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From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
	Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>,
	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 19/25] KVM: nSVM: Flush the TLB if L1 changes L2's ASID in vmcb12
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:41:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260616004155.1435766-20-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260616004155.1435766-1-yosry@kernel.org>

KVM uses a single ASID for L2 guests per-vCPU. Hence, when L1 changes
L2's ASID in vmcb12 (e.g. due to switching a different L2
vCPU or simply to avoid flushing an existing ASID), KVM needs to flush
the L2 ASID to correctly emulate different ASIDs as different TLB
domains.

Additionally, the nested NPT needs to be resync'd, as the MMU context
is not tagged by ASID, and KVM cannot reuse nested NPT entries across
different L2 ASIDs.

Essentially, L1 switching L2's ASID is treated exactly the same as L1
flushing L2's ASID, which is consistent with the APM:

  Software may effectively flush the guest's TLB entries by allocating a
  new ASID for the guest and not reusing the old ASID until the entire
  TLB has been flushed at least once.

This is similar to nVMX's handling of last_vpid, except that when L1
changes VPID12, KVM does *not* need to resync the nested EPT, because
VMX VPIDs , unlike SVM ASIDs, do not tag guest-physical translations
(i.e. nGPA to GPA translations).

Drop the commentary about vmcb12's ASID being copied around only for the
consistency checks, as they no longer apply, and opportunistically fix
whitespace alignment.

This is currently functionally a noop, as a full flush and sync is
triggered on every nested transition, but is a step toward eliminating
that.

Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h    |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 2c04b12121fb2..f91c22e72151e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -553,10 +553,8 @@ void __nested_copy_vmcb_control_to_cache(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	to->misc_ctl2		= from->misc_ctl2;
 	to->pause_filter_count  = from->pause_filter_count;
 	to->pause_filter_thresh = from->pause_filter_thresh;
-
-	/* Copy asid here because nested_vmcb_check_controls() will check it */
-	to->asid           = from->asid;
-	to->clean = from->clean;
+	to->asid		= from->asid;
+	to->clean		= from->clean;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV
 	/* Hyper-V extensions (Enlightened VMCB) */
@@ -688,22 +686,34 @@ static void nested_save_pending_event_to_vmcb12(struct vcpu_svm *svm,
 static void nested_svm_entry_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
+	bool new_asid = false;
 
 	/* Handle pending Hyper-V TLB flush requests */
 	kvm_hv_nested_transtion_tlb_flush(vcpu, npt_enabled);
 
+	if (svm->nested.ctl.asid != svm->nested.last_asid) {
+		svm->nested.last_asid = svm->nested.ctl.asid;
+		new_asid = true;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If L1 requested a TLB flush for L2, flush L2's TLB on nested entry
 	 * and sync the nested NPT MMU, as TLB_CONTROL also flushes NPT
 	 * guest-physical mappings.
 	 *
+	 * Handle L1 changing L2's ASID12 similarly, as KVM only uses one ASID
+	 * for L2 in hardware (per vCPU), so it must start fresh when L1 changes
+	 * ASID12 to emulate different ASIDs correctly.  Additionally, the MMU
+	 * context is not tagged by the ASID, so the shadow NPTs cannot be
+	 * reused across different L2 ASIDs.
+	 *
 	 * If L1 requested a full TLB flush for all ASIDs (including its own),
 	 * L1's own ASID is also flushed on nested VM-Exit, before running L1.
 	 *
 	 * TLB_CONTROL_FLUSH_ASID and TLB_CONTROL_FLUSH_ASID_LOCAL are handled
 	 * equally for simplicity.
 	 */
-	if (svm->nested.ctl.tlb_ctl != TLB_CONTROL_DO_NOTHING) {
+	if (new_asid || (svm->nested.ctl.tlb_ctl != TLB_CONTROL_DO_NOTHING)) {
 		if (nested_npt_enabled(svm))
 			kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
 		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_GUEST, vcpu);
@@ -1882,7 +1892,7 @@ void nested_svm_update_tsc_ratio_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	svm_write_tsc_multiplier(vcpu);
 }
 
-/* Inverse operation of nested_copy_vmcb_control_to_cache(). asid is copied too. */
+/* Inverse operation of nested_copy_vmcb_control_to_cache() */
 static void nested_copy_vmcb_cache_to_control(struct vmcb_control_area *dst,
 					      struct vmcb_ctrl_area_cached *from)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
index 4dcfd56882da5..bfbe774829b97 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ struct svm_nested_state {
 	 * on its side.
 	 */
 	bool force_msr_bitmap_recalc;
+
+	u32 last_asid;
 };
 
 struct vcpu_sev_es_state {
-- 
2.54.0.1136.gdb2ca164c4-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-16  0:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-16  0:41 [RFC PATCH v2 00/25] Optimize nSVM TLB flushes Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 01/25] KVM: nSVM: Flush the TLB after forcefully leaving nested Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 02/25] KVM: SVM: Passthrough the number of supported ASIDs Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 03/25] KVM: VMX: Generalize VPID allocation to be vendor-neutral Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 04/25] KVM: x86/mmu: Support specifying a minimum TLB tag Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 05/25] KVM: SVM: Add helpers to set/clear ASID flush in VMCB Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 06/25] KVM: SVM: Fallback to flush everything if FLUSHBYASID is not available Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 07/25] KVM: SVM: Duplicate pre-run ASID check for SEV and non-SEV guests Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 08/25] KVM: SEV: Stop using per-vCPU ASID for SEV VMs Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  1:06   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 09/25] KVM: SVM: Use a static ASID per vCPU Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  1:08   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 10/25] KVM: nSVM: Add a placeholder ASID for L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 11/25] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Rename kvm_hv_vcpu_purge_flush_tlb() Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 12/25] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Allow puring all TLB flush FIFOs Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 13/25] KVM: nSVM: Flush both L1 and L2 ASIDs on KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  1:05   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 14/25] KVM: nSVM: Move svm_switch_vmcb() to nested.c Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 15/25] KVM: nSVM: Call nested_svm_transition_tlb_flush() on every VMCB switch Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 16/25] KVM: nSVM: Split nested_svm_transition_tlb_flush() into entry/exit fns Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 17/25] KVM: nSVM: Service local TLB flushes before nested transitions Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  1:20   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 18/25] KVM: nSVM: Handle nested TLB flush requests through TLB_CONTROL Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 20/25] KVM: nSVM: Do not reset TLB_CONTROL in vmcb02 on nested VM-Enter Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 21/25] KVM: x86/mmu: rename __kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr() Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 22/25] KVM: x86/mmu: Refactor kvm_mmu_invlpg() to allow skipping the gva flush Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 23/25] KVM: nSVM: Flush L2's ASID when emulating INVLPGA Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 24/25] KVM: nSVM: Use different ASIDs for L1 and L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  1:30   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16  0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 25/25] DO NOT MERGE: Add nested_tlb_force_flush Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16  1:21   ` sashiko-bot

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