From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Naveen N Rao <naveen@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/3] KVM: x86: Add dedicated API for getting mask of accelerated x2APIC MSRs
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 14:31:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260514213115.1637082-2-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260514213115.1637082-1-seanjc@google.com>
Add a dedicated local APIC API, kvm_x2apic_disable_intercept_reg_mask(),
to provide the mask of x2APIC registers whose MSRs can and should be passed
through to the guest when x2APIC virtualization is enable, and use it in
lieu of the open-coded equivalent VMX logic. Providing a common helper
will allow sharing the logic with SVM (x2AVIC), and as a bonus eliminates
the somewhat confusing code where KVM enables interception for MSR_TYPE_RW,
even though only the READ case actually needs to be updated.
No functional change intended.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 3 +--
3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 4078e624ca66..4e34f75e705d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ static inline struct kvm_lapic *to_lapic(struct kvm_io_device *dev)
#define APIC_REGS_MASK(first, count) \
(APIC_REG_MASK(first) * ((1ull << (count)) - 1))
-u64 kvm_lapic_readable_reg_mask(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
+static u64 kvm_lapic_readable_reg_mask(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
{
/* Leave bits '0' for reserved and write-only registers. */
u64 valid_reg_mask =
@@ -1766,7 +1766,24 @@ u64 kvm_lapic_readable_reg_mask(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
return valid_reg_mask;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_lapic_readable_reg_mask);
+
+u64 kvm_x2apic_disable_read_intercept_reg_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!lapic_in_kernel(vcpu)))
+ return 0;
+
+ /*
+ * TMMCT, a.k.a. the current APIC timer count, reads aren't accelerated
+ * by hardware (Intel or AMD) as the timer is emulated in software (by
+ * KVM), i.e. reads from the virtual APIC page would return garbage.
+ * Intercept RDMSR, as handling the fault-like APIC-access VM-Exit is
+ * more expensive than handling a RDMSR VM-Exit (the APIC-access exit
+ * requires slow emulation of the code stream).
+ */
+ return kvm_lapic_readable_reg_mask(vcpu->arch.apic) &
+ ~APIC_REG_MASK(APIC_TMCCT);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_x2apic_disable_read_intercept_reg_mask);
static int kvm_lapic_reg_read(struct kvm_lapic *apic, u32 offset, int len,
void *data)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
index 274885af4ebc..f763cd29a508 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ int kvm_hv_vapic_msr_read(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr, u64 *data);
int kvm_lapic_set_pv_eoi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 data, unsigned long len);
void kvm_lapic_exit(void);
-u64 kvm_lapic_readable_reg_mask(struct kvm_lapic *apic);
+u64 kvm_x2apic_disable_read_intercept_reg_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
static inline void kvm_lapic_set_irr(int vec, struct kvm_lapic *apic)
{
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index b02d176800f8..a23a144eef13 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -4156,7 +4156,7 @@ static void vmx_update_msr_bitmap_x2apic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* mode, only the current timer count needs on-demand emulation by KVM.
*/
if (mode & MSR_BITMAP_MODE_X2APIC_APICV)
- msr_bitmap[read_idx] = ~kvm_lapic_readable_reg_mask(vcpu->arch.apic);
+ msr_bitmap[read_idx] = ~kvm_x2apic_disable_read_intercept_reg_mask(vcpu);
else
msr_bitmap[read_idx] = ~0ull;
msr_bitmap[write_idx] = ~0ull;
@@ -4169,7 +4169,6 @@ static void vmx_update_msr_bitmap_x2apic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
!(mode & MSR_BITMAP_MODE_X2APIC));
if (mode & MSR_BITMAP_MODE_X2APIC_APICV) {
- vmx_enable_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, X2APIC_MSR(APIC_TMCCT), MSR_TYPE_RW);
vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, X2APIC_MSR(APIC_EOI), MSR_TYPE_W);
vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, X2APIC_MSR(APIC_SELF_IPI), MSR_TYPE_W);
if (enable_ipiv)
--
2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-14 21:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-14 21:31 [PATCH v3 0/3] KVM: SVM: Fix x2AVIC MSR interception issues Sean Christopherson
2026-05-14 21:31 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-05-14 21:31 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] KVM: SVM: Disable x2AVIC RDMSR interception for MSRs KVM actually supports Sean Christopherson
2026-05-14 21:31 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] KVM: SVM: Only disable x2AVIC WRMSR interception for MSRs that are accelerated Sean Christopherson
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