From: Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@arm.com>
To: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>,
Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@arm.com>,
Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@google.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/3] KVM: arm64: Introduce KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVEL* walk flags
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:22:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260930172226.2459423-4-leo.bras@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260930172226.2459423-2-leo.bras@arm.com>
Add new walking flags KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVEL{0-3}.
When used, they make the kvm_pgtable_walk() skip the given level, as well
as levels higher than that.
Being able to skip levels substancially decreases the runtime of a
pagetable walk when the callback function does nothing on that level.
Signed-off-by: Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@arm.com>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
index 41a8687938eb..5f37ceef8d63 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
@@ -311,31 +311,45 @@ typedef bool (*kvm_pgtable_force_pte_cb_t)(u64 addr, u64 end,
* @KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SHARED: Indicates the page-tables may be shared
* with other software walkers.
* @KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_IGNORE_EAGAIN: Don't terminate the walk early if
* the walker returns -EAGAIN.
* @KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_BBM_TLBI: Visit and update table entries
* without Break-before-make's
* TLB invalidation.
* @KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_CMO: Visit and update table entries
* without Cache maintenance
* operations required.
+ * @KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVEL0: Skip visiting level 0+ entries
+ * @KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVEL1: Skip visiting level 1+ entries
+ * @KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVEL2: Skip visiting level 2+ entries
+ * @KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVEL3: Skip visiting level 3 entries
*/
enum kvm_pgtable_walk_flags {
KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_LEAF = BIT(0),
KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_TABLE_PRE = BIT(1),
KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_TABLE_POST = BIT(2),
KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SHARED = BIT(3),
KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_IGNORE_EAGAIN = BIT(4),
KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_BBM_TLBI = BIT(5),
KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_CMO = BIT(6),
+ /* SKIP_LEVEL* flags should not be split nor reordered */
+ KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVEL0 = BIT(7),
+ KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVEL1 = BIT(8),
+ KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVEL2 = BIT(9),
+ KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVEL3 = BIT(10),
};
+#define KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVELS (KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVEL0 | \
+ KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVEL1 | \
+ KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVEL2 | \
+ KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVEL3 )
+
struct kvm_pgtable_visit_ctx {
kvm_pte_t *ptep;
kvm_pte_t old;
void *arg;
struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops;
u64 start;
u64 addr;
u64 end;
s8 level;
enum kvm_pgtable_walk_flags flags;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
index 7a51f78b6446..80744478c810 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
@@ -137,20 +137,27 @@ static bool kvm_pgtable_walk_continue(const struct kvm_pgtable_walker *walker,
* Ignore the return code altogether for walkers outside a fault handler
* (e.g. write protecting a range of memory) and chug along with the
* page table walk.
*/
if (r == -EAGAIN)
return walker->flags & KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_IGNORE_EAGAIN;
return !r;
}
+static bool kvm_pgtable_skip_level(s8 level, enum kvm_pgtable_walk_flags flags)
+{
+ u32 skip = FIELD_GET(KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SKIP_LEVELS, flags);
+
+ return unlikely(skip && level >= ffs(skip) - 1);
+}
+
static int __kvm_pgtable_walk(struct kvm_pgtable_walk_data *data,
struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops, kvm_pteref_t pgtable, s8 level);
static inline int __kvm_pgtable_visit(struct kvm_pgtable_walk_data *data,
struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops,
kvm_pteref_t pteref, s8 level)
{
enum kvm_pgtable_walk_flags flags = data->walker->flags;
kvm_pte_t *ptep = kvm_dereference_pteref(data->walker, pteref);
struct kvm_pgtable_visit_ctx ctx = {
@@ -185,35 +192,35 @@ static inline int __kvm_pgtable_visit(struct kvm_pgtable_walk_data *data,
* into a newly installed or replaced table.
*/
if (reload) {
ctx.old = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
table = kvm_pte_table(ctx.old, level);
}
if (!kvm_pgtable_walk_continue(data->walker, ret))
return ret;
- if (!table) {
+ if (!table || kvm_pgtable_skip_level(level + 1, ctx.flags)) {
data->addr = ALIGN_DOWN(data->addr, kvm_granule_size(level));
data->addr += kvm_granule_size(level);
goto out;
}
childp = (kvm_pteref_t)kvm_pte_follow(ctx.old, mm_ops);
ret = __kvm_pgtable_walk(data, mm_ops, childp, level + 1);
if (!kvm_pgtable_walk_continue(data->walker, ret))
return ret;
- if (ctx.flags & KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_TABLE_POST)
+out:
+ if (table && ctx.flags & KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_TABLE_POST)
ret = kvm_pgtable_visitor_cb(data, &ctx, KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_TABLE_POST);
-out:
if (kvm_pgtable_walk_continue(data->walker, ret))
return 0;
return ret;
}
static int __kvm_pgtable_walk(struct kvm_pgtable_walk_data *data,
struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops, kvm_pteref_t pgtable, s8 level)
{
u32 idx;
@@ -242,20 +249,23 @@ static int _kvm_pgtable_walk(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, struct kvm_pgtable_walk_da
u32 idx;
int ret = 0;
u64 limit = BIT(pgt->ia_bits);
if (data->addr > limit || data->end > limit)
return -ERANGE;
if (!pgt->pgd)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (kvm_pgtable_skip_level(pgt->start_level, data->walker->flags))
+ return 0;
+
for (idx = kvm_pgd_page_idx(pgt, data->addr); data->addr < data->end; ++idx) {
kvm_pteref_t pteref = &pgt->pgd[idx * PTRS_PER_PTE];
ret = __kvm_pgtable_walk(data, pgt->mm_ops, pteref, pgt->start_level);
if (ret)
break;
}
return ret;
}
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-30 17:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-30 17:22 [PATCH v4 0/3] Optimize S2 hugepage splitting, introduce skip-level flags Leonardo Bras
2026-09-30 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] KVM: arm64: Avoid re-testing walk_continue Leonardo Bras
2026-09-30 17:22 ` Leonardo Bras [this message]
2026-09-30 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] KVM: arm64: Make stage2_split_walker() skip unnecessary walks Leonardo Bras
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