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From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/4] KVM: SVM: Allow KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE to clear GIF when SVME==0
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:48:00 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251121204803.991707-2-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251121204803.991707-1-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>

From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>

GIF==0 together with EFER.SVME==0 is a valid architectural
state. Don't return -EINVAL for KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE when this
combination is specified.

Fixes: cc440cdad5b7 ("KVM: nSVM: implement KVM_GET_NESTED_STATE and KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index c81005b24522..3e4bd8d69788 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1784,8 +1784,8 @@ static int svm_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	 * EFER.SVME, but EFER.SVME still has to be 1 for VMRUN to succeed.
 	 */
 	if (!(vcpu->arch.efer & EFER_SVME)) {
-		/* GIF=1 and no guest mode are required if SVME=0.  */
-		if (kvm_state->flags != KVM_STATE_NESTED_GIF_SET)
+		/* GUEST_MODE must be clear when SVME==0 */
+		if (kvm_state->flags & KVM_STATE_NESTED_GUEST_MODE)
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-- 
2.52.0.rc2.455.g230fcf2819-goog


  reply	other threads:[~2025-11-21 20:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-11-21 20:47 [PATCH v3 0/4] KVM: SVM: GIF and EFER.SVME are independent Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-21 20:48 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-01-08 18:58   ` [PATCH v3 1/4] KVM: SVM: Allow KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE to clear GIF when SVME==0 Sean Christopherson
2026-01-08 20:38     ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-08 22:17       ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-21 20:48 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] KVM: SVM: Don't set GIF when clearing EFER.SVME Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-21 20:48 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] KVM: selftests: Use TEST_ASSERT_EQ() in test_vmx_nested_state() Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-21 20:48 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] KVM: selftests: Extend vmx_set_nested_state_test to cover SVM Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-12 17:39 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] KVM: SVM: GIF and EFER.SVME are independent Sean Christopherson

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