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 6/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save/restore gPAT with KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:58:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260212155905.3448571-7-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260212155905.3448571-1-jmattson@google.com>
Add a 'flags' field to the SVM nested state header, and use bit 0 of the
flags to indicate that gPAT is stored in the nested state.
If in guest mode with NPT enabled, store the current vmcb->save.g_pat value
into the header of the nested state, and set the flag.
Note that struct kvm_svm_nested_state_hdr is included in a union padded to
120 bytes, so there is room to add the flags field and the gpat field
without changing any offsets.
Fixes: cc440cdad5b7 ("KVM: nSVM: implement KVM_GET_NESTED_STATE and KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
---
arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 5 +++++
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
index 846a63215ce1..664d04d1db3f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
@@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ struct kvm_sync_regs {
#define KVM_STATE_VMX_PREEMPTION_TIMER_DEADLINE 0x00000001
+#define KVM_STATE_SVM_VALID_GPAT 0x00000001
+
/* vendor-independent attributes for system fd (group 0) */
#define KVM_X86_GRP_SYSTEM 0
# define KVM_X86_XCOMP_GUEST_SUPP 0
@@ -531,6 +533,9 @@ struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data {
struct kvm_svm_nested_state_hdr {
__u64 vmcb_pa;
+ __u32 flags;
+ __u32 reserved;
+ __u64 gpat;
};
/* for KVM_CAP_NESTED_STATE */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 26f758e294ab..f73f3e586012 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1893,6 +1893,10 @@ static int svm_get_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
/* First fill in the header and copy it out. */
if (is_guest_mode(vcpu)) {
kvm_state.hdr.svm.vmcb_pa = svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa;
+ if (nested_npt_enabled(svm)) {
+ kvm_state.hdr.svm.flags |= KVM_STATE_SVM_VALID_GPAT;
+ kvm_state.hdr.svm.gpat = svm->nested.save.g_pat;
+ }
kvm_state.size += KVM_STATE_NESTED_SVM_VMCB_SIZE;
kvm_state.flags |= KVM_STATE_NESTED_GUEST_MODE;
@@ -2022,6 +2026,14 @@ static int svm_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
!nested_vmcb_check_save(vcpu, &save_cached, false))
goto out_free;
+ /*
+ * Validate gPAT, if provided. This is done separately from the
+ * vmcb_save_area_cached validation above, because gPAT is L2
+ * state, but the vmcb_save_area_cached is populated with L1 state.
+ */
+ if ((kvm_state->hdr.svm.flags & KVM_STATE_SVM_VALID_GPAT) &&
+ !kvm_pat_valid(kvm_state->hdr.svm.gpat))
+ goto out_free;
/*
* All checks done, we can enter guest mode. Userspace provides
@@ -2061,6 +2073,10 @@ 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);
+
svm_switch_vmcb(svm, &svm->nested.vmcb02);
nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(svm, svm->vmcb->save.rip, svm->vmcb->save.cs.base);
--
2.53.0.239.g8d8fc8a987-goog
next prev 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 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT Jim Mattson
2026-02-13 0:27 ` 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 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-02-13 0:36 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save/restore gPAT with KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE 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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