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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>,
	Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.6.y] KVM: nVMX: Immediately refresh APICv controls as needed on nested VM-Exit
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:05:34 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251231150534.3104156-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2025122917-cadet-worrier-23c0@gregkh>

From: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>

[ Upstream commit 29763138830916f46daaa50e83e7f4f907a3236b ]

If an APICv status updated was pended while L2 was active, immediately
refresh vmcs01's controls instead of pending KVM_REQ_APICV_UPDATE as
kvm_vcpu_update_apicv() only calls into vendor code if a change is
necessary.

E.g. if APICv is inhibited, and then activated while L2 is running:

  kvm_vcpu_update_apicv()
  |
  -> __kvm_vcpu_update_apicv()
     |
     -> apic->apicv_active = true
      |
      -> vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl()
         |
         -> vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_apicv_status = true
          |
          -> return

Then L2 exits to L1:

  __nested_vmx_vmexit()
  |
  -> kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_APICV_UPDATE)

  vcpu_enter_guest(): KVM_REQ_APICV_UPDATE
  -> kvm_vcpu_update_apicv()
     |
     -> __kvm_vcpu_update_apicv()
        |
        -> return // because if (apic->apicv_active == activate)

Reported-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aQ2jmnN8wUYVEawF@intel.com
Fixes: 7c69661e225c ("KVM: nVMX: Defer APICv updates while L2 is active until L1 is active")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>
[sean: write changelog]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251205231913.441872-3-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
[ exported vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl() and added declaration in vmx.h ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 2 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c    | 2 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h    | 1 +
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index d2fa192d7ce7..fb274bae41e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -4908,7 +4908,7 @@ void nested_vmx_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 vm_exit_reason,
 
 	if (vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_apicv_status) {
 		vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_apicv_status = false;
-		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_APICV_UPDATE, vcpu);
+		vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl(vcpu);
 	}
 
 	if (vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_hwapic_isr) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 9b1f22bcb716..4dd3f64a1a8c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -4451,7 +4451,7 @@ static u32 vmx_vmexit_ctrl(void)
 		~(VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL | VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_EFER);
 }
 
-static void vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+void vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
index 5d73d3e570d7..ed611a9ccbc2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ void __vmx_set_segment(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_segment *var, int seg);
 u64 construct_eptp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, hpa_t root_hpa, int root_level);
 
 bool vmx_guest_inject_ac(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+void vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 void vmx_update_exception_bitmap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 bool vmx_nmi_blocked(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 bool __vmx_interrupt_blocked(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
-- 
2.51.0


  reply	other threads:[~2025-12-31 15:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-12-29 14:42 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Immediately refresh APICv controls as needed on" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree gregkh
2025-12-31 15:05 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-01-05 20:22   ` [PATCH 6.6.y] KVM: nVMX: Immediately refresh APICv controls as needed on nested VM-Exit Sean Christopherson

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