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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 22/28] KVM: nSVM: Do not reset TLB_CONTROL in vmcb02 on nested VM-Enter
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:35:51 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260728003557.1136583-23-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260728003557.1136583-1-yosry@kernel.org>

Stop clearing TLB_CONTROL when preparing the control area of vmcb02, as
this potentially undos pending TLB flushes for L2 (e.g. through
KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH while L1 is running), and remove the associated TODO
comment.

This is currently harmless, because nested_svm_entry_tlb_flush() always
requests KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT on nested VM-Enter, which sets
TLB_CONTROL again before L2 is actually run. However, always flushing
will soon go away with proper TLB handling for L2, at which point always
clearing TLB_CONTROL would be a bug.

Clearing TLB_CONTROL on nested VM-Enter was probably done because
TLB_CONTROL is not cleared by the CPU on VM-Exit. However, KVM always
clears TLB_CONTROL in the active VMCB after VMRUN. Hence, at nested
VM-Enter, TLB_CONTROL in vmcb02 can only be non-zero if a TLB flush is
queued for L2 while L1 is running (i.e. KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH), and that
should never be ignored.

Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 10 +---------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index f50e21fd363fc..58e7d099c559e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -719,12 +719,7 @@ static void nested_svm_entry_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_GUEST, vcpu);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * TODO: optimize unconditional TLB flush/MMU sync.  A partial list of
-	 * things to fix before this can be conditional:
-	 *
-	 *  - Don't crush a pending TLB flush in vmcb02 on nested VMRUN
-	 */
+	/* TODO: optimize unconditional TLB flush/MMU sync */
 	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
 	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);
 }
@@ -966,9 +961,6 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 
 	vmcb02->control.asid = svm->nested.asid02;
 
-	/* Overwritten later if necessary.  */
-	vmcb_clr_flush_asid(vmcb02);
-
 	/* Use vmcb01 MMU and format if guest does not use nNPT */
 	if (nested_npt_enabled(svm)) {
 		vmcb02->control.misc_ctl &= ~SVM_MISC_ENABLE_GMET;
-- 
2.55.0.229.g6434b31f56-goog


  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 ` [PATCH v1 11/28] KVM: SVM: Only flush the fallback ASID when used by a different vCPU Yosry Ahmed
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 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
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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