From: "Xin Li (Intel)" <xin@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: pbonzini@redhat.com, seanjc@google.com, corbet@lwn.net,
tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de,
dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com,
xin@zytor.com, luto@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
andrew.cooper3@citrix.com, chao.gao@intel.com, hch@infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v7 13/21] KVM: x86: Save/restore the nested flag of an exception
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:31:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250829153149.2871901-14-xin@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250829153149.2871901-1-xin@zytor.com>
Save/restore the nested flag of an exception during VM save/restore
and live migration to ensure a correct event stack level is chosen
when a nested exception is injected through FRED event delivery.
Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@zytor.com>
Tested-by: Xuelian Guo <xuelian.guo@intel.com>
---
Change in v5:
* Add TB from Xuelian Guo.
Change in v4:
* Add live migration support for exception nested flag (Chao Gao).
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 4 +++-
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 1 +
5 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 6aa40ee05a4a..c496b0883a7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -1184,6 +1184,10 @@ The following bits are defined in the flags field:
fields contain a valid state. This bit will be set whenever
KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_PAYLOAD is enabled.
+- KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_NESTED_FLAG may be set to inform that the
+ exception is a nested exception. This bit will be set whenever
+ KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_NESTED_FLAG is enabled.
+
- KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_TRIPLE_FAULT may be set to signal that the
triple_fault_pending field contains a valid state. This bit will
be set whenever KVM_CAP_X86_TRIPLE_FAULT_EVENT is enabled.
@@ -1283,6 +1287,10 @@ can be set in the flags field to signal that the
exception_has_payload, exception_payload, and exception.pending fields
contain a valid state and shall be written into the VCPU.
+If KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_NESTED_FLAG is enabled, KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_NESTED_FLAG
+can be set in the flags field to inform that the exception is a nested
+exception and exception_is_nested shall be written into the VCPU.
+
If KVM_CAP_X86_TRIPLE_FAULT_EVENT is enabled, KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_TRIPLE_FAULT
can be set in flags field to signal that the triple_fault field contains
a valid state and shall be written into the VCPU.
@@ -8651,7 +8659,7 @@ given VM.
When this capability is enabled, KVM resets the VCPU when setting
MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED through IOCTL. The original MP_STATE is preserved.
-7.43 KVM_CAP_ARM_CACHEABLE_PFNMAP_SUPPORTED
+7.44 KVM_CAP_ARM_CACHEABLE_PFNMAP_SUPPORTED
-------------------------------------------
:Architectures: arm64
@@ -8662,6 +8670,17 @@ This capability indicate to the userspace whether a PFNMAP memory region
can be safely mapped as cacheable. This relies on the presence of
force write back (FWB) feature support on the hardware.
+7.45 KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_NESTED_FLAG
+----------------------------------
+
+:Architectures: x86
+:Parameters: args[0] whether feature should be enabled or not
+
+With this capability enabled, an exception is save/restored with the
+additional information of whether it was nested or not. FRED event
+delivery uses this information to ensure a correct event stack level
+is chosen when a VM entry injects a nested exception.
+
8. Other capabilities.
======================
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index b5a1fef8d637..0a646305e9d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1489,6 +1489,7 @@ struct kvm_arch {
bool has_mapped_host_mmio;
bool guest_can_read_msr_platform_info;
bool exception_payload_enabled;
+ bool exception_nested_flag_enabled;
bool triple_fault_event;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
index 478d9b63a9db..03ea8c46d8cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ struct kvm_reinject_control {
#define KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM 0x00000008
#define KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_PAYLOAD 0x00000010
#define KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_TRIPLE_FAULT 0x00000020
+#define KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_NESTED_FLAG 0x00000040
/* Interrupt shadow states */
#define KVM_X86_SHADOW_INT_MOV_SS 0x01
@@ -363,7 +364,8 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_events {
struct {
__u8 pending;
} triple_fault;
- __u8 reserved[26];
+ __u8 reserved[25];
+ __u8 exception_is_nested;
__u8 exception_has_payload;
__u64 exception_payload;
};
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 7598b8d72b07..c030c7c43346 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4958,6 +4958,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
case KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES:
case KVM_CAP_MSR_PLATFORM_INFO:
case KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_PAYLOAD:
+ case KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_NESTED_FLAG:
case KVM_CAP_X86_TRIPLE_FAULT_EVENT:
case KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG:
case KVM_CAP_LAST_CPU:
@@ -5703,6 +5704,7 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_get_vcpu_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
events->exception.error_code = ex->error_code;
events->exception_has_payload = ex->has_payload;
events->exception_payload = ex->payload;
+ events->exception_is_nested = ex->nested;
events->interrupt.injected =
vcpu->arch.interrupt.injected && !vcpu->arch.interrupt.soft;
@@ -5728,6 +5730,8 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_get_vcpu_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
| KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM);
if (vcpu->kvm->arch.exception_payload_enabled)
events->flags |= KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_PAYLOAD;
+ if (vcpu->kvm->arch.exception_nested_flag_enabled)
+ events->flags |= KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_NESTED_FLAG;
if (vcpu->kvm->arch.triple_fault_event) {
events->triple_fault.pending = kvm_test_request(KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT, vcpu);
events->flags |= KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_TRIPLE_FAULT;
@@ -5742,7 +5746,8 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_set_vcpu_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
| KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW
| KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM
| KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_PAYLOAD
- | KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_TRIPLE_FAULT))
+ | KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_TRIPLE_FAULT
+ | KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_NESTED_FLAG))
return -EINVAL;
if (events->flags & KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_PAYLOAD) {
@@ -5757,6 +5762,13 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_set_vcpu_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
events->exception_has_payload = 0;
}
+ if (events->flags & KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_NESTED_FLAG) {
+ if (!vcpu->kvm->arch.exception_nested_flag_enabled)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ } else {
+ events->exception_is_nested = 0;
+ }
+
if ((events->exception.injected || events->exception.pending) &&
(events->exception.nr > 31 || events->exception.nr == NMI_VECTOR))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -5782,6 +5794,7 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_set_vcpu_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
vcpu->arch.exception.error_code = events->exception.error_code;
vcpu->arch.exception.has_payload = events->exception_has_payload;
vcpu->arch.exception.payload = events->exception_payload;
+ vcpu->arch.exception.nested = events->exception_is_nested;
vcpu->arch.interrupt.injected = events->interrupt.injected;
vcpu->arch.interrupt.nr = events->interrupt.nr;
@@ -6831,6 +6844,10 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_cap(struct kvm *kvm,
kvm->arch.exception_payload_enabled = cap->args[0];
r = 0;
break;
+ case KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_NESTED_FLAG:
+ kvm->arch.exception_nested_flag_enabled = cap->args[0];
+ r = 0;
+ break;
case KVM_CAP_X86_TRIPLE_FAULT_EVENT:
kvm->arch.triple_fault_event = cap->args[0];
r = 0;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index f0f0d49d2544..fe4a822b3c09 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -962,6 +962,7 @@ struct kvm_enable_cap {
#define KVM_CAP_ARM_EL2_E2H0 241
#define KVM_CAP_RISCV_MP_STATE_RESET 242
#define KVM_CAP_ARM_CACHEABLE_PFNMAP_SUPPORTED 243
+#define KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_NESTED_FLAG 244
struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip {
__u32 irqchip;
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-29 15:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-29 15:31 [PATCH v7 00/21] Enable FRED with KVM VMX Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 01/21] KVM: VMX: Add support for the secondary VM exit controls Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 02/21] KVM: VMX: Initialize VM entry/exit FRED controls in vmcs_config Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 03/21] KVM: VMX: Disable FRED if FRED consistency checks fail Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 04/21] x86/cea: Prefix event stack names with ESTACK_ Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 05/21] x86/cea: Export API for per-CPU exception stacks for KVM Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 16:52 ` Xin Li
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 06/21] KVM: VMX: Initialize VMCS FRED fields Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 07/21] KVM: VMX: Set FRED MSR intercepts Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 08/21] KVM: VMX: Save/restore guest FRED RSP0 Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 09/21] KVM: VMX: Add support for saving and restoring FRED MSRs Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 10/21] KVM: x86: Add a helper to detect if FRED is enabled for a vCPU Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 11/21] KVM: VMX: Virtualize FRED event_data Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 12/21] KVM: VMX: Virtualize FRED nested exception tracking Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` Xin Li (Intel) [this message]
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 14/21] KVM: x86: Mark CR4.FRED as not reserved Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 15/21] KVM: VMX: Dump FRED context in dump_vmcs() Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 16/21] KVM: x86: Advertise support for FRED Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 17/21] KVM: nVMX: Add support for the secondary VM exit controls Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 18/21] KVM: nVMX: Add FRED VMCS fields to nested VMX context handling Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 19/21] KVM: nVMX: Add FRED-related VMCS field checks Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 20/21] KVM: nVMX: Add prerequisites to SHADOW_FIELD_R[OW] macros Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-29 15:31 ` [PATCH v7 21/21] KVM: nVMX: Allow VMX FRED controls Xin Li (Intel)
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