From: "Xin Li (Intel)" <xin@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: pbonzini@redhat.com, seanjc@google.com, corbet@lwn.net,
tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de,
dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com,
xin@zytor.com, luto@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
andrew.cooper3@citrix.com, chao.gao@intel.com, hch@infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 11/23] KVM: x86: Add a helper to detect if FRED is enabled for a vCPU
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:53:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250723175341.1284463-12-xin@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250723175341.1284463-1-xin@zytor.com>
From: Xin Li <xin3.li@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@intel.com>
[ Sean: removed the "kvm_" prefix from the function name ]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@zytor.com>
Tested-by: Shan Kang <shan.kang@intel.com>
Tested-by: Xuelian Guo <xuelian.guo@intel.com>
---
Change in v5:
* Add TB from Xuelian Guo.
---
arch/x86/kvm/kvm_cache_regs.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_cache_regs.h b/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_cache_regs.h
index 36a8786db291..31b446b6cbd7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_cache_regs.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_cache_regs.h
@@ -204,6 +204,21 @@ static __always_inline bool kvm_is_cr4_bit_set(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
return !!kvm_read_cr4_bits(vcpu, cr4_bit);
}
+/*
+ * It's enough to check just CR4.FRED (X86_CR4_FRED) to tell if
+ * a vCPU is running with FRED enabled, because:
+ * 1) CR4.FRED can be set to 1 only _after_ IA32_EFER.LMA = 1.
+ * 2) To leave IA-32e mode, CR4.FRED must be cleared first.
+ */
+static inline bool is_fred_enabled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ return kvm_is_cr4_bit_set(vcpu, X86_CR4_FRED);
+#else
+ return false;
+#endif
+}
+
static inline ulong kvm_read_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
if (!kvm_register_is_available(vcpu, VCPU_EXREG_CR3))
--
2.50.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-23 17:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-23 17:53 [PATCH v5 00/23] Enable FRED with KVM VMX Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 01/23] KVM: VMX: Add support for the secondary VM exit controls Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 02/23] KVM: VMX: Initialize VM entry/exit FRED controls in vmcs_config Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 03/23] KVM: VMX: Disable FRED if FRED consistency checks fail Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 04/23] x86/cea: Export an API to get per CPU exception stacks for KVM to use Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 05/23] KVM: VMX: Fix an indentation Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 06/23] KVM: VMX: Initialize VMCS FRED fields Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 07/23] KVM: VMX: Set FRED MSR intercepts Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 08/23] KVM: VMX: Save/restore guest FRED RSP0 Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 09/23] KVM: VMX: Add host MSR read/write helpers to streamline preemption logic Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 10/23] KVM: VMX: Add support for FRED context save/restore Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-24 5:35 ` Chao Gao
2025-07-24 18:01 ` Xin Li
2025-08-02 17:15 ` [PATCH v5A " Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` Xin Li (Intel) [this message]
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 12/23] KVM: VMX: Virtualize FRED event_data Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 13/23] KVM: VMX: Virtualize FRED nested exception tracking Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 14/23] Documentation: kvm: Fix a section number typo Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 15/23] KVM: x86: Save/restore the nested flag of an exception Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 16/23] KVM: x86: Mark CR4.FRED as not reserved Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 17/23] KVM: VMX: Dump FRED context in dump_vmcs() Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 18/23] KVM: x86: Advertise support for FRED Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 19/23] KVM: nVMX: Add support for the secondary VM exit controls Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 20/23] KVM: nVMX: Add FRED VMCS fields to nested VMX context handling Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-24 6:50 ` Chao Gao
2025-07-31 7:24 ` Xin Li
2025-08-02 17:17 ` [PATCH v5A " Xin Li (Intel)
2025-08-02 17:33 ` Xin Li
2025-08-04 6:03 ` Xin Li
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 21/23] KVM: nVMX: Add FRED-related VMCS field checks Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 22/23] KVM: nVMX: Allow VMX FRED controls Xin Li (Intel)
2025-07-23 17:53 ` [PATCH v5 23/23] KVM: nVMX: Add prerequisites to SHADOW_FIELD_R[OW] macros Xin Li (Intel)
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