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 06/10] KVM: nVMX: Switch to vmcs01 to update SVI on-demand if L2 is active
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 15:19:09 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251205231913.441872-7-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251205231913.441872-1-seanjc@google.com>
If APICv is activated while L2 is running and triggers an SVI update,
temporarily load vmcs01 and immediately update SVI instead of deferring
the update until the next nested VM-Exit. This will eventually allow
killing off kvm_apic_update_hwapic_isr(), and all of nVMX's deferred
APICv updates.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 5 -----
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 19 +++++++------------
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h | 1 -
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 8efab1cf833f..c2c96e4fe20e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -5160,11 +5160,6 @@ void __nested_vmx_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 vm_exit_reason,
vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl(vcpu);
}
- if (vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_hwapic_isr) {
- vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_hwapic_isr = false;
- kvm_apic_update_hwapic_isr(vcpu);
- }
-
if ((vm_exit_reason != -1) &&
(enable_shadow_vmcs || nested_vmx_is_evmptr12_valid(vmx)))
vmx->nested.need_vmcs12_to_shadow_sync = true;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 3ee86665d8de..74a815cddd37 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -6963,21 +6963,16 @@ void vmx_hwapic_isr_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int max_isr)
u16 status;
u8 old;
- /*
- * If L2 is active, defer the SVI update until vmcs01 is loaded, as SVI
- * is only relevant for if and only if Virtual Interrupt Delivery is
- * enabled in vmcs12, and if VID is enabled then L2 EOIs affect L2's
- * vAPIC, not L1's vAPIC. KVM must update vmcs01 on the next nested
- * VM-Exit, otherwise L1 with run with a stale SVI.
- */
- if (is_guest_mode(vcpu)) {
- to_vmx(vcpu)->nested.update_vmcs01_hwapic_isr = true;
- return;
- }
-
if (max_isr == -1)
max_isr = 0;
+ /*
+ * Always update SVI in vmcs01, as SVI is only relevant for L2 if and
+ * only if Virtual Interrupt Delivery is enabled in vmcs12, and if VID
+ * is enabled then L2 EOIs affect L2's vAPIC, not L1's vAPIC.
+ */
+ guard(vmx_vmcs01)(vcpu);
+
status = vmcs_read16(GUEST_INTR_STATUS);
old = status >> 8;
if (max_isr != old) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
index 36f48c4b39c0..53969e49d9d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ struct nested_vmx {
bool change_vmcs01_virtual_apic_mode;
bool reload_vmcs01_apic_access_page;
bool update_vmcs01_apicv_status;
- bool update_vmcs01_hwapic_isr;
/*
* Enlightened VMCS has been enabled. It does not mean that L1 has to
--
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 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] KVM: nVMX: Immediately refresh APICv controls as needed on nested VM-Exit Sean Christopherson
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 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2025-12-25 8:30 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] KVM: nVMX: Switch to vmcs01 to update SVI " 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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