According to Intel SDM section 28.3.3.3/28.3.3.4 Guidelines for Use
of the INVVPID/INVEPT Instruction, the hypervisor needs to execute
INVVPID/INVEPT X in case CPU executes VMEntry with VPID/EPTP X and
either: "Virtualize APIC accesses" VM-execution control was changed
from 0 to 1, OR the value of apic_access_page was changed.
In the nested case, the burden falls on L1, unless L0 enables EPT in
vmcs02 but L1 enables neither EPT nor VPID in vmcs12. For this reason
prepare_vmcs02() and load_vmcs12_host_state() have special code to
request a TLB flush in case L1 does not use EPT but it uses
"virtualize APIC accesses".
This special case however is not necessary. On a nested vmentry the
physical TLB will already be flushed except if all the following apply:
* L0 uses VPID
* L1 uses VPID
* L0 can guarantee TLB entries populated while running L1 are tagged
differently than TLB entries populated while running L2.
If the first condition is false, the processor will flush the TLB
on vmentry to L2. If the second or third condition are false,
prepare_vmcs02() will request KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH. However, even
if both are true, no extra TLB flush is needed to handle the APIC
access page:
* if L1 doesn't use VPID, the second condition doesn't hold and the
TLB will be flushed anyway.
* if L1 uses VPID, it has to flush the TLB itself with INVVPID and
section 28.3.3.3 doesn't apply to L0.
* even INVEPT is not needed because, if L0 uses EPT, it uses different
EPTP when running L2 than L1 (because guest_mode is part of mmu-role).
In this case SDM section 28.3.3.4 doesn't apply.
Similarly, examining nested_vmx_vmexit()->load_vmcs12_host_state(),
one could note that L0 won't flush TLB only in cases where SDM sections
28.3.3.3 and 28.3.3.4 don't apply. In particular, if L0 uses different
VPIDs for L1 and L2 (i.e. vmx->vpid != vmx->nested.vpid02), section
28.3.3.3 doesn't apply.
Thus, remove this flush from prepare_vmcs02() and nested_vmx_vmexit().
Side-note: This patch can be viewed as removing parts of commit
fb6c819843 ("kvm: vmx: Flush TLB when the APIC-access address changes”)
that is not relevant anymore since commit
1313cc2bd8 ("kvm: mmu: Add guest_mode to kvm_mmu_page_role”).
i.e. The first commit assumes that if L0 use EPT and L1 doesn’t use EPT,
then L0 will use same EPTP for both L0 and L1. Which indeed required
L0 to execute INVEPT before entering L2 guest. This assumption is
not true anymore since when guest_mode was added to mmu-role.
Reviewed-by: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Fixes gcc '-Wunused-but-set-variable' warning:
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c: In function kvm_make_scan_ioapic_request_mask:
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:7911:7: warning: variable called set but not
used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
It is not used since commit 7ee30bc132 ("KVM: x86: deliver KVM
IOAPIC scan request to target vCPUs")
Signed-off-by: Mao Wenan <maowenan@huawei.com>
Fixes: 7ee30bc132 ("KVM: x86: deliver KVM IOAPIC scan request to target vCPUs")
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
vmcs->apic_access_page is simply a token that the hypervisor puts into
the PFN of a 4KB EPTE (or PTE if using shadow-paging) that triggers
APIC-access VMExit or APIC virtualization logic whenever a CPU running
in VMX non-root mode read/write from/to this PFN.
As every write either triggers an APIC-access VMExit or write is
performed on vmcs->virtual_apic_page, the PFN pointed to by
vmcs->apic_access_page should never actually be touched by CPU.
Therefore, there is no need to mark vmcs02->apic_access_page as dirty
after unpin it on L2->L1 emulated VMExit or when L1 exit VMX operation.
Reviewed-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
If X86_FEATURE_RTM is disabled, the guest should not be able to access
MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL. We can therefore use it in KVM to force all
transactions from the guest to abort.
Tested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
The current guest mitigation of TAA is both too heavy and not really
sufficient. It is too heavy because it will cause some affected CPUs
(those that have MDS_NO but lack TAA_NO) to fall back to VERW and
get the corresponding slowdown. It is not really sufficient because
it will cause the MDS_NO bit to disappear upon microcode update, so
that VMs started before the microcode update will not be runnable
anymore afterwards, even with tsx=on.
Instead, if tsx=on on the host, we can emulate MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL for
the guest and let it run without the VERW mitigation. Even though
MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL is quite heavyweight, and we do not want to write
it on every vmentry, we can use the shared MSR functionality because
the host kernel need not protect itself from TSX-based side-channels.
Tested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Because KVM always emulates CPUID, the CPUID clear bit
(bit 1) of MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL must be emulated "manually"
by the hypervisor when performing said emulation.
Right now neither kvm-intel.ko nor kvm-amd.ko implement
MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL but this will change in the next patch.
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Tested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
"Shared MSRs" are guest MSRs that are written to the host MSRs but
keep their value until the next return to userspace. They support
a mask, so that some bits keep the host value, but this mask is
only used to skip an unnecessary MSR write and the value written
to the MSR is always the guest MSR.
Fix this and, while at it, do not update smsr->values[slot].curr if
for whatever reason the wrmsr fails. This should only happen due to
reserved bits, so the value written to smsr->values[slot].curr
will not match when the user-return notifier and the host value will
always be restored. However, it is untidy and in rare cases this
can actually avoid spurious WRMSRs on return to userspace.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Tested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
KVM does not implement MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL, so it must not be presented
to the guests. It is also confusing to have !ARCH_CAP_TSX_CTRL_MSR &&
!RTM && ARCH_CAP_TAA_NO: lack of MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL suggests TSX was not
hidden (it actually was), yet the value says that TSX is not vulnerable
to microarchitectural data sampling. Fix both.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Tested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
- Allow non-ISV data aborts to be reported to userspace
- Allow injection of data aborts from userspace
- Expose stolen time to guests
- GICv4 performance improvements
- vgic ITS emulation fixes
- Simplify FWB handling
- Enable halt pool counters
- Make the emulated timer PREEMPT_RT compliant
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Merge tag 'kvmarm-5.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvmarm/kvmarm into HEAD
KVM/arm updates for Linux 5.5:
- Allow non-ISV data aborts to be reported to userspace
- Allow injection of data aborts from userspace
- Expose stolen time to guests
- GICv4 performance improvements
- vgic ITS emulation fixes
- Simplify FWB handling
- Enable halt pool counters
- Make the emulated timer PREEMPT_RT compliant
Conflicts:
include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
Since commit 1313cc2bd8 ("kvm: mmu: Add guest_mode to kvm_mmu_page_role"),
guest_mode was added to mmu-role and therefore if L0 use EPT, it will
always run L1 and L2 with different EPTP. i.e. EPTP01!=EPTP02.
Because TLB entries are tagged with EP4TA, KVM can assume
TLB entries populated while running L2 are tagged differently
than TLB entries populated while running L1.
Therefore, update nested_has_guest_tlb_tag() to consider if
L0 use EPT instead of if L1 use EPT.
Reviewed-by: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
The function is only used in kvm.ko module.
Reviewed-by: Mark Kanda <mark.kanda@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
When L1 guest uses 5-level paging, it fails vm-entry to L2 due to
invalid host-state. It needs to add CR4_LA57 bit to nested CR4_FIXED1
MSR.
Signed-off-by: Chenyi Qiang <chenyi.qiang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Kanda <mark.kanda@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Not zeroing the bitmap used for identifying the destination vCPUs for an
IOAPIC scan request in fixed delivery mode could lead to waking up unwanted
vCPUs. This patch zeroes the vCPU bitmap before passing it to
kvm_bitmap_or_dest_vcpus(), which is responsible for setting the bitmap
with the bits corresponding to the destination vCPUs.
Fixes: 7ee30bc132c6("KVM: x86: deliver KVM IOAPIC scan request to target vCPUs")
Signed-off-by: Nitesh Narayan Lal <nitesh@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
In IOAPIC fixed delivery mode instead of flushing the scan
requests to all vCPUs, we should only send the requests to
vCPUs specified within the destination field.
This patch introduces kvm_get_dest_vcpus_mask() API which
retrieves an array of target vCPUs by using
kvm_apic_map_get_dest_lapic() and then based on the
vcpus_idx, it sets the bit in a bitmap. However, if the above
fails kvm_get_dest_vcpus_mask() finds the target vCPUs by
traversing all available vCPUs. Followed by setting the
bits in the bitmap.
If we had different vCPUs in the previous request for the
same redirection table entry then bits corresponding to
these vCPUs are also set. This to done to keep
ioapic_handled_vectors synchronized.
This bitmap is then eventually passed on to
kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask() to generate a masked request
only for the target vCPUs.
This would enable us to reduce the latency overhead on isolated
vCPUs caused by the IPI to process due to KVM_REQ_IOAPIC_SCAN.
Suggested-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Nitesh Narayan Lal <nitesh@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Fetching an index for any vcpu in kvm->vcpus array by traversing
the entire array everytime is costly.
This patch remembers the position of each vcpu in kvm->vcpus array
by storing it in vcpus_idx under kvm_vcpu structure.
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Nitesh Narayan Lal <nitesh@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
The L1 hypervisor may include the IA32_TIME_STAMP_COUNTER MSR in the
vmcs12 MSR VM-exit MSR-store area as a way of determining the highest
TSC value that might have been observed by L2 prior to VM-exit. The
current implementation does not capture a very tight bound on this
value. To tighten the bound, add the IA32_TIME_STAMP_COUNTER MSR to the
vmcs02 VM-exit MSR-store area whenever it appears in the vmcs12 VM-exit
MSR-store area. When L0 processes the vmcs12 VM-exit MSR-store area
during the emulation of an L2->L1 VM-exit, special-case the
IA32_TIME_STAMP_COUNTER MSR, using the value stored in the vmcs02
VM-exit MSR-store area to derive the value to be stored in the vmcs12
VM-exit MSR-store area.
Reviewed-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Rename function find_msr() to vmx_find_msr_index() in preparation for an
upcoming patch where we export it and use it in nested.c.
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Rename NR_AUTOLOAD_MSRS to NR_LOADSTORE_MSRS. This needs to be done
due to the addition of the MSR-autostore area that will be added in a
future patch. After that the name AUTOLOAD will no longer make sense.
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Add the function read_and_check_msr_entry() which just pulls some code
out of nested_vmx_store_msr(). This will be useful as reusable code in
upcoming patches.
Reviewed-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Correct a small inaccuracy in the shattering of vmx.c, which becomes
visible now that pmu_intel.c includes nested.h.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
The "load IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL" bit for VM-entry and VM-exit should
only be exposed to the guest if IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL is a valid MSR.
Create a new helper to allow pmu_refresh() to update the VM-Entry and
VM-Exit controls to ensure PMU values are initialized when performing
the is_valid_msr() check.
Suggested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Co-developed-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Shier <pshier@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Add condition to prepare_vmcs02 which loads IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL on
VM-entry if the "load IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL" bit on the VM-entry control
is set. Use SET_MSR_OR_WARN() rather than directly writing to the field
to avoid overwrite by atomic_switch_perf_msrs().
Suggested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Co-developed-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Shier <pshier@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
The existing implementation for loading the IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL MSR
on VM-exit was incorrect, as the next call to atomic_switch_perf_msrs()
could cause this value to be overwritten. Instead, call kvm_set_msr()
which will allow atomic_switch_perf_msrs() to correctly set the values.
Define a macro, SET_MSR_OR_WARN(), to set the MSR with kvm_set_msr()
and WARN on failure.
Suggested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Co-developed-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Shier <pshier@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Add a consistency check on nested vm-entry for host's
IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL from vmcs12. Per Intel's SDM Vol 3 26.2.2:
If the "load IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL"
VM-exit control is 1, bits reserved in the IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL
MSR must be 0 in the field for that register"
Suggested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Co-developed-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Shier <pshier@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Add condition to nested_vmx_check_guest_state() to check the validity of
GUEST_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL. Per Intel's SDM Vol 3 26.3.1.1:
If the "load IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL" VM-entry control is 1, bits
reserved in the IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL MSR must be 0 in the field for that
register.
Suggested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Co-developed-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Shier <pshier@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Create a helper function to check the validity of a proposed value for
IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL from the existing check in intel_pmu_set_msr().
Per Intel's SDM, the reserved bits in IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL must be
cleared for the corresponding host/guest state fields.
Suggested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Co-developed-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Shier <pshier@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
On kvm_create_max_vcpus test remove unneeded local
variable in the loop that add vcpus to the VM.
Signed-off-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
When KVM emulates a nested VMEntry (L1->L2 VMEntry), it switches mmu root
page. If nEPT is used, this will happen from
kvm_init_shadow_ept_mmu()->__kvm_mmu_new_cr3() and otherwise it will
happpen from nested_vmx_load_cr3()->kvm_mmu_new_cr3(). Either case,
__kvm_mmu_new_cr3() will use fast_cr3_switch() in attempt to switch to a
previously cached root page.
In case fast_cr3_switch() finds a matching cached root page, it will
set it in mmu->root_hpa and request KVM_REQ_LOAD_CR3 such that on
next entry to guest, KVM will set root HPA in appropriate hardware
fields (e.g. vmcs->eptp). In addition, fast_cr3_switch() calls
kvm_x86_ops->tlb_flush() in order to flush TLB as MMU root page
was replaced.
This works as mmu->root_hpa, which vmx_flush_tlb() use, was
already replaced in cached_root_available(). However, this may
result in unnecessary INVEPT execution because a KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH
may have already been requested. For example, by prepare_vmcs02()
in case L1 don't use VPID.
Therefore, change fast_cr3_switch() to just request TLB flush on
next entry to guest.
Reviewed-by: Bhavesh Davda <bhavesh.davda@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Currently, a host perf_event is created for a vPMC functionality emulation.
It’s unpredictable to determine if a disabled perf_event will be reused.
If they are disabled and are not reused for a considerable period of time,
those obsolete perf_events would increase host context switch overhead that
could have been avoided.
If the guest doesn't WRMSR any of the vPMC's MSRs during an entire vcpu
sched time slice, and its independent enable bit of the vPMC isn't set,
we can predict that the guest has finished the use of this vPMC, and then
do request KVM_REQ_PMU in kvm_arch_sched_in and release those perf_events
in the first call of kvm_pmu_handle_event() after the vcpu is scheduled in.
This lazy mechanism delays the event release time to the beginning of the
next scheduled time slice if vPMC's MSRs aren't changed during this time
slice. If guest comes back to use this vPMC in next time slice, a new perf
event would be re-created via perf_event_create_kernel_counter() as usual.
Suggested-by: Wei Wang <wei.w.wang@intel.com>
Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
The perf_event_create_kernel_counter() in the pmc_reprogram_counter() is
a heavyweight and high-frequency operation, especially when host disables
the watchdog (maximum 21000000 ns) which leads to an unacceptable latency
of the guest NMI handler. It limits the use of vPMUs in the guest.
When a vPMC is fully enabled, the legacy reprogram_*_counter() would stop
and release its existing perf_event (if any) every time EVEN in most cases
almost the same requested perf_event will be created and configured again.
For each vPMC, if the reuqested config ('u64 eventsel' for gp and 'u8 ctrl'
for fixed) is the same as its current config AND a new sample period based
on pmc->counter is accepted by host perf interface, the current event could
be reused safely as a new created one does. Otherwise, do release the
undesirable perf_event and reprogram a new one as usual.
It's light-weight to call pmc_pause_counter (disable, read and reset event)
and pmc_resume_counter (recalibrate period and re-enable event) as guest
expects instead of release-and-create again on any condition. Compared to
use the filterable event->attr or hw.config, a new 'u64 current_config'
field is added to save the last original programed config for each vPMC.
Based on this implementation, the number of calls to pmc_reprogram_counter
is reduced by ~82.5% for a gp sampling event and ~99.9% for a fixed event.
In the usage of multiplexing perf sampling mode, the average latency of the
guest NMI handler is reduced from 104923 ns to 48393 ns (~2.16x speed up).
If host disables watchdog, the minimum latecy of guest NMI handler could be
speed up at ~3413x (from 20407603 to 5979 ns) and at ~786x in the average.
Suggested-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Introduce a new callback msr_idx_to_pmc that returns a struct kvm_pmc*,
and change kvm_pmu_is_valid_msr to return ".msr_idx_to_pmc(vcpu, msr) ||
.is_valid_msr(vcpu, msr)" and AMD just returns false from .is_valid_msr.
Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
The leagcy pmu_ops->msr_idx_to_pmc is only called in kvm_pmu_rdpmc, so
this function actually receives the contents of ECX before RDPMC, and
translates it to a kvm_pmc. Let's clarify its semantic by renaming the
existing msr_idx_to_pmc to rdpmc_ecx_to_pmc, and is_valid_msr_idx to
is_valid_rdpmc_ecx; likewise for the wrapper kvm_pmu_is_valid_msr_idx.
Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Exporting perf_event_pause() as an external accessor for kernel users (such
as KVM) who may do both disable perf_event and read count with just one
time to hold perf_event_ctx_lock. Also the value could be reset optionally.
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Currently, perf_event_period() is used by user tools via ioctl. Based on
naming convention, exporting perf_event_period() for kernel users (such
as KVM) who may recalibrate the event period for their assigned counter
according to their requirements.
The perf_event_period() is an external accessor, just like the
perf_event_{en,dis}able() and should thus use perf_event_ctx_lock().
Suggested-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
When L1 don't use TPR-Shadow to run L2, L0 configures vmcs02 without
TPR-Shadow and install intercepts on CR8 access (load and store).
If L1 do not intercept L2 CR8 access, L0 intercepts on those accesses
will emulate load/store on L1's LAPIC TPR. If in this case L2 lowers
TPR such that there is now an injectable interrupt to L1,
apic_update_ppr() will request a KVM_REQ_EVENT which will trigger a call
to update_cr8_intercept() to update TPR-Threshold to highest pending IRR
priority.
However, this update to TPR-Threshold is done while active vmcs is
vmcs02 instead of vmcs01. Thus, when later at some point L0 will
emulate an exit from L2 to L1, L1 will still run with high
TPR-Threshold. This will result in every VMEntry to L1 to immediately
exit on TPR_BELOW_THRESHOLD and continue to do so infinitely until
some condition will cause KVM_REQ_EVENT to be set.
(Note that TPR_BELOW_THRESHOLD exit handler do not set KVM_REQ_EVENT
until apic_update_ppr() will notice a new injectable interrupt for PPR)
To fix this issue, change update_cr8_intercept() such that if L2 lowers
L1's TPR in a way that requires to lower L1's TPR-Threshold, save update
to TPR-Threshold and apply it to vmcs01 when L0 emulates an exit from
L2 to L1.
Reviewed-by: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
This check is unnecessary as x86 update_cr8_intercept() which calls
this VMX/SVM specific callback already performs this check.
Reviewed-by: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
There are some duplicate code in kvm_pv_send_ipi when deal with ipi
bitmap. Add helper func to remove it, and eliminate odd out label,
get rid of unnecessary kvm_lapic_irq field init and so on.
Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
When SYSCALL/SYSENTER ability check failed, cs and ss is inited but
remain not used. Delay initializing cs and ss until SYSCALL/SYSENTER
ability check passed.
Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
The out_err label and var ret is unnecessary, clean them up.
Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Intel SDM section 25.2 OTHER CAUSES OF VM EXITS specifies the following
on INIT signals: "Such exits do not modify register state or clear pending
events as they would outside of VMX operation."
When commit 4b9852f4f3 ("KVM: x86: Fix INIT signal handling in various CPU states")
was applied, I interepted above Intel SDM statement such that
INIT_SIGNAL exit don’t consume the LAPIC INIT pending event.
However, when Nadav Amit run matching kvm-unit-test on a bare-metal
machine, it turned out my interpetation was wrong. i.e. INIT_SIGNAL
exit does consume the LAPIC INIT pending event.
(See: https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg196757.html)
Therefore, fix KVM code to behave as observed on bare-metal.
Fixes: 4b9852f4f3 ("KVM: x86: Fix INIT signal handling in various CPU states")
Reported-by: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Mihai Carabas <mihai.carabas@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Commit 4b9852f4f3 ("KVM: x86: Fix INIT signal handling in various CPU states")
fixed KVM to also latch pending LAPIC INIT event when vCPU is in VMX
operation.
However, current API of KVM_SET_MP_STATE allows userspace to put vCPU
into KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED or KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED even when
vCPU is in VMX operation.
Fix this by introducing a util method to check if vCPU state latch INIT
signals and use it in KVM_SET_MP_STATE handler.
Fixes: 4b9852f4f3 ("KVM: x86: Fix INIT signal handling in various CPU states")
Reported-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Mihai Carabas <mihai.carabas@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Commit 4b9852f4f3 ("KVM: x86: Fix INIT signal handling in various CPU states")
fixed KVM to also latch pending LAPIC INIT event when vCPU is in VMX
operation.
However, current API of KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS defines this field as
part of SMM state and only set pending LAPIC INIT event if vCPU is
specified to be in SMM mode (events->smi.smm is set).
Change KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS handler to set pending LAPIC INIT event
by latched_init field regardless of if vCPU is in SMM mode or not.
Fixes: 4b9852f4f3 ("KVM: x86: Fix INIT signal handling in various CPU states")
Reviewed-by: Mihai Carabas <mihai.carabas@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
It's enough to check the value and issue the direct call.
After this commit is applied, here the most common retpolines executed
under a high resolution timer workload in the guest on a VMX host:
[..]
@[
trace_retpoline+1
__trace_retpoline+30
__x86_indirect_thunk_rax+33
do_syscall_64+89
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+68
]: 267
@[]: 2256
@[
trace_retpoline+1
__trace_retpoline+30
__x86_indirect_thunk_rax+33
__kvm_wait_lapic_expire+284
vmx_vcpu_run.part.97+1091
vcpu_enter_guest+377
kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+261
kvm_vcpu_ioctl+559
do_vfs_ioctl+164
ksys_ioctl+96
__x64_sys_ioctl+22
do_syscall_64+89
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+68
]: 2390
@[]: 33410
@total: 315707
Note the highest hit above is __delay so probably not worth optimizing
even if it would be more frequent than 2k hits per sec.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
It's enough to check the exit value and issue a direct call to avoid
the retpoline for all the common vmexit reasons.
Of course CONFIG_RETPOLINE already forbids gcc to use indirect jumps
while compiling all switch() statements, however switch() would still
allow the compiler to bisect the case value. It's more efficient to
prioritize the most frequent vmexits instead.
The halt may be slow paths from the point of the guest, but not
necessarily so from the point of the host if the host runs at full CPU
capacity and no host CPU is ever left idle.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Eliminate wasteful call/ret non RETPOLINE case and unnecessary fentry
dynamic tracing hooking points.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
