From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.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>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Clear VMCB_NPT clean bit when updating g_pat in L2
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 13:43:01 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260205214326.1029278-2-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260205214326.1029278-1-jmattson@google.com>
When running an L2 guest and writing to MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, the host PAT value
is stored in vmcb01.ptr->save.g_pat, but the clean bit was only being
cleared for svm->vmcb, which points to vmcb02 in guest mode.
Introduce the helper svm_set_vmcb_gpat() which sets vmcb->save.g_pat and
marks the VMCB dirty for VMCB_NPT. Use this helper in both svm_set_msr()
for updating vmcb01 and in nested_vmcb02_compute_g_pat() for updating
vmcb02, ensuring both VMCBs are properly marked dirty.
Fixes: 4995a3685f1b ("KVM: SVM: Use a separate vmcb for the nested L2 guest")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 3 +--
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index de90b104a0dd..f72dbd10dcad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ void nested_vmcb02_compute_g_pat(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
return;
/* FIXME: merge g_pat from vmcb01 and vmcb12. */
- svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr->save.g_pat = svm->vmcb01.ptr->save.g_pat;
+ svm_set_vmcb_gpat(svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr, svm->vmcb01.ptr->save.g_pat);
}
static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_save(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct vmcb *vmcb12)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 5f0136dbdde6..08f145eb9215 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -2939,10 +2939,9 @@ static int svm_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr)
if (ret)
break;
- svm->vmcb01.ptr->save.g_pat = data;
+ svm_set_vmcb_gpat(svm->vmcb01.ptr, data);
if (is_guest_mode(vcpu))
nested_vmcb02_compute_g_pat(svm);
- vmcb_mark_dirty(svm->vmcb, VMCB_NPT);
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 ebd7b36b1ceb..986d90f2d4ca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -420,6 +420,12 @@ static inline bool vmcb_is_dirty(struct vmcb *vmcb, int bit)
return !test_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)&vmcb->control.clean);
}
+static inline void svm_set_vmcb_gpat(struct vmcb *vmcb, u64 data)
+{
+ vmcb->save.g_pat = data;
+ vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb, VMCB_NPT);
+}
+
static __always_inline struct vcpu_svm *to_svm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
return container_of(vcpu, struct vcpu_svm, vcpu);
--
2.53.0.rc2.204.g2597b5adb4-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-05 21:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-05 21:43 [PATCH v3 0/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Improve PAT virtualization Jim Mattson
2026-02-05 21:43 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-02-09 16:05 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Clear VMCB_NPT clean bit when updating g_pat in L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-05 21:43 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Cache and validate vmcb12 g_pat Jim Mattson
2026-02-06 18:19 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 18:23 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 18:32 ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-06 19:12 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 19:15 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:50 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 20:56 ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-06 23:07 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-05 21:43 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT Jim Mattson
2026-02-06 18:23 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 18:29 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:14 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-05 21:43 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Redirect IA32_PAT accesses to either hPAT or gPAT Jim Mattson
2026-02-05 21:43 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save gPAT to vmcb12.g_pat on VMEXIT Jim Mattson
2026-02-05 21:43 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save/restore gPAT with KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE Jim Mattson
2026-02-05 21:43 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Handle restore of legacy nested state Jim Mattson
2026-02-06 19:17 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 22:38 ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-05 21:43 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] KVM: selftests: nSVM: Add svm_nested_pat test Jim Mattson
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