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 v5 0/8] KVM: SVM: Add Page Modification Logging (PML) support
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 06:36:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260105063622.894410-1-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:
v5:
* Rebased on latest kvm/next
* Use EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL (Kai Huang)
* Use cpu_dirty_log_size instead of enable_pml for PML checks, with this patch
moving enable_pml to common code is not needed (Kai Huang)
* Added SEV PML self test
v4: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20251013062515.3712430-1-nikunj@amd.com/
* Add couple of patches to enable_pml and nested CPU dirty logging to
common code (Kai Huang)
* Rebased to latest kvm/next
v3: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20250925101052.1868431-1-nikunj@amd.com/
* 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/
Kai Huang (1):
KVM: x86: Move nested CPU dirty logging logic to common code
Nikunj A Dadhania (7):
KVM: x86: Carve out PML flush routine
KVM: x86: Move PML page to common vcpu arch structure
KVM: VMX: Use cpu_dirty_log_size instead of enable_pml for PML checks
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
selftests: KVM: x86: Add SEV PML dirty logging test
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 5 +-
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/kvm_cache_regs.h | 7 +
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 9 +-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 85 +++++++-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 3 +
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c | 4 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 5 -
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 71 ++----
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h | 10 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/x86_ops.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 53 ++++-
arch/x86/kvm/x86.h | 8 +
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/sev.h | 4 +
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/sev.c | 18 +-
.../testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sev_pml_test.c | 203 ++++++++++++++++++
21 files changed, 422 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sev_pml_test.c
base-commit: 0499add8efd72456514c6218c062911ccc922a99
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2.48.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-05 6:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-05 6:36 Nikunj A Dadhania [this message]
2026-01-05 6:36 ` [PATCH v5 1/8] KVM: x86: Carve out PML flush routine Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-01-12 10:02 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-14 13:57 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-01-05 6:36 ` [PATCH v5 2/8] KVM: x86: Move PML page to common vcpu arch structure Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-01-12 10:07 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-05 6:36 ` [PATCH v5 3/8] KVM: VMX: Use cpu_dirty_log_size instead of enable_pml for PML checks Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-01-05 6:49 ` Gupta, Pankaj
2026-01-05 6:36 ` [PATCH v5 4/8] KVM: x86: Move nested CPU dirty logging logic to common code Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-01-12 10:08 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-05 6:36 ` [PATCH v5 5/8] x86/cpufeatures: Add Page modification logging Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-01-05 6:36 ` [PATCH v5 6/8] KVM: SVM: Use BIT_ULL for 64-bit nested_ctl bit definitions Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-01-05 6:36 ` [PATCH v5 7/8] KVM: SVM: Add Page modification logging support Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-01-12 10:24 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-14 14:03 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-01-14 23:10 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-14 22:48 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-16 4:12 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-01-05 6:36 ` [PATCH v5 8/8] selftests: KVM: x86: Add SEV PML dirty logging test Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-01-14 11:36 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-14 14:27 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-01-14 22:44 ` Huang, Kai
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