[PATCHv4 02/11] KVM: nSVM: Disable intercept of VINTR if saved RFLAG.IF is 0

Santosh Shukla
2023-02-27T08:50:48Z

From: Santosh Shukla <Santosh.Shukla@amd.com>

Disable intercept of virtual interrupts (used to
detect interrupt windows) if the saved RFLAGS.IF is '0', as
the effective RFLAGS.IF for L1 interrupts will never be set
while L2 is running (L2's RFLAGS.IF doesn't affect L1 IRQs).

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Santosh Shukla <Santosh.Shukla@amd.com>
---
v3:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y9hybI65So5X2LFg@google.com/
suggested by Sean.

arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index fbade158d368..107258ed46ee 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -139,13 +139,18 @@ void recalc_intercepts(struct vcpu_svm *svm)

if (g->int_ctl & V_INTR_MASKING_MASK) {
/*
- * Once running L2 with HF_VINTR_MASK, EFLAGS.IF and CR8
- * does not affect any interrupt we may want to inject;
- * therefore, writes to CR8 are irrelevant to L0, as are
- * interrupt window vmexits.
+ * If L2 is active and V_INTR_MASKING is enabled in vmcb12,
+ * disable intercept of CR8 writes as L2's CR8 does not affect
+ * any interrupt KVM may want to inject.
+ *
+ * Similarly, disable intercept of virtual interrupts (used to
+ * detect interrupt windows) if the saved RFLAGS.IF is '0', as
+ * the effective RFLAGS.IF for L1 interrupts will never be set
+ * while L2 is running (L2's RFLAGS.IF doesn't affect L1 IRQs).
*/
vmcb_clr_intercept(c, INTERCEPT_CR8_WRITE);
- vmcb_clr_intercept(c, INTERCEPT_VINTR);
+ if (!(svm->vmcb01.ptr->save.rflags & X86_EFLAGS_IF))
+ vmcb_clr_intercept(c, INTERCEPT_VINTR);
}

/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index b43775490074..cf6ae093ed19 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -1583,6 +1583,16 @@ static void svm_set_vintr(struct vcpu_svm *svm)

svm_set_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_VINTR);

+ /*
+ * Recalculating intercepts may have clear the VINTR intercept. If
+ * V_INTR_MASKING is enabled in vmcb12, then the effective RFLAGS.IF
+ * for L1 physical interrupts is L1's RFLAGS.IF at the time of VMRUN.
+ * Requesting an interrupt window if save.RFLAGS.IF=0 is pointless as
+ * interrupts will never be unblocked while L2 is running.
+ */
+ if (!svm_is_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_VINTR))
+ return;
+
/*
* This is just a dummy VINTR to actually cause a vmexit to happen.
* Actual injection of virtual interrupts happens through EVENTINJ.
--
2.25.1