From: "Xin Li (Intel)" <xin@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: pbonzini@redhat.com, seanjc@google.com, corbet@lwn.net,
tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de,
dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com,
xin@zytor.com, luto@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
andrew.cooper3@citrix.com, chao.gao@intel.com, hch@infradead.org,
sohil.mehta@intel.com
Subject: [PATCH v9 01/22] KVM: VMX: Enable support for secondary VM exit controls
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:18:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251026201911.505204-2-xin@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251026201911.505204-1-xin@zytor.com>
From: Xin Li <xin3.li@intel.com>
Introduce infrastructure to support secondary VM exit controls.
Always load the controls when supported by hardware, though all control
bits remain clear in this patch.
Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@zytor.com>
Tested-by: Xuelian Guo <xuelian.guo@intel.com>
---
Change in v5:
* Add TB from Xuelian Guo.
Changes in v4:
* Fix clearing VM_EXIT_ACTIVATE_SECONDARY_CONTROLS (Chao Gao).
* Check VM exit/entry consistency based on the new macro from Sean
Christopherson.
Change in v3:
* Do FRED controls consistency checks in the VM exit/entry consistency
check framework (Sean Christopherson).
Change in v2:
* Always load the secondary VM exit controls (Sean Christopherson).
---
arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h | 3 +++
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h | 9 ++++++++-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs.h | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h | 7 ++++++-
6 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index 9e1720d73244..baf5e1648418 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -1225,6 +1225,7 @@
#define MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_ENTRY_CTLS 0x00000490
#define MSR_IA32_VMX_VMFUNC 0x00000491
#define MSR_IA32_VMX_PROCBASED_CTLS3 0x00000492
+#define MSR_IA32_VMX_EXIT_CTLS2 0x00000493
/* Resctrl MSRs: */
/* - Intel: */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
index c85c50019523..1f60c04d11fb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
#define VM_EXIT_PT_CONCEAL_PIP 0x01000000
#define VM_EXIT_CLEAR_IA32_RTIT_CTL 0x02000000
#define VM_EXIT_LOAD_CET_STATE 0x10000000
+#define VM_EXIT_ACTIVATE_SECONDARY_CONTROLS 0x80000000
#define VM_EXIT_ALWAYSON_WITHOUT_TRUE_MSR 0x00036dff
@@ -262,6 +263,8 @@ enum vmcs_field {
SHARED_EPT_POINTER = 0x0000203C,
PID_POINTER_TABLE = 0x00002042,
PID_POINTER_TABLE_HIGH = 0x00002043,
+ SECONDARY_VM_EXIT_CONTROLS = 0x00002044,
+ SECONDARY_VM_EXIT_CONTROLS_HIGH = 0x00002045,
GUEST_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS = 0x00002400,
GUEST_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS_HIGH = 0x00002401,
VMCS_LINK_POINTER = 0x00002800,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h
index 02aadb9d730e..6bd67c40ca3b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ struct vmcs_config {
u32 cpu_based_exec_ctrl;
u32 cpu_based_2nd_exec_ctrl;
u64 cpu_based_3rd_exec_ctrl;
- u32 vmexit_ctrl;
u32 vmentry_ctrl;
+ u32 vmexit_ctrl;
+ u64 vmexit_2nd_ctrl;
u64 misc;
struct nested_vmx_msrs nested;
};
@@ -141,6 +142,12 @@ static inline bool cpu_has_tertiary_exec_ctrls(void)
CPU_BASED_ACTIVATE_TERTIARY_CONTROLS;
}
+static inline bool cpu_has_secondary_vmexit_ctrls(void)
+{
+ return vmcs_config.vmexit_ctrl &
+ VM_EXIT_ACTIVATE_SECONDARY_CONTROLS;
+}
+
static inline bool cpu_has_vmx_virtualize_apic_accesses(void)
{
return vmcs_config.cpu_based_2nd_exec_ctrl &
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs.h
index b25625314658..ae152a9d1963 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct vmcs_host_state {
struct vmcs_controls_shadow {
u32 vm_entry;
u32 vm_exit;
+ u64 secondary_vm_exit;
u32 pin;
u32 exec;
u32 secondary_exec;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 1021d3b65ea0..8de841c9c905 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -2595,8 +2595,9 @@ static int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf,
u32 _cpu_based_exec_control = 0;
u32 _cpu_based_2nd_exec_control = 0;
u64 _cpu_based_3rd_exec_control = 0;
- u32 _vmexit_control = 0;
u32 _vmentry_control = 0;
+ u32 _vmexit_control = 0;
+ u64 _vmexit2_control = 0;
u64 basic_msr;
u64 misc_msr;
@@ -2617,6 +2618,12 @@ static int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf,
{ VM_ENTRY_LOAD_CET_STATE, VM_EXIT_LOAD_CET_STATE },
};
+ struct {
+ u32 entry_control;
+ u64 exit_control;
+ } const vmcs_entry_exit2_pairs[] = {
+ };
+
memset(vmcs_conf, 0, sizeof(*vmcs_conf));
if (adjust_vmx_controls(KVM_REQUIRED_VMX_CPU_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL,
@@ -2703,10 +2710,19 @@ static int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf,
&_vmentry_control))
return -EIO;
+ if (_vmexit_control & VM_EXIT_ACTIVATE_SECONDARY_CONTROLS)
+ _vmexit2_control =
+ adjust_vmx_controls64(KVM_OPTIONAL_VMX_SECONDARY_VM_EXIT_CONTROLS,
+ MSR_IA32_VMX_EXIT_CTLS2);
+
if (vmx_check_entry_exit_pairs(vmcs_entry_exit_pairs,
_vmentry_control, _vmexit_control))
return -EIO;
+ if (vmx_check_entry_exit_pairs(vmcs_entry_exit2_pairs,
+ _vmentry_control, _vmexit2_control))
+ return -EIO;
+
/*
* Some cpus support VM_{ENTRY,EXIT}_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL but they
* can't be used due to an errata where VM Exit may incorrectly clear
@@ -2755,8 +2771,9 @@ static int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf,
vmcs_conf->cpu_based_exec_ctrl = _cpu_based_exec_control;
vmcs_conf->cpu_based_2nd_exec_ctrl = _cpu_based_2nd_exec_control;
vmcs_conf->cpu_based_3rd_exec_ctrl = _cpu_based_3rd_exec_control;
- vmcs_conf->vmexit_ctrl = _vmexit_control;
vmcs_conf->vmentry_ctrl = _vmentry_control;
+ vmcs_conf->vmexit_ctrl = _vmexit_control;
+ vmcs_conf->vmexit_2nd_ctrl = _vmexit2_control;
vmcs_conf->misc = misc_msr;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HYPERV)
@@ -4429,6 +4446,11 @@ static u32 vmx_get_initial_vmexit_ctrl(void)
~(VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL | VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_EFER);
}
+static u64 vmx_secondary_vmexit_ctrl(void)
+{
+ return vmcs_config.vmexit_2nd_ctrl;
+}
+
void vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
@@ -4771,6 +4793,9 @@ static void init_vmcs(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
vm_exit_controls_set(vmx, vmx_get_initial_vmexit_ctrl());
+ if (cpu_has_secondary_vmexit_ctrls())
+ secondary_vm_exit_controls_set(vmx, vmx_secondary_vmexit_ctrl());
+
/* 22.2.1, 20.8.1 */
vm_entry_controls_set(vmx, vmx_get_initial_vmentry_ctrl());
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
index 6cb04a6afeef..349d96e68f96 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
@@ -510,7 +510,11 @@ static inline u8 vmx_get_rvi(void)
VM_EXIT_CLEAR_BNDCFGS | \
VM_EXIT_PT_CONCEAL_PIP | \
VM_EXIT_CLEAR_IA32_RTIT_CTL | \
- VM_EXIT_LOAD_CET_STATE)
+ VM_EXIT_LOAD_CET_STATE | \
+ VM_EXIT_ACTIVATE_SECONDARY_CONTROLS)
+
+#define KVM_REQUIRED_VMX_SECONDARY_VM_EXIT_CONTROLS (0)
+#define KVM_OPTIONAL_VMX_SECONDARY_VM_EXIT_CONTROLS (0)
#define KVM_REQUIRED_VMX_PIN_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL \
(PIN_BASED_EXT_INTR_MASK | \
@@ -623,6 +627,7 @@ static __always_inline void lname##_controls_changebit(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, u##
}
BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(vm_entry, VM_ENTRY_CONTROLS, 32)
BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(vm_exit, VM_EXIT_CONTROLS, 32)
+BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(secondary_vm_exit, SECONDARY_VM_EXIT_CONTROLS, 64)
BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(pin, PIN_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL, 32)
BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(exec, CPU_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL, 32)
BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(secondary_exec, SECONDARY_VM_EXEC_CONTROL, 32)
--
2.51.0
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2025-10-26 20:18 [PATCH v9 00/22] Enable FRED with KVM VMX Xin Li (Intel)
2025-10-26 20:18 ` Xin Li (Intel) [this message]
2025-10-26 20:18 ` [PATCH v9 02/22] KVM: VMX: Initialize VM entry/exit FRED controls in vmcs_config Xin Li (Intel)
2026-01-20 9:24 ` Binbin Wu
2026-01-22 17:57 ` Xin Li
2025-10-26 20:18 ` [PATCH v9 03/22] KVM: VMX: Disable FRED if FRED consistency checks fail Xin Li (Intel)
2026-03-05 0:25 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-10-26 20:18 ` [PATCH v9 04/22] x86/cea: Prefix event stack names with ESTACK_ Xin Li (Intel)
2025-10-26 20:18 ` [PATCH v9 05/22] x86/cea: Use array indexing to simplify exception stack access Xin Li (Intel)
2025-10-27 15:49 ` Dave Hansen
2025-10-28 2:31 ` Xin Li
2026-01-30 13:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-10-26 20:18 ` [PATCH v9 06/22] x86/cea: Export __this_cpu_ist_top_va() to KVM Xin Li (Intel)
2025-10-27 15:50 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-30 13:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-01-30 16:35 ` Xin Li
2026-01-30 17:56 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-03-07 7:38 ` Xin Li
2026-03-09 15:24 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-09 22:57 ` Xin Li
2025-10-26 20:18 ` [PATCH v9 07/22] KVM: VMX: Initialize VMCS FRED fields Xin Li (Intel)
2025-11-19 2:44 ` Chao Gao
2026-01-21 6:44 ` Binbin Wu
2026-01-21 18:14 ` Xin Li
2026-01-22 0:45 ` Xin Li
2026-01-22 1:56 ` Binbin Wu
2026-01-22 17:22 ` Xin Li
2026-03-04 16:23 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-05 5:27 ` Xin Li
2026-03-05 15:21 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-05 17:25 ` Xin Li
2025-10-26 20:18 ` [PATCH v9 08/22] KVM: VMX: Set FRED MSR intercepts Xin Li (Intel)
2025-11-12 5:49 ` Chao Gao
2026-03-05 0:48 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-05 5:56 ` Xin Li
2026-03-06 2:30 ` Chao Gao
2026-03-06 15:54 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-16 19:49 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-17 0:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2025-10-26 20:18 ` [PATCH v9 09/22] KVM: VMX: Save/restore guest FRED RSP0 Xin Li (Intel)
2025-11-12 5:59 ` Chao Gao
2026-01-21 7:23 ` Binbin Wu
2025-10-26 20:18 ` [PATCH v9 10/22] KVM: VMX: Add support for saving and restoring FRED MSRs Xin Li (Intel)
2025-11-12 6:16 ` Chao Gao
2025-12-01 6:20 ` Xin Li
2025-10-26 20:18 ` [PATCH v9 11/22] KVM: x86: Add a helper to detect if FRED is enabled for a vCPU Xin Li (Intel)
2025-11-12 6:19 ` Chao Gao
2026-01-21 8:05 ` Binbin Wu
2026-01-21 16:46 ` Xin Li
2026-01-21 20:24 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-21 22:38 ` Xin Li
2025-10-26 20:19 ` [PATCH v9 12/22] KVM: VMX: Virtualize FRED event_data Xin Li (Intel)
2025-11-19 3:24 ` Chao Gao
2026-01-29 17:12 ` Xin Li
2026-01-29 17:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-29 22:50 ` Xin Li
2026-03-04 16:42 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-10-26 20:19 ` [PATCH v9 13/22] KVM: VMX: Virtualize FRED nested exception tracking Xin Li (Intel)
2025-11-19 6:54 ` Chao Gao
2026-03-07 2:07 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-07 3:05 ` Xin Li
2025-10-26 20:19 ` [PATCH v9 14/22] KVM: x86: Save/restore the nested flag of an exception Xin Li (Intel)
2025-11-19 6:13 ` Chao Gao
2025-10-26 20:19 ` [PATCH v9 15/22] KVM: x86: Mark CR4.FRED as not reserved Xin Li (Intel)
2025-11-19 7:26 ` Chao Gao
2026-03-05 0:58 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-05 7:20 ` Xin Li
2026-03-05 15:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-05 17:09 ` Xin Li
2026-03-05 17:46 ` Xin Li
2026-03-06 5:33 ` Chao Gao
2025-10-26 20:19 ` [PATCH v9 16/22] KVM: VMX: Dump FRED context in dump_vmcs() Xin Li (Intel)
2025-11-19 7:40 ` Chao Gao
2025-11-30 18:42 ` Xin Li
2025-10-26 20:19 ` [PATCH v9 17/22] KVM: x86: Advertise support for FRED Xin Li (Intel)
2025-11-12 7:30 ` Chao Gao
2026-01-20 6:56 ` Xin Li
2026-01-20 8:07 ` Chao Gao
2026-01-20 9:09 ` Xin Li
2026-01-20 9:46 ` Binbin Wu
2026-01-20 15:25 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-20 18:04 ` Xin Li
2026-01-20 17:58 ` Xin Li
2025-10-26 20:19 ` [PATCH v9 18/22] KVM: nVMX: Enable support for secondary VM exit controls Xin Li (Intel)
2025-11-12 13:42 ` Chao Gao
2026-09-02 14:23 ` [PATCH v9 19/26] " Emily Ehlert
2026-09-02 19:47 ` Sohil Mehta
2026-09-02 20:49 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-09-03 19:09 ` Sohil Mehta
2026-09-10 15:11 ` Ehlert, Emily
2025-10-26 20:19 ` [PATCH v9 19/22] KVM: nVMX: Handle FRED VMCS fields in nested VMX context Xin Li (Intel)
2025-12-02 6:32 ` Chao Gao
2026-01-20 6:30 ` Xin Li
2026-01-20 16:07 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-20 18:10 ` Xin Li
2026-01-21 0:44 ` Chao Gao
2026-01-22 16:52 ` Xin Li
2025-12-08 22:37 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-10-26 20:19 ` [PATCH v9 20/22] KVM: nVMX: Validate FRED-related VMCS fields Xin Li (Intel)
2025-11-13 3:00 ` Chao Gao
2026-01-20 9:19 ` Xin Li
2026-01-21 2:33 ` Chao Gao
2025-10-26 20:19 ` [PATCH v9 21/22] KVM: nVMX: Guard SHADOW_FIELD_R[OW] macros with VMX feature checks Xin Li (Intel)
2025-12-02 6:35 ` Chao Gao
2025-12-08 22:49 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-10-26 20:19 ` [PATCH v9 22/22] KVM: nVMX: Enable VMX FRED controls Xin Li (Intel)
2025-11-13 3:20 ` Chao Gao
2025-11-06 17:35 ` [PATCH v9 00/22] Enable FRED with KVM VMX Xin Li
2025-11-13 22:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-08 22:51 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-09 17:08 ` Xin Li
2026-04-23 14:35 ` David Woodhouse
2026-04-23 22:56 ` Xin Li
2026-05-05 18:04 ` Maciej Wieczor-Retman
2026-05-05 18:30 ` Andrew Cooper
2026-05-05 19:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-05-05 20:20 ` Maciej Wieczor-Retman
2026-05-05 20:27 ` Andrew Cooper
2026-05-06 14:05 ` Maciej Wieczor-Retman
2026-05-07 7:49 ` David Woodhouse
2026-05-07 12:59 ` Maciej Wieczor-Retman
2026-05-07 13:35 ` David Woodhouse
2026-05-07 13:53 ` Maciej Wieczor-Retman
2026-05-07 14:01 ` David Woodhouse
2026-05-07 23:00 ` David Woodhouse
2026-05-08 14:25 ` Maciej Wieczor-Retman
2026-05-08 14:46 ` David Woodhouse
2026-05-08 18:06 ` Maciej Wieczor-Retman
2026-08-24 6:21 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-08-24 22:31 ` Sohil Mehta
2026-08-25 5:31 ` Shivansh Dhiman
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