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,
Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 5/8] KVM: nVMX: Switch to vmcs01 to refresh APICv controls on-demand if L2 is active
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 19:45:29 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260109034532.1012993-6-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260109034532.1012993-1-seanjc@google.com>
If APICv is (un)inhibited while L2 is running, temporarily load vmcs01 and
immediately refresh the APICv controls in vmcs01 instead of deferring the
update until the next nested VM-Exit. This all but eliminates potential
ordering issues due to vmcs01 not being synchronized with
kvm_lapic.apicv_active, e.g. where KVM _thinks_ it refreshed APICv, but
vmcs01 still contains stale state.
Reviewed-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 5 -----
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 5 +----
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h | 1 -
3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index c2c96e4fe20e..2b0702349aa1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -5155,11 +5155,6 @@ void __nested_vmx_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 vm_exit_reason,
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_APIC_PAGE_RELOAD, vcpu);
}
- if (vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_apicv_status) {
- vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_apicv_status = false;
- vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl(vcpu);
- }
-
if ((vm_exit_reason != -1) &&
(enable_shadow_vmcs || nested_vmx_is_evmptr12_valid(vmx)))
vmx->nested.need_vmcs12_to_shadow_sync = true;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 74a815cddd37..90e167f296d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -4578,10 +4578,7 @@ void vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
- if (is_guest_mode(vcpu)) {
- vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_apicv_status = true;
- return;
- }
+ guard(vmx_vmcs01)(vcpu);
pin_controls_set(vmx, vmx_pin_based_exec_ctrl(vmx));
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
index 53969e49d9d1..dfc9766a7fa3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ struct nested_vmx {
bool change_vmcs01_virtual_apic_mode;
bool reload_vmcs01_apic_access_page;
- bool update_vmcs01_apicv_status;
/*
* Enlightened VMCS has been enabled. It does not mean that L1 has to
--
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-09 3:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-09 3:45 [PATCH v4 0/8] KVM: VMX: Rip out "deferred nested VM-Exit updates" Sean Christopherson
2026-01-09 3:45 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] KVM: selftests: Add a test to verify APICv updates (while L2 is active) Sean Christopherson
2026-01-09 3:45 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] KVM: nVMX: Switch to vmcs01 to update PML controls on-demand if L2 is active Sean Christopherson
2026-01-09 3:45 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] KVM: nVMX: Switch to vmcs01 to update TPR threshold " Sean Christopherson
2026-01-09 3:45 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] KVM: nVMX: Switch to vmcs01 to update SVI " Sean Christopherson
2026-01-09 3:45 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-01-09 3:45 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] KVM: nVMX: Switch to vmcs01 to update APIC page " Sean Christopherson
2026-01-09 3:45 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] KVM: nVMX: Switch to vmcs01 to set virtual APICv mode " Sean Christopherson
2026-01-09 3:45 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] KVM: x86: Update APICv ISR (a.k.a. SVI) as part of kvm_apic_update_apicv() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-15 18:03 ` [PATCH v4 0/8] KVM: VMX: Rip out "deferred nested VM-Exit updates" Sean Christopherson
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