From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
To: "Sean Christopherson" <seanjc@google.com>,
"Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@redhat.com>,
"Borislav Petkov" <bp@alien8.de>,
"Dave Hansen" <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
"Shuah Khan" <shuah@kernel.org>, "Joerg Roedel" <joro@8bytes.org>,
"Avi Kivity" <avi@redhat.com>, "Alexander Graf" <agraf@suse.de>,
"Radim Krčmář" <rkrcmar@redhat.com>,
"David Hildenbrand" <david@kernel.org>,
"Cathy Avery" <cavery@redhat.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save gPAT to vmcb12.g_pat on emulated #VMEXIT from L2 to L1
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:30:03 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260113003016.3511895-9-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260113003016.3511895-1-jmattson@google.com>
According to the APM volume 3 pseudo-code for "VMRUN," when nested
paging is enabled in the VMCB, the guest PAT register (gPAT) is saved
to the VMCB on #VMEXIT.
KVM doesn't implement a separate gPAT register. Instead, the guest PAT
is stored in the IA32_PAT MSR while in guest mode (L2) and nested NPT
is enabled in vmcs02.
Save the current IA32_PAT MSR to the vmcb12 g_pat field on
emulated #VMEXIT from L2 to L1.
Fixes: 15038e147247 ("KVM: SVM: obey guest PAT")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 90edea73ec58..5fbe730d4c69 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1197,6 +1197,15 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
vmcb12->save.dr6 = svm->vcpu.arch.dr6;
vmcb12->save.cpl = vmcb02->save.cpl;
+ /*
+ * KVM stores the guest PAT in the IA32_PAT register while in
+ * guest mode with nested NPT enabled (rather than in a
+ * separate G_PAT register). Hence, the IA32_PAT MSR is stored
+ * in the VMCB12 g_pat field on #VMEXIT.
+ */
+ if (nested_npt_enabled(svm))
+ vmcb12->save.g_pat = vcpu->arch.pat;
+
if (guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK)) {
vmcb12->save.s_cet = vmcb02->save.s_cet;
vmcb12->save.isst_addr = vmcb02->save.isst_addr;
--
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-13 0:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-13 0:29 [PATCH 00/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Improve PAT virtualization Jim Mattson
2026-01-13 0:29 ` [PATCH 01/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Add g_pat to fields copied by svm_copy_vmrun_state() Jim Mattson
2026-01-13 0:29 ` [PATCH 02/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Add VALID_GPAT flag to kvm_svm_nested_state_hdr Jim Mattson
2026-01-14 21:25 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-13 0:29 ` [PATCH 03/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Handle legacy SVM nested state in SET_NESTED_STATE Jim Mattson
2026-01-13 0:29 ` [PATCH 04/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Restore L1's PAT on emulated #VMEXIT from L2 to L1 Jim Mattson
2026-01-14 21:26 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-13 0:30 ` [PATCH 05/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Cache g_pat in vmcb_save_area_cached Jim Mattson
2026-01-13 0:30 ` [PATCH 06/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Add validity check for VMCB12 g_pat Jim Mattson
2026-01-13 0:30 ` [PATCH 07/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT Jim Mattson
2026-01-13 0:30 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-01-13 0:30 ` [PATCH 09/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Fix assignment to IA32_PAT from L2 Jim Mattson
2026-01-13 0:30 ` [PATCH 10/10] KVM: selftests: nSVM: Add svm_nested_pat test Jim Mattson
2026-01-14 0:31 ` [PATCH 00/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Improve PAT virtualization Jim Mattson
2026-01-14 21:28 ` Sean Christopherson
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