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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: [PATCH v2 28/29] KVM: nSVM: Use different ASIDs for L1 and L2
Date: Thu,  8 Oct 2026 00:14:24 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261008001425.2458927-29-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261008001425.2458927-1-yosry@kernel.org>

Now that TLB flushes are properly handled and tracked for L1 vs L2
ASIDs, allocate a separate new ASID for L2 for each vCPU, similar to how
VMX handles VPIDs. Drop the unconditional flushes and syncs on nested
transitions.

L1 and L2 can now only share an ASID in two cases:
- KVM runs out of ASIDs and uses the fallback ASID for both L1 and L2.
- SEV VMs always use the same ASID for SEV-specific requirements.

WARN if the ASID is shared otherwise.

Initialize last_asid to 0, such that the L2 ASID is always flushed on
first nested VM-Enter after it's allocated.

On SEV VM migration, free the L2 ASID on the destination vCPU (if nested
was already initialized) before overwriting it with the SEV ASID.

On a Turin CPU, this results in 8-15% performance boost in CPUID rate
microbenchmark [1] and netperf TCP_RR latency/throughput.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20231109180646.2963718-1-khorenko@virtuozzo.com/

Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c    |  6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 4ffc10bf9232e..6fe68f2ae282d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -711,6 +711,10 @@ static void nested_svm_entry_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	 * context is not tagged by the ASID, so the shadow NPTs cannot be
 	 * reused across different L2 ASIDs.
 	 *
+	 * Note, last_asid is initialized as 0, so the first nested VM-Enter
+	 * after setting EFER.SVME will always flush the TLB to avoid using
+	 * stale entries.
+	 *
 	 * 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.
 	 *
@@ -727,12 +731,10 @@ static void nested_svm_entry_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *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)
+	if (svm->asid == svm->nested.asid02) {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(svm->asid != fallback_asid && !is_sev_guest(vcpu));
 		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);
+	}
 }
 
 static void nested_svm_exit_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -747,9 +749,6 @@ static void nested_svm_exit_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *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);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1566,7 +1565,20 @@ int svm_allocate_nested(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr = page_address(vmcb02_page);
 	svm->nested.vmcb02.pa = __sme_set(page_to_pfn(vmcb02_page) << PAGE_SHIFT);
 
-	svm->nested.asid02 = svm->asid;
+	svm->nested.asid02 = allocate_asid(&svm->vcpu);
+
+	/*
+	 * KVM uses a fallback ASID when out of ASIDs, and fails vCPU creation
+	 * if there's no fallback ASID. ASID allocation must succeed here.
+	 */
+	KVM_BUG_ON(!svm->nested.asid02, svm->vcpu.kvm);
+
+	/*
+	 * Clear last_asid to ensure that the ASID is flushed on the first
+	 * nested VM-Enter. Otherwise, stale TLB entries from a previous life of
+	 * the ASID (e.g. different vCPU or even different VM) could be used.
+	 */
+	svm->nested.last_asid = 0;
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1583,6 +1595,8 @@ void svm_free_nested(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(svm->vmcb != svm->vmcb01.ptr))
 		svm_switch_vmcb(svm, &svm->vmcb01);
 
+	free_asid(svm->nested.asid02);
+
 	svm_vcpu_free_msrpm(svm->nested.msrpm);
 	svm->nested.msrpm = NULL;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index b2e6acfbb081f..646108e70e21a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -2043,10 +2043,12 @@ static void sev_vcpu_migrate_asid(struct vcpu_svm *dst_svm,
 	dst_svm->asid = asid;
 
 	/*
-	 * If nested is already initialized on the destination vCPU, also update
-	 * the nested ASID to match the new SEV ASID.
+	 * If nested is already initialized on the destination vCPU, also free
+	 * the previous ASID (in case it was non-SEV) and update the nested ASID
+	 * to match the new SEV ASID.
 	 */
 	if (dst_svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr) {
+		free_asid(dst_svm->nested.asid02);
 		dst_svm->nested.asid02 = asid;
 		dst_svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr->control.asid = asid;
 	}
-- 
2.56.0.360.g66cac248cb-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-08  0:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ 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 21:53     ` Yosry Ahmed
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 22:01     ` Yosry Ahmed
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 ` [PATCH v2 27/29] KVM: nSVM: Flush the ASID on nested transitions if shared by L1 and L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-10-08  0:14 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
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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