From: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>
To: <kvm@vger.kernel.org>, <seanjc@google.com>, <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>, <bp@alien8.de>,
<joao.m.martins@oracle.com>, <nikunj@amd.com>,
<kai.huang@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 6/7] KVM: nSVM: Add helpers to temporarily switch to vmcb01
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 06:32:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260407063245.2755579-7-nikunj@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260407063245.2755579-1-nikunj@amd.com>
If KVM needs to update controls that belong in vmcb01 while L2 is active,
it must switch to vmcb01 and update immediately instead of deferring until
the next nested VM-Exit. Deferring updates creates ordering and state
consistency problems, e.g. KVM thinks a control is enabled while vmcb01
still has stale state.
Add helpers to temporarily switch to vmcb01 to ensure updates happen
on-demand.
Signed-off-by: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index e6477affac9a..32b002f92528 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -1251,6 +1251,30 @@ void svm_switch_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct kvm_vmcb_info *target_vmcb)
svm->vmcb = target_vmcb->ptr;
}
+static void svm_load_vmcb01(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
+
+ if (!is_guest_mode(vcpu)) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(svm->vmcb != svm->vmcb01.ptr);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(svm->vmcb != svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr);
+ svm_switch_vmcb(svm, &svm->vmcb01);
+}
+
+static void svm_put_vmcb01(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ if (!is_guest_mode(vcpu))
+ return;
+
+ svm_switch_vmcb(to_svm(vcpu), &to_svm(vcpu)->nested.vmcb02);
+}
+
+DEFINE_GUARD(svm_vmcb01, struct kvm_vcpu *,
+ svm_load_vmcb01(_T), svm_put_vmcb01(_T))
+
static int svm_vcpu_precreate(struct kvm *kvm)
{
return avic_alloc_physical_id_table(kvm);
--
2.48.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-07 6:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-07 6:32 [PATCH v6 0/7] KVM: SVM: Add Page Modification Logging (PML) support Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-04-07 6:32 ` [PATCH v6 1/7] KVM: x86: Carve out PML flush routine Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-04-07 6:32 ` [PATCH v6 2/7] KVM: x86: Move PML page to common vcpu arch structure Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-04-07 6:32 ` [PATCH v6 3/7] KVM: VMX: Use cpu_dirty_log_size instead of enable_pml for PML checks Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-04-07 6:32 ` [PATCH v6 4/7] x86/cpufeatures: Add Page modification logging Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-04-07 6:32 ` [PATCH v6 5/7] KVM: SVM: Use BIT_ULL for 64-bit nested_ctl bit definitions Nikunj A Dadhania
2026-04-07 6:32 ` Nikunj A Dadhania [this message]
2026-04-07 6:32 ` [PATCH v6 7/7] KVM: SVM: Add Page modification logging support Nikunj A Dadhania
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