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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 3/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT
Date: Thu,  5 Feb 2026 13:43:03 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260205214326.1029278-4-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260205214326.1029278-1-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 1d4ff6408b34..1ff2ede96094 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -646,9 +646,6 @@ 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;
@@ -656,6 +653,19 @@ 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.gpat;
+				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;
-- 
2.53.0.rc2.204.g2597b5adb4-goog


  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 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Clear VMCB_NPT clean bit when updating g_pat in L2 Jim Mattson
2026-02-09 16:05   ` 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 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-02-06 18:23   ` [PATCH v3 3/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT 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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