From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>,
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v1 11/28] KVM: SVM: Only flush the fallback ASID when used by a different vCPU
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:35:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260728003557.1136583-12-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260728003557.1136583-1-yosry@kernel.org>
Instead of always flushing the fallback ASID on every vCPU run, only
flush it if the last vCPU that used it on the pCPU changes. This avoids
constant TLB flushing on a vCPU using the fallback ASID if no other
vCPUs that use the same ASID ran on the same pCPU.
Note that checking (and flushing) the current ASID on vCPU load is not
sufficient, as it is possible that a vCPU is using the fallback ASID
only for L1 or only for L2. To do this correctly on vCPU load, both L1
and L2 ASIDs would need to be checked, and the respective VMCB would
need to be flushed. This would not be much simpler, and would perform
unnecessary flushes in some cases (e.g. loading a vCPU that uses the
fallback ASID for L2, but L2 doesn't actually run until the vCPU is
unloaded).
Another alternative is always flushing on vCPU load if the current ASID
is the fallback ASID, and flushing on nested transitions if the new ASID
is the fallback ASID. Again, this is not much simpler and also incurs
unnecessary flushes in some cases.
Do the logical thing and track the vCPU using the fallback ASID instead.
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 3 +++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 31194c773af7c..30a295785c68a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -1365,6 +1365,8 @@ static int svm_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
static void svm_vcpu_free(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
+ struct svm_cpu_data *sd;
+ int cpu;
WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&svm->ir_list));
@@ -1377,6 +1379,11 @@ static void svm_vcpu_free(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
svm_vcpu_free_msrpm(svm->msrpm);
free_asid(vcpu, svm->asid);
+
+ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+ sd = per_cpu_ptr(&svm_data, cpu);
+ cmpxchg(&sd->fallback_asid_vcpu, vcpu, NULL);
+ }
}
#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_MITIGATIONS
@@ -3755,6 +3762,7 @@ static void svm_set_nested_run_soft_int_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
static int pre_svm_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
+ struct svm_cpu_data *sd = this_cpu_ptr(&svm_data);
struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
/*
@@ -3771,8 +3779,11 @@ static int pre_svm_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (is_sev_guest(vcpu))
return pre_sev_run(svm, vcpu->cpu);
- if (unlikely(svm->vmcb->control.asid == fallback_asid))
+ if (unlikely(svm->vmcb->control.asid == fallback_asid &&
+ sd->fallback_asid_vcpu != vcpu)) {
vmcb_set_flush_asid(svm->vmcb);
+ sd->fallback_asid_vcpu = vcpu;
+ }
return 0;
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
index a75862e693134..79339ee8a3d56 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -375,6 +375,9 @@ struct svm_cpu_data {
struct vmcb *save_area;
unsigned long save_area_pa;
+ /* Last vCPU to use fallback_asid on this CPU */
+ struct kvm_vcpu *fallback_asid_vcpu;
+
/* index = sev_asid, value = vmcb pointer */
struct vmcb **sev_vmcbs;
};
--
2.55.0.229.g6434b31f56-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-28 0:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-28 0:35 [PATCH v1 00/28] KVM: nSVM: Optimize nSVM TLB flushes Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 01/28] KVM: nSVM: Flush the TLB after forcefully leaving nested Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 02/28] KVM: SVM: Document number of ASIDs CPUID setting Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 03/28] KVM: VMX: Generalize VPID allocation to be vendor-neutral Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 04/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Support specifying reserved TLB tags Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 05/28] KVM: SVM: Add helpers to set/clear ASID flush in VMCB Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 06/28] KVM: SVM: Fallback to flush everything if FLUSHBYASID is not available Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 07/28] KVM: SVM: Duplicate pre-run ASID check for SEV and non-SEV guests Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 08/28] KVM: SEV: Do ASID initialization at VMCB initialization Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 09/28] KVM: SEV: Expose sev_get_asid() outside of sev.c Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 10/28] KVM: SVM: Use a static ASID per vCPU Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 12/28] KVM: nSVM: Add a placeholder ASID for L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 13/28] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Rename kvm_hv_vcpu_purge_flush_tlb() Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 14/28] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Allow puring all TLB flush FIFOs Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 15/28] KVM: nSVM: Drop svm->nested.initialized Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 16/28] KVM: nSVM: Flush both L1 and L2 ASIDs on KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 17/28] KVM: nSVM: Always switch VMCB before leaving guest mode Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 18/28] KVM: nSVM: Split nested_svm_transition_tlb_flush() into entry/exit fns Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 19/28] KVM: nSVM: Service local TLB flushes before nested transitions Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 20/28] KVM: nSVM: Handle nested TLB flush requests through TLB_CONTROL Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 21/28] KVM: nSVM: Flush the TLB if L1 changes L2's ASID in vmcb12 Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 22/28] KVM: nSVM: Do not reset TLB_CONTROL in vmcb02 on nested VM-Enter Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 23/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Rename __kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr() to kvm_mmu_sync_addr() Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 24/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Refactor kvm_mmu_invlpg() to allow skipping the GVA flush Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 25/28] KVM: nSVM: Flush L2's ASID when emulating INVLPGA Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 26/28] KVM: nSVM: Flush the ASID on nested transitions if shared by L1 and L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 27/28] KVM: nSVM: Use different ASIDs for " Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 28/28] KVM: selftests: Add a test for nested TLB flushes Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 1:05 ` [PATCH v1 00/28] KVM: nSVM: Optimize nSVM " Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 1:18 ` Sean Christopherson
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