From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/9] KVM: nVMX: Hardcode dummy EPTP used for early nested consistency checks
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:59:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250919005955.1366256-3-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250919005955.1366256-1-seanjc@google.com>
Hardcode the dummy EPTP used for "early" consistency checks as there's no
need to use 5-level EPT based on the guest.MAXPHYADDR (the EPTP just needs
to be valid, it's never truly consumed).
This will allow breaking construct_eptp()'s dependency on having access to
the vCPU, which in turn will (much further in the future) allow for eliding
per-root TLB flushes when a vCPU is migrated between pCPUs (a flush is
need if and only if that particular pCPU hasn't already flushed the vCPU's
roots).
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 8 +++-----
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h | 1 -
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 2156c9a854f4..253e93ced9dc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -2278,13 +2278,11 @@ static void prepare_vmcs02_constant_state(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
vmx->nested.vmcs02_initialized = true;
/*
- * We don't care what the EPTP value is we just need to guarantee
- * it's valid so we don't get a false positive when doing early
- * consistency checks.
+ * If early consistency checks are enabled, stuff the EPT Pointer with
+ * a dummy *legal* value to avoid false positives on bad control state.
*/
if (enable_ept && nested_early_check)
- vmcs_write64(EPT_POINTER,
- construct_eptp(&vmx->vcpu, 0, PT64_ROOT_4LEVEL));
+ vmcs_write64(EPT_POINTER, VMX_EPTP_MT_WB | VMX_EPTP_PWL_4);
if (vmx->ve_info)
vmcs_write64(VE_INFORMATION_ADDRESS, __pa(vmx->ve_info));
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 3c622c91cbc5..74dba9f1d098 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -3201,7 +3201,7 @@ static inline int vmx_get_current_vpid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
return to_vmx(vcpu)->vpid;
}
-u64 construct_eptp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, hpa_t root_hpa, int root_level)
+static u64 construct_eptp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, hpa_t root_hpa, int root_level)
{
u64 eptp = VMX_EPTP_MT_WB;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
index 23d6e89b96f2..e912a82a1d14 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ void set_cr4_guest_host_mask(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx);
void ept_save_pdptrs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
void vmx_get_segment(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_segment *var, int seg);
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_update_exception_bitmap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
--
2.51.0.470.ga7dc726c21-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-19 1:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-19 0:59 [PATCH 0/9] KVM: VMX: EPTP cleanups and nVMX fixes Sean Christopherson
2025-09-19 0:59 ` [PATCH 1/9] KVM: VMX: Hoist construct_eptp() "up" in vmx.c Sean Christopherson
2025-09-19 0:59 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2025-09-19 0:59 ` [PATCH 3/9] KVM: x86/mmu: Move "dummy root" helpers to spte.h Sean Christopherson
2025-09-19 0:59 ` [PATCH 4/9] KVM: VMX: Use kvm_mmu_page role to construct EPTP, not current vCPU state Sean Christopherson
2025-09-19 0:59 ` [PATCH 5/9] KVM: nVMX: Add consistency check for TPR_THRESHOLD[31:4]!=0 without VID Sean Christopherson
2025-09-19 0:59 ` [PATCH 6/9] KVM: nVMX: Add consistency check for TSC_MULTIPLIER=0 Sean Christopherson
2025-09-19 0:59 ` [PATCH 7/9] KVM: nVMX: Stuff vmcs02.TSC_MULTIPLIER early on for nested early checks Sean Christopherson
2025-09-19 0:59 ` [PATCH 8/9] KVM: nVMX: Remove support for "early" consistency checks via hardware Sean Christopherson
2025-09-19 0:59 ` [PATCH 9/9] KVM: nVMX: Add an off-by-default module param to WARN on missed consistency checks Sean Christopherson
2025-10-20 16:33 ` [PATCH 0/9] KVM: VMX: EPTP cleanups and nVMX fixes Sean Christopherson
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