From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kas@kernel.org>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, linux-coco@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
Jon Kohler <jon@nutanix.com>,
Tony Lindgren <tony.lindgren@linux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/4] KVM: x86: Cleanup #MC and XCR0/XSS/PKRU handling
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:23:24 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251118222328.2265758-1-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
Optimize XCR0/XSS loads that are currently done on every VM-Enter and VM-Exit,
by handling them outside of KVM's fastpath inner loop.
Context switching at entry/exit is unnecessary behavior inherited from a
hack-a-fix that papered over an egregious #MC handling bug where the kernel #MC
handler would call schedule() from atomic contexts. The resulting #GP due to
trying to swap FPU state with a guest XCR0/XSS was "fixed" by loading the host
values before handling #MCs from the guest.
Thankfully, the #MC mess has long since been cleaned up, so it's once again
safe to swap XCR0/XSS outside of the fastpath (but with IRQs still disabled!).
Note, Binbin's kvm_load_xfeatures() still applies cleanly on top, so I
deliberately didn't include it here (but am still planning on applying it).
v2:
- Collect reviews. [Jon, Rick]
- Fix TDX (suprisingly, not servicing host IRQs is problematic, /s). [Tony]
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251030224246.3456492-1-seanjc@google.com
Sean Christopherson (4):
KVM: SVM: Handle #MCs in guest outside of fastpath
KVM: VMX: Handle #MCs on VM-Enter/TD-Enter outside of the fastpath
KVM: x86: Load guest/host XCR0 and XSS outside of the fastpath run
loop
KVM: x86: Load guest/host PKRU outside of the fastpath run loop
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 20 ++++++++---------
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c | 3 ---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 20 +++++++++--------
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
arch/x86/kvm/x86.h | 2 --
5 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
base-commit: 4531ff85d9251ff429a633bdb55209d3360f39f2
--
2.52.0.rc1.455.g30608eb744-goog
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-18 22:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-18 22:23 Sean Christopherson [this message]
2025-11-18 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] KVM: SVM: Handle #MCs in guest outside of fastpath Sean Christopherson
2025-11-18 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] KVM: VMX: Handle #MCs on VM-Enter/TD-Enter outside of the fastpath Sean Christopherson
2025-11-19 6:11 ` Tony Lindgren
2025-11-21 6:09 ` Binbin Wu
2025-11-21 18:58 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-18 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] KVM: x86: Load guest/host XCR0 and XSS outside of the fastpath run loop Sean Christopherson
2025-11-18 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] KVM: x86: Load guest/host PKRU " Sean Christopherson
2025-11-21 18:55 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] KVM: x86: Cleanup #MC and XCR0/XSS/PKRU handling Sean Christopherson
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