From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
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>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:21:43 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260115232154.3021475-5-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260115232154.3021475-1-jmattson@google.com>
When nested NPT is enabled in vmcb12, copy the (cached and validated)
vmcb12 g_pat field to the guest PAT register. Under KVM, the guest PAT
register lives in the vmcb02 g_pat field.
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 vmcb02 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 | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index e65291434be9..b0c0184e6e24 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -656,9 +656,6 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_save(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct vmcb *vmcb12
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;
@@ -666,6 +663,19 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_save(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct vmcb *vmcb12
svm->nested.force_msr_bitmap_recalc = true;
}
+ if (npt_enabled) {
+ if (nested_npt_enabled(svm)) {
+ if (unlikely(new_vmcb12 ||
+ vmcb_is_dirty(vmcb12, VMCB_NPT))) {
+ vmcb02->save.g_pat = svm->nested.save.g_pat;
+ vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb02, VMCB_NPT);
+ }
+ } else {
+ vmcb02->save.g_pat = vcpu->arch.pat;
+ vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb02, VMCB_NPT);
+ }
+ }
+
if (unlikely(new_vmcb12 || vmcb_is_dirty(vmcb12, VMCB_SEG))) {
vmcb02->save.es = vmcb12->save.es;
vmcb02->save.cs = vmcb12->save.cs;
--
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-15 23:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-15 23:21 [PATCH v2 0/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Improve PAT virtualization Jim Mattson
2026-01-15 23:21 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Redirect IA32_PAT accesses to either hPAT or gPAT Jim Mattson
2026-01-16 4:08 ` Jim Mattson
2026-01-22 1:20 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-02 20:02 ` Jim Mattson
2026-01-15 23:21 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Cache g_pat in vmcb_save_area_cached Jim Mattson
2026-01-22 1:28 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-02 20:35 ` Jim Mattson
2026-01-15 23:21 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Add validity check for vmcb12 g_pat Jim Mattson
2026-01-22 1:40 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-02 20:40 ` Jim Mattson
2026-01-15 23:21 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-01-22 1:54 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15 23:21 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save gPAT to vmcb12.g_pat on VMEXIT Jim Mattson
2026-01-15 23:21 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save/restore gPAT with KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE Jim Mattson
2026-01-16 4:23 ` Jim Mattson
2026-01-22 1:51 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-22 1:52 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15 23:21 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Handle restore of legacy nested state Jim Mattson
2026-01-20 18:27 ` Jim Mattson
2026-01-15 23:21 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] KVM: selftests: nSVM: Add svm_nested_pat test Jim Mattson
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