From: Steven Price <steven.price@arm•com>
To: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel•org>
Cc: kvm@vger•kernel.org, kvmarm@lists•linux.dev,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm•com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel•org>, James Morse <james.morse@arm•com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 03/44] arm64: RME: Handle Granule Protection Faults (GPFs)
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 16:15:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <82e39e69-a344-4330-a8dd-7073b005a6e5@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86fr3lvtk3.wl-maz@kernel.org>
On 21/05/2026 13:25, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 2026 14:17:11 +0100,
> Steven Price <steven.price@arm•com> wrote:
>>
>> If the host attempts to access granules that have been delegated for use
>> in a realm these accesses will be caught and will trigger a Granule
>> Protection Fault (GPF).
>>
>> A fault during a page walk signals a bug in the kernel and is handled by
>> oopsing the kernel. A non-page walk fault could be caused by user space
>> having access to a page which has been delegated to the kernel and will
>> trigger a SIGBUS to allow debugging why user space is trying to access a
>> delegated page.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm•com>
>> Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat•com>
>> Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@arm•com>
>> ---
>> Changes since v10:
>> * Don't call arm64_notify_die() in do_gpf() but simply return 1.
>> Changes since v2:
>> * Include missing "Granule Protection Fault at level -1"
>> ---
>> arch/arm64/mm/fault.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
>> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
>> index 0f3c5c7ca054..6358ea4787ba 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
>> @@ -905,6 +905,22 @@ static int do_tag_check_fault(unsigned long far, unsigned long esr,
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> +static int do_gpf_ptw(unsigned long far, unsigned long esr, struct pt_regs *regs)
>> +{
>> + const struct fault_info *inf = esr_to_fault_info(esr);
>> +
>> + die_kernel_fault(inf->name, far, esr, regs);
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int do_gpf(unsigned long far, unsigned long esr, struct pt_regs *regs)
>> +{
>> + if (!is_el1_instruction_abort(esr) && fixup_exception(regs, esr))
>> + return 0;
>> +
>> + return 1;
>> +}
>> +
>> static const struct fault_info fault_info[] = {
>> { do_bad, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "ttbr address size fault" },
>> { do_bad, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "level 1 address size fault" },
>> @@ -941,12 +957,12 @@ static const struct fault_info fault_info[] = {
>> { do_bad, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "unknown 32" },
>> { do_alignment_fault, SIGBUS, BUS_ADRALN, "alignment fault" },
>> { do_bad, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "unknown 34" },
>> - { do_bad, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "unknown 35" },
>> - { do_bad, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "unknown 36" },
>> - { do_bad, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "unknown 37" },
>> - { do_bad, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "unknown 38" },
>> - { do_bad, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "unknown 39" },
>> - { do_bad, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "unknown 40" },
>> + { do_gpf_ptw, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "Granule Protection Fault at level -1" },
>> + { do_gpf_ptw, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "Granule Protection Fault at level 0" },
>> + { do_gpf_ptw, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "Granule Protection Fault at level 1" },
>> + { do_gpf_ptw, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "Granule Protection Fault at level 2" },
>> + { do_gpf_ptw, SIGKILL, SI_KERNEL, "Granule Protection Fault at level 3" },
>> + { do_gpf, SIGBUS, SI_KERNEL, "Granule Protection Fault not on table walk" },
>
> It wouldn't hurt to align the textual description with what we have
> for other fault syndromes:
>
> "level X granule protection fault (translation table walk)"
>
> for the PTW-trigger faults, and
>
> "granule protection fault"
>
> for the non PTW case.
Sure, no problem.
Thanks,
Steve
>
> Thanks,
>
> M.
>
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Thread overview: 123+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-13 13:17 [PATCH v14 00/44] arm64: Support for Arm CCA in KVM Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 01/44] kvm: arm64: Include kvm_emulate.h in kvm/arm_psci.h Steven Price
2026-05-21 10:19 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-05-21 15:11 ` Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 02/44] kvm: arm64: Avoid including linux/kvm_host.h in kvm_pgtable.h Steven Price
2026-05-21 10:26 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-05-21 15:11 ` Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 03/44] arm64: RME: Handle Granule Protection Faults (GPFs) Steven Price
2026-05-21 12:25 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-05-21 15:15 ` Steven Price [this message]
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 04/44] arm64: RMI: Add SMC definitions for calling the RMM Steven Price
2026-05-18 7:08 ` Gavin Shan
2026-05-20 16:01 ` Steven Price
2026-05-21 12:40 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-05-21 14:50 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-05-21 15:33 ` Steven Price
2026-05-22 9:58 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-06-03 10:15 ` Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 05/44] arm64: RMI: Add wrappers for RMI calls Steven Price
2026-05-19 5:35 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-05-21 15:44 ` Steven Price
2026-05-21 0:21 ` Gavin Shan
2026-05-21 15:44 ` Steven Price
2026-05-21 12:49 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-05-21 15:44 ` Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 06/44] arm64: RMI: Check for RMI support at init Steven Price
2026-05-21 0:39 ` Gavin Shan
2026-05-21 15:49 ` Steven Price
2026-05-25 6:58 ` Gavin Shan
2026-06-03 10:57 ` Steven Price
2026-05-21 13:02 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-06-03 10:57 ` Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 07/44] arm64: RMI: Configure the RMM with the host's page size Steven Price
2026-05-21 0:51 ` Gavin Shan
2026-05-21 22:36 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-05-21 13:30 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-05-21 14:53 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-06-03 15:48 ` Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 08/44] arm64: RMI: Ensure that the RMM has GPT entries for memory Steven Price
2026-05-19 5:55 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-06-03 15:48 ` Steven Price
2026-05-21 0:58 ` Gavin Shan
2026-06-03 15:48 ` Steven Price
2026-05-21 13:47 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-05-21 14:24 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-05-21 15:39 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-06-03 15:48 ` Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 09/44] arm64: RMI: Provide functions to delegate/undelegate ranges of memory Steven Price
2026-05-21 13:59 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-05-21 16:01 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-05-22 10:02 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-06-04 14:43 ` Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 10/44] arm64: RMI: Add support for SRO Steven Price
2026-05-14 8:01 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-05-14 9:33 ` Steven Price
2026-05-19 6:02 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-06-04 15:19 ` Steven Price
2026-05-21 4:38 ` Gavin Shan
2026-06-04 15:19 ` Steven Price
2026-05-21 14:35 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-06-04 15:19 ` Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 11/44] arm64: RMI: Check for RMI support at KVM init Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 12/44] arm64: RMI: Check for LPA2 support Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 13/44] arm64: RMI: Define the user ABI Steven Price
2026-05-26 22:17 ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-06-04 15:27 ` Steven Price
2026-05-27 15:21 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-06-02 11:15 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-06-04 15:27 ` Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 14/44] arm64: RMI: Basic infrastructure for creating a realm Steven Price
2026-05-19 6:31 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-05-28 7:10 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-06-02 14:49 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-06-04 15:55 ` Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 15/44] kvm: arm64: Don't expose unsupported capabilities for realm guests Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 16/44] KVM: arm64: Allow passing machine type in KVM creation Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 17/44] arm64: RMI: RTT tear down Steven Price
2026-05-19 6:54 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-05-26 22:27 ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-05-26 22:32 ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 18/44] arm64: RMI: Activate realm on first VCPU run Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 19/44] arm64: RMI: Allocate/free RECs to match vCPUs Steven Price
2026-05-26 22:39 ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 20/44] arm64: RMI: Support for the VGIC in realms Steven Price
2026-05-28 4:07 ` Gavin Shan
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 21/44] KVM: arm64: Support timers in realm RECs Steven Price
2026-05-28 4:11 ` Gavin Shan
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 22/44] arm64: RMI: Handle realm enter/exit Steven Price
2026-05-28 4:38 ` Gavin Shan
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 23/44] arm64: RMI: Handle RMI_EXIT_RIPAS_CHANGE Steven Price
2026-05-19 9:40 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-05-27 10:52 ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 24/44] KVM: arm64: Handle realm MMIO emulation Steven Price
2026-05-28 5:03 ` Gavin Shan
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 25/44] KVM: arm64: Expose support for private memory Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 26/44] arm64: RMI: Allow populating initial contents Steven Price
2026-05-28 5:30 ` Gavin Shan
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 27/44] arm64: RMI: Set RIPAS of initial memslots Steven Price
2026-05-19 10:02 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-05-19 10:13 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-05-19 12:55 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-05-19 13:06 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 28/44] arm64: RMI: Create the realm descriptor Steven Price
2026-05-26 22:47 ` Wei-Lin Chang
2026-05-28 5:51 ` Gavin Shan
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 29/44] arm64: RMI: Runtime faulting of memory Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 30/44] KVM: arm64: Handle realm VCPU load Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 31/44] KVM: arm64: Validate register access for a Realm VM Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 32/44] KVM: arm64: Handle Realm PSCI requests Steven Price
2026-05-28 6:55 ` Gavin Shan
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 33/44] KVM: arm64: WARN on injected undef exceptions Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 34/44] arm64: RMI: allow userspace to inject aborts Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 35/44] arm64: RMI: support RSI_HOST_CALL Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 36/44] arm64: RMI: Allow checking SVE on VM instance Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 37/44] arm64: RMI: Prevent Device mappings for Realms Steven Price
2026-05-19 10:25 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 38/44] arm64: RMI: Propagate number of breakpoints and watchpoints to userspace Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 39/44] arm64: RMI: Set breakpoint parameters through SET_ONE_REG Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 40/44] arm64: RMI: Propagate max SVE vector length from RMM Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 41/44] arm64: RMI: Configure max SVE vector length for a Realm Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 42/44] arm64: RMI: Provide register list for unfinalized RMI RECs Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 43/44] arm64: RMI: Provide accurate register list Steven Price
2026-05-13 13:17 ` [PATCH v14 44/44] arm64: RMI: Enable realms to be created Steven Price
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