From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>,
Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@amd.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v6 03/16] KVM: nSVM: Move VMRUN instruction retirement after entering guest mode
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 01:57:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260506015733.1671124-4-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260506015733.1671124-1-yosry@kernel.org>
A successful VMRUN retires in guest mode and should be counted by the
PMU as a guest instruction. However, __kvm_skip_emulated_instruction()
is called before entering guest mode to advance L1's RIP to the
instruction following VMRUN. This is needed as the RIP is saved in
vmcb01 to be restored on VM-Exit.
Since VMRUN emulation is the only caller of
__kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(), move retiring instructions for PMU
purposes to its wrapper, leaving __kvm_skip_emulated_instruction() as a
transparent wrapper around the vendor-specific calls.
Note that this is currently a noop because KVM does not virtualize
Host-Only/Guest-Only PMC controls yet, so all instructions are counted
regardless of the vCPU's host/guest state. But this change is needed for
the incoming support for Host-Only/Guest-Only controls to count VMRUN
correctly.
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 9 ++++++++-
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 11 +++--------
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 0f6ea490d707b..58c78c889a812 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
#include "lapic.h"
#include "svm.h"
#include "hyperv.h"
+#include "pmu.h"
#define CC KVM_NESTED_VMENTER_CONSISTENCY_CHECK
@@ -1135,7 +1136,7 @@ int nested_svm_vmrun(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
return 0;
if (ret)
- return 1;
+ goto insn_retired;
/*
* Since vmcb01 is not in use, we can use it to store some of the L1
@@ -1165,6 +1166,12 @@ int nested_svm_vmrun(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
nested_svm_vmexit(svm);
}
+insn_retired:
+ /*
+ * A successful VMRUN is counted by the PMU in guest mode, so only
+ * retire the instruction after potentially entering guest mode.
+ */
+ kvm_pmu_instruction_retired(vcpu);
return 1;
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 31dc48a8111e5..08be0a63b93bd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -9274,14 +9274,7 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_do_singlestep(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
int __kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- int r;
-
- r = kvm_x86_call(skip_emulated_instruction)(vcpu);
- if (unlikely(!r))
- return 0;
-
- kvm_pmu_instruction_retired(vcpu);
- return r;
+ return kvm_x86_call(skip_emulated_instruction)(vcpu);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(__kvm_skip_emulated_instruction);
@@ -9294,6 +9287,8 @@ int kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (unlikely(!r))
return 0;
+ kvm_pmu_instruction_retired(vcpu);
+
/*
* rflags is the old, "raw" value of the flags. The new value has
* not been saved yet.
--
2.54.0.545.g6539524ca2-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-06 1:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-06 1:57 [PATCH v6 00/16] Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 01/16] KVM: nSVM: Stop leaking single-stepping on VMRUN into L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-22 23:10 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-22 23:45 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-22 23:45 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-26 19:11 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-26 20:18 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 02/16] KVM: nSVM: Bail early out of VMRUN emulation if advancing RIP fails Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 04/16] KVM: x86: Move enable_pmu/enable_mediated_pmu to pmu.h and pmu.c Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 05/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Rename reprogram_counters() to clarify usage Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 06/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Do a single atomic OR when reprogramming counters Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 07/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Check mediated PMU counter enablement before event filters Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 08/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Add support for KVM_X86_PMU_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0 Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-26 23:31 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-27 23:20 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 09/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Disable counters based on Host-Only/Guest-Only bits in SVM Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 10/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Track mediated PMU counters with mode-specific enables Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 11/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Reprogram Host/Guest-Only counters on nested transitions Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 12/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Allow Host-Only/Guest-Only bits with nSVM and mediated PMU Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 13/16] KVM: selftests: Refactor allocating guest stack into a helper Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 14/16] KVM: selftests: Allocate a dedicated guest page for x86 L2 guest stack Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 15/16] KVM: selftests: Drop L1-provided stacks for L2 guests on x86 Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 1:57 ` [PATCH v6 16/16] KVM: selftests: Add svm_pmu_host_guest_test for Host-Only/Guest-Only bits Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-06 2:00 ` [PATCH v6 00/16] Yosry Ahmed
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