From f3c1d372dbb8e5a86923f20db66deabef42bfc9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Gunthorpe Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:23:29 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Mark STE MEV safe when computing the update sequence Nested CD tables set the MEV bit to try to reduce multi-fault spamming on the hypervisor. Since MEV is in STE word 1 this causes a breaking update sequence that is not required and impacts real workloads. For the purposes of STE updates the value of MEV doesn't matter, if it is set/cleared early or late it just results in a change to the fault reports that must be supported by the kernel anyhow. The spec says: Note: Software must expect, and be able to deal with, coalesced fault records even when MEV == 0. So mark STE MEV safe when computing the update sequence, to avoid creating a breaking update. Fixes: da0c56520e88 ("iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Set MEV bit in nested STE for DoS mitigations") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe Reviewed-by: Shuai Xue Reviewed-by: Mostafa Saleh Reviewed-by: Pranjal Shrivastava Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen Signed-off-by: Will Deacon --- drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c index 361246c6e6841..3ab0f047c8927 100644 --- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c +++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c @@ -1097,6 +1097,16 @@ VISIBLE_IF_KUNIT void arm_smmu_get_ste_update_safe(const __le64 *cur, const __le64 *target, __le64 *safe_bits) { + /* + * MEV does not meaningfully impact the operation of the HW, it only + * changes how many fault events are generated, thus we can relax it + * when computing the ordering. The spec notes the device can act like + * MEV=1 anyhow: + * + * Note: Software must expect, and be able to deal with, coalesced + * fault records even when MEV == 0. + */ + safe_bits[1] |= cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_1_MEV); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_IF_KUNIT(arm_smmu_get_ste_update_safe); -- 2.47.3