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: [PATCH v2 27/29] KVM: nSVM: Flush the ASID on nested transitions if shared by L1 and L2
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 00:14:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261008001425.2458927-28-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261008001425.2458927-1-yosry@kernel.org>
If L1 and L2 use the same ASID in hardware, always flush it on nested
transitions to avoid using L1 TLB entries for L2 or vice versa, since
from L1's perspective they are two different TLB domains.
This is currently always the case, but KVM will start using separate
ASIDs for L1 and L2 in most cases soon.
Note that KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT is required here, not
KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_GUEST (used for L1 TLB flush requests). This is
because KVM could be switching between different NPT roots on the same
ASID. While this generally requires an ASID flush in the VMCB, which is
done by both KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT and KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_GUEST, it
also requires a hypercall to specifically flush NPT mappings when
running on Hyper-V, which is only done with KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT
(as KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_GUEST is only meant to flush translations created
by the guest).
Note that this is currently a noop as KVM requests
KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT unconditionally on nested transitions, but
this will soon be removed in favor of conditional flushes.
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 738ec1f2ec869..4ffc10bf9232e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -723,6 +723,13 @@ static void nested_svm_entry_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_GUEST, vcpu);
}
+ /*
+ * If L1 and L2 share the same ASID in hardware (when using the fallback
+ * ASID for both, or for SEV guests), flush it on nested transitions.
+ */
+ if (svm->asid == svm->nested.asid02)
+ kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);
+
/* TODO: optimize unconditional TLB flush/MMU sync */
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);
@@ -738,6 +745,9 @@ static void nested_svm_exit_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (svm->nested.ctl.tlb_ctl == TLB_CONTROL_FLUSH_ALL_ASID)
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_GUEST, vcpu);
+ if (svm->asid == svm->nested.asid02)
+ kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);
+
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);
}
--
2.56.0.360.g66cac248cb-goog
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Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-08 0:13 [PATCH v2 00/29] KVM: nSVM: Optimize nSVM TLB flushes Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:13 ` [PATCH v2 01/29] KVM: nSVM: Flush the TLB after forcefully leaving nested Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:13 ` [PATCH v2 02/29] KVM: SVM: Document number of ASIDs CPUID setting Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:13 ` [PATCH v2 03/29] KVM: VMX: Generalize VPID allocation to be vendor-neutral Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 04/29] KVM: x86/mmu: Support specifying reserved TLB tags Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 05/29] KVM: SVM: Add helpers to set/clear ASID flush in VMCB Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 06/29] KVM: SVM: Fallback to flush everything if FLUSHBYASID is not available Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 07/29] KVM: SEV: Do ASID initialization at VMCB initialization Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 08/29] KVM: SEV: Expose sev_get_asid() outside of sev.c Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 09/29] KVM: SEV: Explicitly initialize the per vCPU ASID on SEV VM migration Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 10/29] KVM: SVM: Use a static ASID per vCPU Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 11/29] KVM: SVM: Only flush the fallback ASID when used by a different vCPU Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:33 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 12/29] KVM: nSVM: Drop svm->nested.initialized Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 13/29] KVM: nSVM: Add a placeholder ASID for L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:42 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 14/29] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Rename kvm_hv_vcpu_purge_flush_tlb() Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 15/29] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Allow purging all TLB flush FIFOs Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 16/29] KVM: nSVM: Flush both L1 and L2 ASIDs on KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 17/29] KVM: nSVM: Always switch VMCB before leaving guest mode Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 18/29] KVM: nSVM: Split nested_svm_transition_tlb_flush() into entry/exit fns Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 19/29] KVM: nSVM: Service local TLB flushes before nested transitions Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 20/29] KVM: x86: Add KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC_ALL_ROOTS Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 3:29 ` Lai Jiangshan
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 21/29] KVM: nSVM: Handle nested TLB flush requests through TLB_CONTROL Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:36 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 22/29] KVM: nSVM: Flush the TLB if L1 changes L2's ASID in vmcb12 Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 23/29] KVM: nSVM: Do not reset TLB_CONTROL in vmcb02 on nested VM-Enter Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 24/29] KVM: x86/mmu: Rename __kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr() to kvm_mmu_sync_addr() Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 25/29] KVM: x86/mmu: Refactor kvm_mmu_invlpg() to allow skipping the GVA flush Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 26/29] KVM: nSVM: Flush L2's ASID when emulating INVLPGA Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:45 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 0:14 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 28/29] KVM: nSVM: Use different ASIDs for L1 and L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:14 ` [PATCH v2 29/29] KVM: selftests: Add a test for nested TLB flushes Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08 0:35 ` sashiko-bot
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