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From: Mathias Krause <minipli@grsecurity.net>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Mathias Krause <minipli@grsecurity.net>
Subject: [PATCH v4 3/6] KVM: x86: Ignore CR0.WP toggles in non-paging mode
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 02:37:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230322013731.102955-4-minipli@grsecurity.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230322013731.102955-1-minipli@grsecurity.net>

If paging is disabled, there are no permission bits to emulate.
Micro-optimize this case to avoid unnecessary work.

Suggested-and-co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@grsecurity.net>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index c6d909778b2c..8a66ac7a4878 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -908,14 +908,20 @@ void kvm_post_set_cr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long old_cr0, unsigned lon
 {
 	/*
 	 * CR0.WP is incorporated into the MMU role, but only for non-nested,
-	 * indirect shadow MMUs.  If TDP is enabled, the MMU's metadata needs
-	 * to be updated, e.g. so that emulating guest translations does the
-	 * right thing, but there's no need to unload the root as CR0.WP
-	 * doesn't affect SPTEs.
+	 * indirect shadow MMUs.  If paging is disabled, no updates are needed
+	 * as there are no permission bits to emulate.  If TDP is enabled, the
+	 * MMU's metadata needs to be updated, e.g. so that emulating guest
+	 * translations does the right thing, but there's no need to unload the
+	 * root as CR0.WP doesn't affect SPTEs.
 	 */
-	if (tdp_enabled && (cr0 ^ old_cr0) == X86_CR0_WP) {
-		kvm_init_mmu(vcpu);
-		return;
+	if ((cr0 ^ old_cr0) == X86_CR0_WP) {
+		if (!(cr0 & X86_CR0_PG))
+			return;
+
+		if (tdp_enabled) {
+			kvm_init_mmu(vcpu);
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if ((cr0 ^ old_cr0) & X86_CR0_PG) {
-- 
2.39.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-03-22  1:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-22  1:37 [PATCH v4 0/6] KVM: MMU: performance tweaks for heavy CR0.WP users Mathias Krause
2023-03-22  1:37 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] KVM: x86/mmu: Avoid indirect call for get_cr3 Mathias Krause
2023-03-22  1:37 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] KVM: x86: Do not unload MMU roots when only toggling CR0.WP with TDP enabled Mathias Krause
2023-05-07  7:32   ` Robert Hoo
2023-05-08  9:30     ` Mathias Krause
2023-05-09  1:04       ` Robert Hoo
2023-03-22  1:37 ` Mathias Krause [this message]
2023-03-22  1:37 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] KVM: x86: Make use of kvm_read_cr*_bits() when testing bits Mathias Krause
2023-03-22  1:37 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] KVM: x86/mmu: Fix comment typo Mathias Krause
2023-03-22  1:37 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] KVM: VMX: Make CR0.WP a guest owned bit Mathias Krause
2023-03-27  8:33   ` Xiaoyao Li
2023-03-27  8:37     ` Mathias Krause
2023-03-27 13:48       ` Xiaoyao Li
2023-03-30  8:45   ` Mathias Krause
2023-03-30 17:12     ` Sean Christopherson
2023-03-30 20:15       ` Mathias Krause
2023-03-30 20:30         ` Mathias Krause
2023-03-30 20:36           ` Sean Christopherson
2023-03-30 20:33       ` Sean Christopherson
2023-03-30 20:55         ` Mathias Krause
2023-03-31 14:18           ` Mathias Krause
2023-03-22  7:41 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] KVM: MMU: performance tweaks for heavy CR0.WP users Mathias Krause
2023-03-23 22:50 ` Sean Christopherson

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