FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: nSVM: Refactor writing vmcb12 on nested #VMEXIT as a" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x dcf3648ab71437b504abbfdc4e74622a0f1a56e3
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026050338-relenting-fracture-6b66@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From dcf3648ab71437b504abbfdc4e74622a0f1a56e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 00:34:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: nSVM: Refactor writing vmcb12 on nested #VMEXIT as a
 helper

Move mapping vmcb12 and updating it out of nested_svm_vmexit() into a
helper, no functional change intended.

CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260303003421.2185681-8-yosry@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index d419fd516fa9..8c01916cb154 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1124,36 +1124,20 @@ void svm_copy_vmloadsave_state(struct vmcb *to_vmcb, struct vmcb *from_vmcb)
 	to_vmcb->save.sysenter_eip = from_vmcb->save.sysenter_eip;
 }
 
-int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
+static int nested_svm_vmexit_update_vmcb12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &svm->vcpu;
-	struct vmcb *vmcb01 = svm->vmcb01.ptr;
+	struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
 	struct vmcb *vmcb02 = svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr;
-	struct vmcb *vmcb12;
 	struct kvm_host_map map;
+	struct vmcb *vmcb12;
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = kvm_vcpu_map(vcpu, gpa_to_gfn(svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa), &map);
-	if (rc) {
-		if (rc == -EINVAL)
-			kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
-		return 1;
-	}
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
 
 	vmcb12 = map.hva;
 
-	/* Exit Guest-Mode */
-	leave_guest_mode(vcpu);
-	svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa = 0;
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(svm->nested.nested_run_pending);
-
-	kvm_clear_request(KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES, vcpu);
-
-	/* in case we halted in L2 */
-	kvm_set_mp_state(vcpu, KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE);
-
-	/* Give the current vmcb to the guest */
-
 	vmcb12->save.es     = vmcb02->save.es;
 	vmcb12->save.cs     = vmcb02->save.cs;
 	vmcb12->save.ss     = vmcb02->save.ss;
@@ -1190,10 +1174,48 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	if (guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_NRIPS))
 		vmcb12->control.next_rip  = vmcb02->control.next_rip;
 
+	if (nested_vmcb12_has_lbrv(vcpu))
+		svm_copy_lbrs(&vmcb12->save, &vmcb02->save);
+
 	vmcb12->control.int_ctl           = svm->nested.ctl.int_ctl;
 	vmcb12->control.event_inj         = svm->nested.ctl.event_inj;
 	vmcb12->control.event_inj_err     = svm->nested.ctl.event_inj_err;
 
+	trace_kvm_nested_vmexit_inject(vmcb12->control.exit_code,
+				       vmcb12->control.exit_info_1,
+				       vmcb12->control.exit_info_2,
+				       vmcb12->control.exit_int_info,
+				       vmcb12->control.exit_int_info_err,
+				       KVM_ISA_SVM);
+
+	kvm_vcpu_unmap(vcpu, &map);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
+{
+	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &svm->vcpu;
+	struct vmcb *vmcb01 = svm->vmcb01.ptr;
+	struct vmcb *vmcb02 = svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = nested_svm_vmexit_update_vmcb12(vcpu);
+	if (rc) {
+		if (rc == -EINVAL)
+			kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	/* Exit Guest-Mode */
+	leave_guest_mode(vcpu);
+	svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa = 0;
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(svm->nested.nested_run_pending);
+
+	kvm_clear_request(KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES, vcpu);
+
+	/* in case we halted in L2 */
+	kvm_set_mp_state(vcpu, KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE);
+
 	if (!kvm_pause_in_guest(vcpu->kvm)) {
 		vmcb01->control.pause_filter_count = vmcb02->control.pause_filter_count;
 		vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb01, VMCB_INTERCEPTS);
@@ -1238,9 +1260,7 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	if (!nested_exit_on_intr(svm))
 		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, &svm->vcpu);
 
-	if (nested_vmcb12_has_lbrv(vcpu)) {
-		svm_copy_lbrs(&vmcb12->save, &vmcb02->save);
-	} else {
+	if (!nested_vmcb12_has_lbrv(vcpu)) {
 		svm_copy_lbrs(&vmcb01->save, &vmcb02->save);
 		vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb01, VMCB_LBR);
 	}
@@ -1296,15 +1316,6 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	svm->vcpu.arch.dr7 = DR7_FIXED_1;
 	kvm_update_dr7(&svm->vcpu);
 
-	trace_kvm_nested_vmexit_inject(vmcb12->control.exit_code,
-				       vmcb12->control.exit_info_1,
-				       vmcb12->control.exit_info_2,
-				       vmcb12->control.exit_int_info,
-				       vmcb12->control.exit_int_info_err,
-				       KVM_ISA_SVM);
-
-	kvm_vcpu_unmap(vcpu, &map);
-
 	nested_svm_transition_tlb_flush(vcpu);
 
 	nested_svm_uninit_mmu_context(vcpu);