From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>,
Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 02/10] KVM: nVMX: Immediately refresh APICv controls as needed on nested VM-Exit
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 15:19:05 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251205231913.441872-3-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251205231913.441872-1-seanjc@google.com>
From: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>
If an APICv status updated was pended while L2 was active, immediately
refresh vmcs01's controls instead of pending KVM_REQ_APICV_UPDATE as
kvm_vcpu_update_apicv() only calls into vendor code if a change is
necessary.
E.g. if APICv is inhibited, and then activated while L2 is running:
kvm_vcpu_update_apicv()
|
-> __kvm_vcpu_update_apicv()
|
-> apic->apicv_active = true
|
-> vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl()
|
-> vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_apicv_status = true
|
-> return
Then L2 exits to L1:
__nested_vmx_vmexit()
|
-> kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_APICV_UPDATE)
vcpu_enter_guest(): KVM_REQ_APICV_UPDATE
-> kvm_vcpu_update_apicv()
|
-> __kvm_vcpu_update_apicv()
|
-> return // because if (apic->apicv_active == activate)
Reported-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aQ2jmnN8wUYVEawF@intel.com
Fixes: 7c69661e225c ("KVM: nVMX: Defer APICv updates while L2 is active until L1 is active")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>
[sean: write changelog]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 40777278eabb..6137e5307d0f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include "trace.h"
#include "vmx.h"
#include "smm.h"
+#include "x86_ops.h"
static bool __read_mostly enable_shadow_vmcs = 1;
module_param_named(enable_shadow_vmcs, enable_shadow_vmcs, bool, S_IRUGO);
@@ -5165,7 +5166,7 @@ void __nested_vmx_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 vm_exit_reason,
if (vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_apicv_status) {
vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_apicv_status = false;
- kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_APICV_UPDATE, vcpu);
+ vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl(vcpu);
}
if (vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_hwapic_isr) {
--
2.52.0.223.gf5cc29aaa4-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-05 23:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-05 23:19 [PATCH v3 00/10] KVM: VMX: Fix APICv activation bugs Sean Christopherson
2025-12-05 23:19 ` [PATCH v3 01/10] KVM: VMX: Update SVI during runtime APICv activation Sean Christopherson
2025-12-05 23:19 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2025-12-05 23:19 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] KVM: selftests: Add a test to verify APICv updates (while L2 is active) Sean Christopherson
2025-12-12 3:24 ` Chao Gao
2025-12-12 18:01 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-05 23:19 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] KVM: nVMX: Switch to vmcs01 to update PML controls on-demand if L2 is active Sean Christopherson
2025-12-24 7:53 ` Chao Gao
2025-12-05 23:19 ` [PATCH v3 05/10] KVM: nVMX: Switch to vmcs01 to update TPR threshold " Sean Christopherson
2025-12-25 6:38 ` Chao Gao
2025-12-05 23:19 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] KVM: nVMX: Switch to vmcs01 to update SVI " Sean Christopherson
2025-12-25 8:30 ` Chao Gao
2025-12-30 21:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-31 2:17 ` Chao Gao
2025-12-05 23:19 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] KVM: nVMX: Switch to vmcs01 to refresh APICv controls " Sean Christopherson
2025-12-26 1:45 ` Chao Gao
2025-12-05 23:19 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] KVM: nVMX: Switch to vmcs01 to update APIC page " Sean Christopherson
2025-12-26 2:01 ` Chao Gao
2025-12-05 23:19 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] KVM: nVMX: Switch to vmcs01 to set virtual APICv mode " Sean Christopherson
2025-12-26 5:16 ` Chao Gao
2025-12-05 23:19 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] KVM: x86: Update APICv ISR (a.k.a. SVI) as part of kvm_apic_update_apicv() Sean Christopherson
2025-12-26 5:16 ` Chao Gao
2025-12-10 0:25 ` [PATCH v3 00/10] KVM: VMX: Fix APICv activation bugs Sean Christopherson
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