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 7/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Handle restore of legacy nested state
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 13:43:07 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260205214326.1029278-8-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260205214326.1029278-1-jmattson@google.com>
When nested NPT is enabled and KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE is used to restore an
old checkpoint (without a valid gPAT), the current IA32_PAT value must be
used as L2's gPAT.
The current IA32_PAT value may be restored by KVM_SET_MSRS after
KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE. Furthermore, there may be a KVM_GET_NESTED_STATE
before the first KVM_RUN.
Introduce a new boolean, svm->nested.legacy_gpat_semantics. When set, hPAT
updates are also applied to gPAT, preserving the old behavior where L2
shared L1's PAT. svm_vcpu_pre_run() clears this boolean at the first
KVM_RUN.
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 11 ++++++++---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 2 ++
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 9 +++++++++
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 3f512fb630db..a7d6fc1382a7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1936,9 +1936,14 @@ static int svm_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
if (ret)
goto out_free;
- if (nested_npt_enabled(svm) &&
- (kvm_state->hdr.svm.flags & KVM_STATE_SVM_VALID_GPAT))
- svm_set_gpat(svm, kvm_state->hdr.svm.gpat);
+ if (nested_npt_enabled(svm)) {
+ if (kvm_state->hdr.svm.flags & KVM_STATE_SVM_VALID_GPAT) {
+ svm_set_gpat(svm, kvm_state->hdr.svm.gpat);
+ } else {
+ svm_set_gpat(svm, vcpu->arch.pat);
+ svm->nested.legacy_gpat_semantics = true;
+ }
+ }
svm->nested.force_msr_bitmap_recalc = true;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index b62c32c3942d..a6a44deec82b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -4239,6 +4239,8 @@ static int svm_vcpu_pre_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (to_kvm_sev_info(vcpu->kvm)->need_init)
return -EINVAL;
+ to_svm(vcpu)->nested.legacy_gpat_semantics = false;
+
return 1;
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
index a0e94a2c51a1..a559cd45c8a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ struct svm_nested_state {
* on its side.
*/
bool force_msr_bitmap_recalc;
+
+ /*
+ * Indicates that a legacy nested state was restored (without a
+ * valid gPAT). In this mode, updates to hPAT are also applied to
+ * gPAT, preserving the old behavior where L2 shared L1's PAT.
+ */
+ bool legacy_gpat_semantics;
};
struct vcpu_sev_es_state {
@@ -604,6 +611,8 @@ static inline void svm_set_hpat(struct vcpu_svm *svm, u64 data)
if (is_guest_mode(&svm->vcpu) && !nested_npt_enabled(svm))
svm_set_vmcb_gpat(svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr, data);
}
+ if (svm->nested.legacy_gpat_semantics)
+ svm_set_gpat(svm, data);
}
static inline bool nested_vnmi_enabled(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
--
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 ` [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 ` [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 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-02-06 19:17 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Handle restore of legacy nested state 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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