From: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>
To: <kvm@vger.kernel.org>, <seanjc@google.com>, <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>, <bp@alien8.de>,
<joao.m.martins@oracle.com>, <nikunj@amd.com>,
<kai.huang@intel.com>, <yosry@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v8 0/8] KVM: SVM: Add Page Modification Logging (PML) support
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 06:38:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907063906.1964557-1-nikunj@amd.com> (raw)
This series implements Page Modification Logging (PML) for guests on select
AMD Zen6 and later processors, bringing hardware-assisted dirty logging
support. PML is designed to track guest modified memory pages. PML enables the
hypervisor to identify which pages in a guest's memory have been modified
since the last checkpoint or during live migration. More details can be
found in the latest AMD APM Volume 2 (System Programming), section
"15.25.15 Page Modification Logging".
The PML feature uses two new VMCB fields (PML_ADDR and PML_INDEX) and
generates a VMEXIT when the 4KB log buffer becomes full.
The feature is enabled by default when hardware support is detected and can
be disabled via the 'pml' module parameter.
Changelog:
v8:
* Rebased on latest kvm/next
* Drop redundant pml_addr=0 in nested_vmcb02_prepare_control() (Yosry)
* Fix misleading comment, pml_index=-1 is hardening not stale-data
cleanup (Yosry, Sean)
* Route nested SVM_EXIT_PML_FULL to KVM and treat it as unexpected
exit (Sean)
* Refactor update_cpu_dirty_logging() to common code as a separate
pre-patch (Sean)
v7: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260518045916.2988667-1-nikunj@amd.com/
* Swap patch order to avoid adding @pml_page parameter only to remove it
(Sean)
* Add Sean's prep patch to pass @vcpu to init_vmcs() instead of @vmx,
cleaning up all vmx->vcpu usage (Sean)
* Drop guard(svm_vmcb01) patch; access vmcb01 directly in
svm_update_cpu_dirty_logging() since VMCB is just memory (Sean, Yosry)
* Only initialize PML index on reset, leave unchanged on INIT to avoid
discarding unflushed entries. PML_INDEX in the control area remains valid
after intercepted SHUTDOWN (Sashiko, Sean, Kai)
Nikunj A Dadhania (7):
KVM: x86: Move PML page to common vcpu arch structure
KVM: x86: Carve out PML flush routine
KVM: VMX: Use cpu_dirty_log_size instead of enable_pml for PML checks
KVM: x86: Carve out common dirty logging update
x86/cpufeatures: Add Page modification logging
KVM: SVM: Use BIT_ULL for 64-bit misc_ctl bit definitions
KVM: SVM: Add Page modification logging support
Sean Christopherson (1):
KVM: VMX: Pass @vcpu, not @vmx to init_vmcs()
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 4 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h | 14 ++--
arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/svm.h | 2 +
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 14 ++++
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c | 4 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 82 +++++++---------------
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h | 9 +--
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/x86_ops.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 48 ++++++++++++-
arch/x86/kvm/x86.h | 7 ++
15 files changed, 220 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)
base-commit: d4b7fb647204f0c81dfeae2d1a708e4d858e0c94
--
2.48.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 6:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 6:38 Nikunj A Dadhania [this message]
2026-09-07 6:38 ` [PATCH v8 1/8] KVM: VMX: Pass @vcpu, not @vmx to init_vmcs() Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-09-07 6:39 ` [PATCH v8 2/8] KVM: x86: Move PML page to common vcpu arch structure Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-09-07 6:39 ` [PATCH v8 3/8] KVM: x86: Carve out PML flush routine Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-09-07 6:39 ` [PATCH v8 4/8] KVM: VMX: Use cpu_dirty_log_size instead of enable_pml for PML checks Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-09-07 6:39 ` [PATCH v8 5/8] KVM: x86: Carve out common dirty logging update Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-09-07 6:39 ` [PATCH v8 6/8] x86/cpufeatures: Add Page modification logging Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-09-07 6:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-07 9:49 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-09-07 6:39 ` [PATCH v8 7/8] KVM: SVM: Use BIT_ULL for 64-bit misc_ctl bit definitions Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-09-07 6:39 ` [PATCH v8 8/8] KVM: SVM: Add Page modification logging support Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-09-07 7:00 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 4:08 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-09-10 0:22 ` Sean Christopherson
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