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From: Fred Griffoul <griffoul@gmail.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: seanjc@google.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, vkuznets@redhat.com,
	shuah@kernel.org, dwmw@amazon.co.uk,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Fred Griffoul <fgriffo@amazon.co.uk>
Subject: [PATCH v4 03/10] KVM: x86: Add nested state validation for pfncache support
Date: Fri,  2 Jan 2026 14:24:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260102142429.896101-4-griffoul@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260102142429.896101-1-griffoul@gmail.com>

From: Fred Griffoul <fgriffo@amazon.co.uk>

Implement state validation for nested virtualization to enable pfncache
support for L1 guest pages.

This adds a new nested_ops callback 'is_nested_state_invalid()' that
detects when KVM needs to reload nested virtualization state. A
KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES request is triggered to reload affected
pages before L2 execution when it detects invalid state. The callback
monitors L1 guest pages during guest entry/exit while the vCPU runs in
IN_GUEST_MODE.

Currently, VMX implementations return false, with full support planned
for the next patch.

Signed-off-by: Fred Griffoul <fgriffo@amazon.co.uk>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  1 +
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c       |  6 ++++++
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              | 14 +++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 5a3bfa293e8b..c9a1a43fbfde 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1956,6 +1956,7 @@ struct kvm_x86_nested_ops {
 			 struct kvm_nested_state __user *user_kvm_nested_state,
 			 struct kvm_nested_state *kvm_state);
 	bool (*get_nested_state_pages)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+	bool (*is_nested_state_invalid)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 	int (*write_log_dirty)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t l2_gpa);
 
 	int (*enable_evmcs)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index f05828aca7e5..a97d02b08ab8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -3541,6 +3541,11 @@ static bool vmx_get_nested_state_pages(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool vmx_is_nested_state_invalid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 static int nested_vmx_write_pml_buffer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa)
 {
 	struct vmcs12 *vmcs12;
@@ -7485,6 +7490,7 @@ struct kvm_x86_nested_ops vmx_nested_ops = {
 	.get_state = vmx_get_nested_state,
 	.set_state = vmx_set_nested_state,
 	.get_nested_state_pages = vmx_get_nested_state_pages,
+	.is_nested_state_invalid = vmx_is_nested_state_invalid,
 	.write_log_dirty = nested_vmx_write_pml_buffer,
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV
 	.enable_evmcs = nested_enable_evmcs,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index ff8812f3a129..d830770363ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2257,12 +2257,24 @@ int kvm_emulate_monitor(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_emulate_monitor);
 
+static inline bool kvm_invalid_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	if (is_guest_mode(vcpu) &&
+	    kvm_x86_ops.nested_ops->is_nested_state_invalid &&
+	    kvm_x86_ops.nested_ops->is_nested_state_invalid(vcpu)) {
+		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES, vcpu);
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline bool kvm_vcpu_exit_request(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	xfer_to_guest_mode_prepare();
 
 	return READ_ONCE(vcpu->mode) == EXITING_GUEST_MODE ||
-	       kvm_request_pending(vcpu) || xfer_to_guest_mode_work_pending();
+	       kvm_request_pending(vcpu) || xfer_to_guest_mode_work_pending() ||
+	       kvm_invalid_nested_state(vcpu);
 }
 
 static fastpath_t __handle_fastpath_wrmsr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr, u64 data)
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-02 14:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-02 14:24 [PATCH v4 00/10] KVM: nVMX: Improve performance for unmanaged guest memory Fred Griffoul
2026-01-02 14:24 ` [PATCH v4 01/10] KVM: nVMX: Implement cache for L1 MSR bitmap Fred Griffoul
2026-05-11 23:08   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-02 14:24 ` [PATCH v4 02/10] KVM: pfncache: Restore guest-uses-pfn support Fred Griffoul
2026-01-02 14:24 ` Fred Griffoul [this message]
2026-01-02 14:24 ` [PATCH v4 04/10] KVM: nVMX: Implement cache for L1 APIC pages Fred Griffoul
2026-05-11 23:35   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-02 14:24 ` [PATCH v4 05/10] KVM: selftests: Add nested VMX APIC cache invalidation test Fred Griffoul
2026-01-02 14:24 ` [PATCH v4 06/10] KVM: nVMX: Cache evmcs fields to ensure consistency during VM-entry Fred Griffoul
2026-01-02 15:40   ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2026-01-02 14:24 ` [PATCH v4 07/10] KVM: nVMX: Replace evmcs kvm_host_map with pfncache Fred Griffoul
2026-01-02 14:24 ` [PATCH v4 08/10] KVM: x86: Add nested context management Fred Griffoul
2026-05-12  0:13   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-02 14:24 ` [PATCH v4 09/10] KVM: nVMX: Use nested context for pfncache persistence Fred Griffoul
2026-01-02 14:24 ` [PATCH v4 10/10] KVM: selftests: Add L2 vcpu context switch test Fred Griffoul
2026-05-11 23:56 ` [PATCH v4 00/10] KVM: nVMX: Improve performance for unmanaged guest memory Sean Christopherson

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