From: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>
To: <seanjc@google.com>, <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: <kvm@vger.kernel.org>, <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
<santosh.shukla@amd.com>, <bp@alien8.de>,
<joao.m.martins@oracle.com>, <nikunj@amd.com>,
<kai.huang@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/5] KVM: SVM: Add Page Modification Logging (PML) support
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:10:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250925101052.1868431-1-nikunj@amd.com> (raw)
This series implements Page Modification Logging (PML) for guests, 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.
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:
v3:
* Update comments with nested details (Kai Huang)
* Added nested.update_vmcb01_cpu_dirty_logging to update L1 PML (Kai Huang)
* Added patch to use BIT_ULL() instead of BIT() for 64-bit nested_ctl
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20250915085938.639049-1-nikunj@amd.com/
* Rebased on latest kvm/next
* Added patch to move pml_pg field from struct vcpu_vmx to struct kvm_vcpu_arch
to share the PML page. (Kai Huang)
* Dropped the SNP safe allocation optimization patch, will submit it separately.
* Update commit message adding explicit mention that AMD PML follows VMX behavior
(Kai Huang)
* Updated SNP erratum comment to include PML buffer alongside VMCB, VMSA, and
AVIC pages. (Kai Huang)
RFC: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20250825152009.3512-1-nikunj@amd.com/
Nikunj A Dadhania (5):
KVM: x86: Carve out PML flush routine
KVM: x86: Move PML page to common vcpu arch structure
x86/cpufeatures: Add Page modification logging
KVM: SVM: Use BIT_ULL for 64-bit nested_ctl bit definitions
KVM: SVM: Add Page modification logging support
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 +
arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h | 12 ++--
arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/svm.h | 2 +
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 13 +++-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 5 ++
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 48 ++++----------
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h | 7 --
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 31 +++++++++
arch/x86/kvm/x86.h | 7 ++
13 files changed, 179 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
base-commit: a6ad54137af92535cfe32e19e5f3bc1bb7dbd383
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2.48.1
next reply other threads:[~2025-09-25 10:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-25 10:10 Nikunj A Dadhania [this message]
2025-09-25 10:10 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] KVM: x86: Carve out PML flush routine Nikunj A Dadhania
2025-09-25 10:10 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] KVM: x86: Move PML page to common vcpu arch structure Nikunj A Dadhania
2025-09-25 10:10 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] x86/cpufeatures: Add Page modification logging Nikunj A Dadhania
2025-09-25 10:10 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] KVM: SVM: Use BIT_ULL for 64-bit nested_ctl bit definitions Nikunj A Dadhania
2025-09-25 10:10 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] KVM: SVM: Add Page modification logging support Nikunj A Dadhania
2025-09-29 1:41 ` Huang, Kai
2025-09-29 8:52 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2025-09-29 10:30 ` Huang, Kai
2025-09-29 10:35 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2025-09-30 5:46 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2025-09-30 6:02 ` Huang, Kai
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