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 v7 4/9] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:40:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260327234023.2659476-5-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260327234023.2659476-1-jmattson@google.com>
When KVM_X86_QUIRK_NESTED_SVM_SHARED_PAT is disabled and nested NPT is
enabled in vmcb12, copy the (cached and validated) vmcb12 g_pat field to
vmcb02's g_pat, giving L2 its own independent guest PAT register.
When the quirk is enabled (default), or when NPT is enabled but nested NPT
is disabled, copy L1's IA32_PAT MSR to the vmcb02 g_pat field, since L2
shares the IA32_PAT MSR with L1.
When NPT is disabled, the g_pat field is ignored by hardware.
Fixes: 15038e147247 ("KVM: SVM: obey guest PAT")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index cb837842f2c3..8170042d5fb3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -727,9 +727,6 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_save(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
struct vmcb *vmcb02 = svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr;
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &svm->vcpu;
- nested_vmcb02_compute_g_pat(svm);
- vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb02, VMCB_NPT);
-
/* Load the nested guest state */
if (svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa != svm->nested.last_vmcb12_gpa) {
new_vmcb12 = true;
@@ -760,6 +757,13 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_save(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb02, VMCB_CET);
}
+ if (l2_has_separate_pat(svm)) {
+ if (unlikely(new_vmcb12 || vmcb12_is_dirty(control, VMCB_NPT)))
+ vmcb_set_gpat(vmcb02, svm->nested.save.g_pat);
+ } else if (npt_enabled) {
+ vmcb_set_gpat(vmcb02, vcpu->arch.pat);
+ }
+
kvm_set_rflags(vcpu, save->rflags | X86_EFLAGS_FIXED);
svm_set_efer(vcpu, svm->nested.save.efer);
--
2.53.0.1018.g2bb0e51243-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-27 23:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-27 23:40 [PATCH v7 0/9] KVM: x86: nSVM: Improve PAT virtualization Jim Mattson
2026-03-27 23:40 ` [PATCH v7 1/9] KVM: x86: Define KVM_X86_QUIRK_NESTED_SVM_SHARED_PAT Jim Mattson
2026-03-30 7:49 ` kernel test robot
2026-03-27 23:40 ` [PATCH v7 2/9] KVM: x86: nSVM: Clear VMCB_NPT clean bit when updating hPAT from guest mode Jim Mattson
2026-03-27 23:40 ` [PATCH v7 3/9] KVM: x86: nSVM: Cache and validate vmcb12 g_pat Jim Mattson
2026-03-27 23:40 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-03-27 23:40 ` [PATCH v7 5/9] KVM: x86: nSVM: Redirect IA32_PAT accesses to either hPAT or gPAT Jim Mattson
2026-03-27 23:40 ` [PATCH v7 6/9] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save gPAT to vmcb12.g_pat on VMEXIT Jim Mattson
2026-03-27 23:40 ` [PATCH v7 7/9] KVM: Documentation: document KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE for SVM Jim Mattson
2026-03-27 23:40 ` [PATCH v7 8/9] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save/restore gPAT with KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE Jim Mattson
2026-03-27 23:40 ` [PATCH v7 9/9] KVM: selftests: nSVM: Add svm_nested_pat test Jim Mattson
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