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From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 Naveen N Rao <naveen@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/3] KVM: x86: Add dedicated API for getting mask of accelerated x2APIC MSRs
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 14:31:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260514213115.1637082-2-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260514213115.1637082-1-seanjc@google.com>

Add a dedicated local APIC API, kvm_x2apic_disable_intercept_reg_mask(),
to provide the mask of x2APIC registers whose MSRs can and should be passed
through to the guest when x2APIC virtualization is enable, and use it in
lieu of the open-coded equivalent VMX logic.  Providing a common helper
will allow sharing the logic with SVM (x2AVIC), and as a bonus eliminates
the somewhat confusing code where KVM enables interception for MSR_TYPE_RW,
even though only the READ case actually needs to be updated.

No functional change intended.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c   | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h   |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c |  3 +--
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 4078e624ca66..4e34f75e705d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ static inline struct kvm_lapic *to_lapic(struct kvm_io_device *dev)
 #define APIC_REGS_MASK(first, count) \
 	(APIC_REG_MASK(first) * ((1ull << (count)) - 1))
 
-u64 kvm_lapic_readable_reg_mask(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
+static u64 kvm_lapic_readable_reg_mask(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
 {
 	/* Leave bits '0' for reserved and write-only registers. */
 	u64 valid_reg_mask =
@@ -1766,7 +1766,24 @@ u64 kvm_lapic_readable_reg_mask(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
 
 	return valid_reg_mask;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_lapic_readable_reg_mask);
+
+u64 kvm_x2apic_disable_read_intercept_reg_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!lapic_in_kernel(vcpu)))
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * TMMCT, a.k.a. the current APIC timer count, reads aren't accelerated
+	 * by hardware (Intel or AMD) as the timer is emulated in software (by
+	 * KVM), i.e. reads from the virtual APIC page would return garbage.
+	 * Intercept RDMSR, as handling the fault-like APIC-access VM-Exit is
+	 * more expensive than handling a RDMSR VM-Exit (the APIC-access exit
+	 * requires slow emulation of the code stream).
+	 */
+	return kvm_lapic_readable_reg_mask(vcpu->arch.apic) &
+	       ~APIC_REG_MASK(APIC_TMCCT);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_x2apic_disable_read_intercept_reg_mask);
 
 static int kvm_lapic_reg_read(struct kvm_lapic *apic, u32 offset, int len,
 			      void *data)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
index 274885af4ebc..f763cd29a508 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ int kvm_hv_vapic_msr_read(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr, u64 *data);
 int kvm_lapic_set_pv_eoi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 data, unsigned long len);
 void kvm_lapic_exit(void);
 
-u64 kvm_lapic_readable_reg_mask(struct kvm_lapic *apic);
+u64 kvm_x2apic_disable_read_intercept_reg_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 static inline void kvm_lapic_set_irr(int vec, struct kvm_lapic *apic)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index b02d176800f8..a23a144eef13 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -4156,7 +4156,7 @@ static void vmx_update_msr_bitmap_x2apic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	 * mode, only the current timer count needs on-demand emulation by KVM.
 	 */
 	if (mode & MSR_BITMAP_MODE_X2APIC_APICV)
-		msr_bitmap[read_idx] = ~kvm_lapic_readable_reg_mask(vcpu->arch.apic);
+		msr_bitmap[read_idx] = ~kvm_x2apic_disable_read_intercept_reg_mask(vcpu);
 	else
 		msr_bitmap[read_idx] = ~0ull;
 	msr_bitmap[write_idx] = ~0ull;
@@ -4169,7 +4169,6 @@ static void vmx_update_msr_bitmap_x2apic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 				  !(mode & MSR_BITMAP_MODE_X2APIC));
 
 	if (mode & MSR_BITMAP_MODE_X2APIC_APICV) {
-		vmx_enable_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, X2APIC_MSR(APIC_TMCCT), MSR_TYPE_RW);
 		vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, X2APIC_MSR(APIC_EOI), MSR_TYPE_W);
 		vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, X2APIC_MSR(APIC_SELF_IPI), MSR_TYPE_W);
 		if (enable_ipiv)
-- 
2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog


  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-14 21:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-14 21:31 [PATCH v3 0/3] KVM: SVM: Fix x2AVIC MSR interception issues Sean Christopherson
2026-05-14 21:31 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-05-14 21:31 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] KVM: SVM: Disable x2AVIC RDMSR interception for MSRs KVM actually supports Sean Christopherson
2026-05-14 21:31 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] KVM: SVM: Only disable x2AVIC WRMSR interception for MSRs that are accelerated Sean Christopherson

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