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, Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 6/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save gPAT to vmcb12.g_pat on VMEXIT
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 12:03:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260407190343.325299-7-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260407190343.325299-1-jmattson@google.com>
According to the APM volume 3 pseudo-code for "VMRUN," when nested paging
is enabled in the vmcb, the guest PAT register (gPAT) is saved to the vmcb
on emulated VMEXIT.
When KVM_X86_QUIRK_NESTED_SVM_SHARED_PAT is disabled and the vCPU is in
guest mode with nested NPT enabled, save the vmcb02 g_pat field to the
vmcb12 g_pat field on emulated VMEXIT.
Fixes: 15038e147247 ("KVM: SVM: obey guest PAT")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 8c9dd685b616..cf6356c775e6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1250,6 +1250,9 @@ static int nested_svm_vmexit_update_vmcb12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
vmcb12->save.dr6 = svm->vcpu.arch.dr6;
vmcb12->save.cpl = vmcb02->save.cpl;
+ if (l2_has_separate_pat(vcpu))
+ vmcb12->save.g_pat = vmcb02->save.g_pat;
+
if (guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK)) {
vmcb12->save.s_cet = vmcb02->save.s_cet;
vmcb12->save.isst_addr = vmcb02->save.isst_addr;
--
2.53.0.1213.gd9a14994de-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-07 19:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-07 19:03 [PATCH v8 0/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Improve PAT virtualization Jim Mattson
2026-04-07 19:03 ` [PATCH v8 1/8] KVM: x86: Define KVM_X86_QUIRK_NESTED_SVM_SHARED_PAT Jim Mattson
2026-04-07 19:03 ` [PATCH v8 2/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Clear VMCB_NPT clean bit when updating hPAT from guest mode Jim Mattson
2026-04-07 19:03 ` [PATCH v8 3/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Cache and validate vmcb12 g_pat Jim Mattson
2026-04-07 19:03 ` [PATCH v8 4/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT Jim Mattson
2026-04-07 19:03 ` [PATCH] KVM: x86: nSVM: Redirect IA32_PAT accesses to either hPAT or gPAT Jim Mattson
2026-04-07 19:24 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-07 20:51 ` Jim Mattson
2026-04-07 19:03 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-04-07 19:03 ` [PATCH v8 7/8] KVM: Documentation: document KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE for SVM Jim Mattson
2026-04-07 19:03 ` [PATCH v8 8/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save/restore gPAT with KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE Jim Mattson
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