From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 05/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Redirect IA32_PAT accesses to either hPAT or gPAT
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:49:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260326174944.3820245-6-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260326174944.3820245-1-jmattson@google.com>
When KVM_X86_QUIRK_NESTED_SVM_SHARED_PAT is disabled and the vCPU is in
guest mode with nested NPT enabled, guest accesses to IA32_PAT are
redirected to the gPAT register, which is stored in VMCB02's g_pat field.
Non-guest accesses (e.g. from userspace) to IA32_PAT are always redirected
to hPAT, which is stored in vcpu->arch.pat.
Directing host-initiated accesses to hPAT ensures that KVM_GET/SET_MSRS and
KVM_GET/SET_NESTED_STATE are independent of each other and can be ordered
arbitrarily during save and restore. gPAT is saved and restored separately
via KVM_GET/SET_NESTED_STATE.
Add WARN_ON_ONCE to flag any host-initiated accesses originating from KVM
itself rather than userspace.
Fixes: 15038e147247 ("KVM: SVM: obey guest PAT")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 9 -------
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 1 -
3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 405209f8c4cd..14063bef36f1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -697,15 +697,6 @@ static int nested_svm_load_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr3,
return 0;
}
-void nested_vmcb02_compute_g_pat(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
-{
- if (!svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr)
- return;
-
- /* FIXME: merge g_pat from vmcb01 and vmcb12. */
- vmcb_set_gpat(svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr, svm->vmcb01.ptr->save.g_pat);
-}
-
static bool nested_vmcb12_has_lbrv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
return guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_LBRV) &&
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index af808e83173e..6cf5fa87b4d4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -2776,6 +2776,47 @@ static bool sev_es_prevent_msr_access(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
!msr_write_intercepted(vcpu, msr_info->index);
}
+static bool svm_pat_accesses_gpat(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool from_host)
+{
+ struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
+
+ /*
+ * When nested NPT is enabled, L2 has a separate PAT from L1. Guest
+ * accesses to IA32_PAT while running L2 target L2's gPAT;
+ * host-initiated accesses always target L1's hPAT so that
+ * KVM_GET/SET_MSRS and KVM_GET/SET_NESTED_STATE are independent of
+ * each other and can be ordered arbitrarily during save and restore.
+ */
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(from_host && vcpu->wants_to_run);
+ return !from_host && is_guest_mode(vcpu) && l2_has_separate_pat(svm);
+}
+
+static u64 svm_get_pat(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool from_host)
+{
+ if (svm_pat_accesses_gpat(vcpu, from_host))
+ return to_svm(vcpu)->vmcb->save.g_pat;
+ else
+ return vcpu->arch.pat;
+}
+
+static void svm_set_pat(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool from_host, u64 data)
+{
+ struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
+
+ if (svm_pat_accesses_gpat(vcpu, from_host)) {
+ vmcb_set_gpat(svm->vmcb, data);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ svm->vcpu.arch.pat = data;
+
+ if (npt_enabled) {
+ vmcb_set_gpat(svm->vmcb01.ptr, data);
+ if (is_guest_mode(&svm->vcpu) && !nested_npt_enabled(svm))
+ vmcb_set_gpat(svm->vmcb, data);
+ }
+}
+
static int svm_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
{
struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
@@ -2892,6 +2933,9 @@ static int svm_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
case MSR_AMD64_DE_CFG:
msr_info->data = svm->msr_decfg;
break;
+ case MSR_IA32_CR_PAT:
+ msr_info->data = svm_get_pat(vcpu, msr_info->host_initiated);
+ break;
default:
return kvm_get_msr_common(vcpu, msr_info);
}
@@ -2975,13 +3019,10 @@ static int svm_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr)
break;
case MSR_IA32_CR_PAT:
- ret = kvm_set_msr_common(vcpu, msr);
- if (ret)
- break;
+ if (!kvm_pat_valid(data))
+ return 1;
- vmcb_set_gpat(svm->vmcb01.ptr, data);
- if (is_guest_mode(vcpu))
- nested_vmcb02_compute_g_pat(svm);
+ svm_set_pat(vcpu, msr->host_initiated, data);
break;
case MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL:
if (!msr->host_initiated &&
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
index 3588f6d3fb9b..220b8cb0c80f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -864,7 +864,6 @@ void nested_copy_vmcb_control_to_cache(struct vcpu_svm *svm,
void nested_copy_vmcb_save_to_cache(struct vcpu_svm *svm,
struct vmcb_save_area *save);
void nested_sync_control_from_vmcb02(struct vcpu_svm *svm);
-void nested_vmcb02_compute_g_pat(struct vcpu_svm *svm);
void svm_switch_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct kvm_vmcb_info *target_vmcb);
extern struct kvm_x86_nested_ops svm_nested_ops;
--
2.53.0.1018.g2bb0e51243-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-26 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-26 17:49 [PATCH v6 00/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Improve PAT virtualization Jim Mattson
2026-03-26 17:49 ` [PATCH v6 01/10] KVM: x86: Define KVM_X86_QUIRK_NESTED_SVM_SHARED_PAT Jim Mattson
2026-03-26 19:03 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-03 8:39 ` kernel test robot
2026-03-26 17:49 ` [PATCH v6 02/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Clear VMCB_NPT clean bit when updating hPAT from guest mode Jim Mattson
2026-03-26 17:49 ` [PATCH v6 03/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Cache and validate vmcb12 g_pat Jim Mattson
2026-03-26 17:49 ` [PATCH v6 04/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT Jim Mattson
2026-03-26 17:49 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-03-26 17:49 ` [PATCH v6 06/10] KVM: x86: Remove common handling of MSR_IA32_CR_PAT Jim Mattson
2026-03-26 17:49 ` [PATCH v6 07/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save gPAT to vmcb12.g_pat on VMEXIT Jim Mattson
2026-03-26 17:49 ` [PATCH v6 08/10] KVM: Documentation: document KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE for SVM Jim Mattson
2026-03-26 17:49 ` [PATCH v6 09/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save/restore gPAT with KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE Jim Mattson
2026-03-26 17:49 ` [PATCH v6 10/10] KVM: selftests: nSVM: Add svm_nested_pat test Jim Mattson
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20260326174944.3820245-6-jmattson@google.com \
--to=jmattson@google.com \
--cc=bp@alien8.de \
--cc=corbet@lwn.net \
--cc=dave.hansen@linux.intel.com \
--cc=hpa@zytor.com \
--cc=kvm@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-doc@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=mingo@redhat.com \
--cc=pbonzini@redhat.com \
--cc=seanjc@google.com \
--cc=skhan@linuxfoundation.org \
--cc=tglx@kernel.org \
--cc=x86@kernel.org \
--cc=yosry@kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox