From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>, Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v5 04/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:54:42 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260224005500.1471972-5-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260224005500.1471972-1-jmattson@google.com>
When nested NPT is enabled in vmcb12, copy the (cached and validated)
vmcb12 g_pat field to the guest PAT register. Under KVM, the guest PAT
register lives in svm->nested.save.g_pat.
When NPT is enabled, but nested NPT is disabled, copy L1's IA32_PAT MSR to
the vmcb02 g_pat field, since L2 shares the IA32_PAT MSR with L1.
When NPT is disabled, the g_pat field is ignored by hardware.
Fixes: 15038e147247 ("KVM: SVM: obey guest PAT")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 91b35adb83f8..dc8275837120 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -724,9 +724,6 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_save(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
struct vmcb *vmcb02 = svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr;
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &svm->vcpu;
- nested_vmcb02_compute_g_pat(svm);
- vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb02, VMCB_NPT);
-
/* Load the nested guest state */
if (svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa != svm->nested.last_vmcb12_gpa) {
new_vmcb12 = true;
@@ -757,6 +754,13 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_save(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb02, VMCB_CET);
}
+ if (nested_npt_enabled(svm)) {
+ if (unlikely(new_vmcb12 || vmcb12_is_dirty(control, VMCB_NPT)))
+ vmcb_set_gpat(vmcb02, svm->nested.save.g_pat);
+ } else if (npt_enabled) {
+ vmcb_set_gpat(vmcb02, vcpu->arch.pat);
+ }
+
kvm_set_rflags(vcpu, save->rflags | X86_EFLAGS_FIXED);
svm_set_efer(vcpu, svm->nested.save.efer);
--
2.53.0.371.g1d285c8824-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-24 0:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-24 0:54 [PATCH v5 00/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Improve PAT virtualization Jim Mattson
2026-02-24 0:54 ` [PATCH v5 01/10] KVM: x86: SVM: Remove vmcb_is_dirty() Jim Mattson
2026-02-24 0:54 ` [PATCH v5 02/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Clear VMCB_NPT clean bit when updating hPAT from guest mode Jim Mattson
2026-02-24 0:54 ` [PATCH v5 03/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Cache and validate vmcb12 g_pat Jim Mattson
2026-02-24 0:54 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-02-24 0:54 ` [PATCH v5 05/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Redirect IA32_PAT accesses to either hPAT or gPAT Jim Mattson
2026-02-24 17:43 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-24 18:18 ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-24 19:04 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-24 0:54 ` [PATCH v5 06/10] KVM: x86: Remove common handling of MSR_IA32_CR_PAT Jim Mattson
2026-02-24 0:54 ` [PATCH v5 07/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save gPAT to vmcb12.g_pat on VMEXIT Jim Mattson
2026-02-24 0:54 ` [PATCH v5 08/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save/restore gPAT with KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE Jim Mattson
2026-03-04 17:11 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-04 18:37 ` Jim Mattson
2026-03-04 19:11 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-04 19:35 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-04 19:55 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-05 18:49 ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-24 0:54 ` [PATCH v5 09/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Handle restore of legacy nested state Jim Mattson
2026-03-03 17:32 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-24 0:54 ` [PATCH v5 10/10] KVM: selftests: nSVM: Add svm_nested_pat test Jim Mattson
2026-03-05 17:08 ` [PATCH v5 00/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Improve PAT virtualization Sean Christopherson
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