From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>,
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v1 27/28] KVM: nSVM: Use different ASIDs for L1 and L2
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:35:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260728003557.1136583-28-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260728003557.1136583-1-yosry@kernel.org>
Now that TLB flushes are properly handled and tracked for L1 vs L2
ASIDs, allocate a separate new ASID for L2 for each vCPU, similar to how
VMX handles VPIDs. Drop the unconditional flushes and syncs on nested
transitions.
Initialize last_asid to 0, such that the L2 ASID is always flushed on
first nested VM-Enter after it's allocated.
On a Turin CPU, this results in 8-15% performance boost in CPUID rate
microbenchmark [1] and netperf TCP_RR latency/throughput.
[1]https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20231109180646.2963718-1-khorenko@virtuozzo.com/
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 9ea8f21be9940..659e9da43945a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -707,6 +707,10 @@ static void nested_svm_entry_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* context is not tagged by the ASID, so the shadow NPTs cannot be
* reused across different L2 ASIDs.
*
+ * Note, last_asid is initialized as 0, so the first nested VM-Enter
+ * after setting EFER.SVME will always flush the TLB to avoid using
+ * stale entries.
+ *
* If L1 requested a full TLB flush for all ASIDs (including its own),
* L1's own ASID is also flushed on nested VM-Exit, before running L1.
*
@@ -727,10 +731,6 @@ static void nested_svm_entry_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
WARN_ON_ONCE(svm->asid != fallback_asid && !is_sev_guest(vcpu));
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);
}
-
- /* TODO: optimize unconditional TLB flush/MMU sync */
- kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
- kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);
}
static void nested_svm_exit_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -745,9 +745,6 @@ static void nested_svm_exit_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (svm->asid == svm->nested.asid02)
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);
-
- kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
- kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);
}
/*
@@ -1554,7 +1551,20 @@ int svm_allocate_nested(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr = page_address(vmcb02_page);
svm->nested.vmcb02.pa = __sme_set(page_to_pfn(vmcb02_page) << PAGE_SHIFT);
- svm->nested.asid02 = svm->asid;
+ svm->nested.asid02 = allocate_asid(&svm->vcpu);
+
+ /*
+ * KVM uses a fallback ASID when out of ASIDs, and fails vCPU creation
+ * if there's no fallback ASID. ASID allocation must succeed here.
+ */
+ KVM_BUG_ON(!svm->nested.asid02, svm->vcpu.kvm);
+
+ /*
+ * Clear last_asid to ensure that the ASID is flushed on the first
+ * nested VM-Enter. Otherwise, stale TLB entries from a previous life of
+ * the VPID (e.g. different vCPU or even different VM) could be used.
+ */
+ svm->nested.last_asid = 0;
return 0;
@@ -1571,6 +1581,8 @@ void svm_free_nested(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(svm->vmcb != svm->vmcb01.ptr))
svm_switch_vmcb(svm, &svm->vmcb01);
+ free_asid(&svm->vcpu, svm->nested.asid02);
+
svm_vcpu_free_msrpm(svm->nested.msrpm);
svm->nested.msrpm = NULL;
--
2.55.0.229.g6434b31f56-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-28 0:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-28 0:35 [PATCH v1 00/28] KVM: nSVM: Optimize nSVM TLB flushes Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 01/28] KVM: nSVM: Flush the TLB after forcefully leaving nested Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 02/28] KVM: SVM: Document number of ASIDs CPUID setting Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 03/28] KVM: VMX: Generalize VPID allocation to be vendor-neutral Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 04/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Support specifying reserved TLB tags Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 05/28] KVM: SVM: Add helpers to set/clear ASID flush in VMCB Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 06/28] KVM: SVM: Fallback to flush everything if FLUSHBYASID is not available Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 07/28] KVM: SVM: Duplicate pre-run ASID check for SEV and non-SEV guests Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 08/28] KVM: SEV: Do ASID initialization at VMCB initialization Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 09/28] KVM: SEV: Expose sev_get_asid() outside of sev.c Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 10/28] KVM: SVM: Use a static ASID per vCPU Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 11/28] KVM: SVM: Only flush the fallback ASID when used by a different vCPU Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 12/28] KVM: nSVM: Add a placeholder ASID for L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 13/28] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Rename kvm_hv_vcpu_purge_flush_tlb() Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 14/28] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Allow puring all TLB flush FIFOs Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 15/28] KVM: nSVM: Drop svm->nested.initialized Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 16/28] KVM: nSVM: Flush both L1 and L2 ASIDs on KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 17/28] KVM: nSVM: Always switch VMCB before leaving guest mode Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 18/28] KVM: nSVM: Split nested_svm_transition_tlb_flush() into entry/exit fns Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 19/28] KVM: nSVM: Service local TLB flushes before nested transitions Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 20/28] KVM: nSVM: Handle nested TLB flush requests through TLB_CONTROL Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 21/28] KVM: nSVM: Flush the TLB if L1 changes L2's ASID in vmcb12 Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 22/28] KVM: nSVM: Do not reset TLB_CONTROL in vmcb02 on nested VM-Enter Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 23/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Rename __kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr() to kvm_mmu_sync_addr() Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 24/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Refactor kvm_mmu_invlpg() to allow skipping the GVA flush Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 25/28] KVM: nSVM: Flush L2's ASID when emulating INVLPGA Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 26/28] KVM: nSVM: Flush the ASID on nested transitions if shared by L1 and L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:35 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-07-28 0:35 ` [PATCH v1 28/28] KVM: selftests: Add a test for nested TLB flushes Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 1:05 ` [PATCH v1 00/28] KVM: nSVM: Optimize nSVM " Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 1:18 ` Sean Christopherson
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