From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH 6.6.y 4/4] KVM: SVM: Fix redundant updates of LBR MSR intercepts
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 18:42:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251203184220.2693264-4-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251203184220.2693264-1-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Don't update the LBR MSR intercept bitmaps if they're already up-to-date,
as unconditionally updating the intercepts forces KVM to recalculate the
MSR bitmaps for vmcb02 on every nested VMRUN. The redundant updates are
functionally okay; however, they neuter an optimization in Hyper-V
nested virtualization enlightenments and this manifests as a self-test
failure.
In particular, Hyper-V lets L1 mark "nested enlightenments" as clean, i.e.
tell KVM that no changes were made to the MSR bitmap since the last VMRUN.
The hyperv_svm_test KVM selftest intentionally changes the MSR bitmap
"without telling KVM about it" to verify that KVM honors the clean hint,
correctly fails because KVM notices the changed bitmap anyway:
==== Test Assertion Failure ====
x86/hyperv_svm_test.c:120: vmcb->control.exit_code == 0x081
pid=193558 tid=193558 errno=4 - Interrupted system call
1 0x0000000000411361: assert_on_unhandled_exception at processor.c:659
2 0x0000000000406186: _vcpu_run at kvm_util.c:1699
3 (inlined by) vcpu_run at kvm_util.c:1710
4 0x0000000000401f2a: main at hyperv_svm_test.c:175
5 0x000000000041d0d3: __libc_start_call_main at libc-start.o:?
6 0x000000000041f27c: __libc_start_main_impl at ??:?
7 0x00000000004021a0: _start at ??:?
vmcb->control.exit_code == SVM_EXIT_VMMCALL
Do *not* fix this by skipping svm_hv_vmcb_dirty_nested_enlightenments()
when svm_set_intercept_for_msr() performs a no-op change. changes to
the L0 MSR interception bitmap are only triggered by full CPUID updates
and MSR filter updates, both of which should be rare. Changing
svm_set_intercept_for_msr() risks hiding unintended pessimizations
like this one, and is actually more complex than this change.
Fixes: fbe5e5f030c2 ("KVM: nSVM: Always recalculate LBR MSR intercepts in svm_update_lbrv()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251112013017.1836863-1-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev
[Rewritten commit message based on mailing list discussion. - Paolo]
Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Tested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit 3fa05f96fc08dff5e846c2cc283a249c1bf029a1)
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 6 ++++++
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index c5d66ded7ebb..097abdd1973b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -1014,6 +1014,9 @@ static void svm_recalc_lbr_msr_intercepts(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
bool intercept = !(svm->vmcb->control.virt_ext & LBR_CTL_ENABLE_MASK);
+ if (intercept == svm->lbr_msrs_intercepted)
+ return;
+
set_msr_interception(vcpu, svm->msrpm, MSR_IA32_LASTBRANCHFROMIP,
!intercept, !intercept);
set_msr_interception(vcpu, svm->msrpm, MSR_IA32_LASTBRANCHTOIP,
@@ -1026,6 +1029,8 @@ static void svm_recalc_lbr_msr_intercepts(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (sev_es_guest(vcpu->kvm))
set_msr_interception(vcpu, svm->msrpm, MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR,
!intercept, !intercept);
+
+ svm->lbr_msrs_intercepted = intercept;
}
static void __svm_enable_lbrv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -1470,6 +1475,7 @@ static int svm_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
}
svm->x2avic_msrs_intercepted = true;
+ svm->lbr_msrs_intercepted = true;
svm->vmcb01.ptr = page_address(vmcb01_page);
svm->vmcb01.pa = __sme_set(page_to_pfn(vmcb01_page) << PAGE_SHIFT);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
index 81f00177f501..a73340a5c699 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ struct vcpu_svm {
bool guest_state_loaded;
bool x2avic_msrs_intercepted;
+ bool lbr_msrs_intercepted;
/* Guest GIF value, used when vGIF is not enabled */
bool guest_gif;
--
2.52.0.158.g65b55ccf14-goog
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-03 18:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-20 15:50 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: nSVM: Fix and simplify LBR virtualization handling with" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree gregkh
2025-12-03 18:42 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 1/4] KVM: SVM: Introduce svm_recalc_lbr_msr_intercepts() Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-03 18:42 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 2/4] KVM: nSVM: Always recalculate LBR MSR intercepts in svm_update_lbrv() Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-03 18:42 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 3/4] KVM: nSVM: Fix and simplify LBR virtualization handling with nested Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-03 18:42 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
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