From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Kevin Cheng <chengkev@google.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] RFC: KVM: SVM: WARN if VMSAVE/VMLOAD are not intercepted or virtualized
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:48:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260110004821.3411245-5-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260110004821.3411245-1-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index f1b032114406..983ae98133e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -1387,6 +1387,14 @@ static void svm_prepare_switch_to_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (svm->guest_state_loaded)
return;
+ /*
+ * Without virtual VMSAVE/VMLOAD, the instruction would directly access
+ * host physical addresses, so make sure they are intercepted.
+ */
+ if (!(svm->vmcb->control.virt_ext & VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK))
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!svm_is_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_VMSAVE) ||
+ !svm_is_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_VMLOAD));
+
/*
* Save additional host state that will be restored on VMEXIT (sev-es)
* or subsequent vmload of host save area.
--
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-10 0:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-10 0:48 [PATCH 0/4] KVM: nSVM: nested VMSAVE/VMLOAD fixes Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-10 0:48 ` [PATCH 1/4] KVM: nSVM: Always use vmcb01 in VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-10 0:48 ` [PATCH 2/4] KVM: SVM: Stop toggling virtual VMSAVE/VMLOAD on intercept recalc Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-10 0:48 ` [PATCH 3/4] KVM: selftests: Add a selftests for nested VMLOAD/VMSAVE Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-10 0:48 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-01-15 18:03 ` [PATCH 0/4] KVM: nSVM: nested VMSAVE/VMLOAD fixes Sean Christopherson
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