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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 v4 3/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:58:51 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260212155905.3448571-4-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260212155905.3448571-1-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 svm->nested.save.g_pat.

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 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 | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 91b35adb83f8..dc8275837120 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -724,9 +724,6 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_save(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	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;
@@ -757,6 +754,13 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_save(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 		vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb02, VMCB_CET);
 	}
 
+	if (nested_npt_enabled(svm)) {
+		if (unlikely(new_vmcb12 || vmcb12_is_dirty(control, VMCB_NPT)))
+			vmcb_set_gpat(vmcb02, svm->nested.save.g_pat);
+	} else if (npt_enabled) {
+		vmcb_set_gpat(vmcb02, vcpu->arch.pat);
+	}
+
 	kvm_set_rflags(vcpu, save->rflags | X86_EFLAGS_FIXED);
 
 	svm_set_efer(vcpu, svm->nested.save.efer);
-- 
2.53.0.239.g8d8fc8a987-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-12 15:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-12 15:58 [PATCH v4 0/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Improve PAT virtualization Jim Mattson
2026-02-12 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Clear VMCB_NPT clean bit when updating hPAT from guest mode Jim Mattson
2026-02-13  0:17   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-13 15:26     ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-13 15:32       ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-13 15:46         ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-12 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Cache and validate vmcb12 g_pat Jim Mattson
2026-02-13  0:22   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-20 22:26     ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-20 23:25       ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-12 15:58 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-02-13  0:27   ` [PATCH v4 3/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-12 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Redirect IA32_PAT accesses to either hPAT or gPAT Jim Mattson
2026-02-13  0:30   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-13 15:20     ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-13 15:42       ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-13 22:19         ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-13 23:31           ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-17 23:27             ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-17 23:40               ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-17 23:44                 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-26 21:18               ` Jim Mattson
2026-03-26 21:26                 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-26 21:56                   ` Jim Mattson
2026-03-26 21:59                     ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-13 15:43       ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-13 15:44         ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-12 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save gPAT to vmcb12.g_pat on VMEXIT Jim Mattson
2026-02-13  0:33   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-12 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save/restore gPAT with KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE Jim Mattson
2026-02-13  0:36   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-12 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Handle restore of legacy nested state Jim Mattson
2026-02-13  0:38   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-12 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] KVM: selftests: nSVM: Add svm_nested_pat test Jim Mattson

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