * Restore the VL that was saved when bound to the CPU,
+ * which is the maximum VL for the guest. Because the
+ * layout of the data when saving the sve state depends
+ * on the VL, we need to use a consistent (i.e., the
+ * maximum) VL.
+ * Note that this means that at guest exit ZCR_EL1 is
+ * not necessarily the same as on guest entry.
+ *
+ * Restoring the VL isn't needed in VHE mode since
+ * ZCR_EL2 (accessed via ZCR_EL1) would fulfill the same
+ * role when doing the save from EL2.
+ */
if (!has_vhe())
sve_cond_update_zcr_vq(vcpu_sve_max_vq(vcpu) - 1,
SYS_ZCR_EL1);
}
+ /*
+ * Flush (save and invalidate) the fpsimd/sve state so that if
+ * the host tries to use fpsimd/sve, it's not using stale data
+ * from the guest.
+ *
+ * Flushing the state sets the TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE bit for the
+ * context unconditionally, in both nVHE and VHE. This allows
+ * the kernel to restore the fpsimd/sve state, including ZCR_EL1
+ * when needed.
+ */
fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state();
} else if (has_vhe() && system_supports_sve()) {
/*