From: Shivansh Dhiman <shivansh.dhiman@amd.com>
To: <seanjc@google.com>, <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <tglx@linutronix.de>, <mingo@redhat.com>, <bp@alien8.de>,
<dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>, <x86@kernel.org>, <hpa@zytor.com>,
<xin@zytor.com>, <nikunj.dadhania@amd.com>,
<santosh.shukla@amd.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/7] KVM: SVM: Enable FRED support
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 06:36:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260129063653.3553076-1-shivansh.dhiman@amd.com> (raw)
This series adds SVM support for FRED (Flexible Return and Event Delivery)
virtualization in KVM.
FRED introduces simplified privilege level transitions to replace IDT-based
event delivery and IRET returns, providing lower latency event handling while
ensuring complete supervisor context on delivery and full user context on
return. FRED defines event delivery for both ring 3->0 and ring 0->0
transitions, and introduces ERETU for returning to ring 3 and ERETS for
remaining in ring 0.
AMD hardware extends the VMCB to support FRED virtualization with dedicated
save area fields for FRED MSRs (RSP0-3, SSP1-3, STKLVLS, CONFIG) and control
fields for event injection data (EXITINTDATA, EVENTINJDATA).
The implementation spans seven patches. The important changes are:
1) Extend VMCB structures with FRED fields mentioned above and disable MSR
interception for FRED-enabled guests to avoid unnecessary VM exits.
2) Support for nested exceptions where we populate event injection data
when delivering exceptions like page faults and debug traps.
This series is based on top of FRED support for VMX patchset [1],
patches 1-17. The VMX patchset was rebased on top of v6.18.0 kernel.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20251026201911.505204-1-xin@zytor.com
Regards,
Shivansh
---
Neeraj Upadhyay (5):
KVM: SVM: Initialize FRED VMCB fields
KVM: SVM: Disable interception of FRED MSRs for FRED supported guests
KVM: SVM: Save restore FRED_RSP0 for FRED supported guests
KVM: SVM: Populate FRED event data on event injection
KVM: SVM: Support FRED nested exception injection
Shivansh Dhiman (2):
KVM: SVM: Dump FRED context in dump_vmcb()
KVM: SVM: Enable save/restore of FRED MSRs
arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h | 35 ++++++++++-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 116 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 144 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
base-commit: f76e83ecf6bce6d3793f828d92170b69e636f3c9
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-29 6:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-29 6:36 Shivansh Dhiman [this message]
2026-01-29 6:36 ` [PATCH 1/7] KVM: SVM: Initialize FRED VMCB fields Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-07 1:58 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-09 17:46 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-09 18:57 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-11 4:18 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-27 6:41 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-01-29 6:36 ` [PATCH 2/7] KVM: SVM: Disable interception of FRED MSRs for FRED supported guests Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-07 2:10 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-09 17:47 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-01-29 6:36 ` [PATCH 3/7] KVM: SVM: Save restore FRED_RSP0 " Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-05 20:37 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-01-29 6:36 ` [PATCH 4/7] KVM: SVM: Populate FRED event data on event injection Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-06 11:31 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-03-09 19:47 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-01-29 6:36 ` [PATCH 5/7] KVM: SVM: Support FRED nested exception injection Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-07 2:07 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 15:56 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-10 16:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-11 4:12 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-01-29 6:36 ` [PATCH 6/7] KVM: SVM: Dump FRED context in dump_vmcb() Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-07 2:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-09 19:57 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-01-29 6:36 ` [PATCH 7/7] KVM: SVM: Enable save/restore of FRED MSRs Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-07 2:14 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-09 18:20 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-08-10 8:39 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-08-12 23:27 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-13 8:19 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-08-13 23:47 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-14 3:07 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-08-14 16:57 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-19 12:08 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-08-21 13:28 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-24 6:30 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-02-06 9:22 ` [PATCH 0/7] KVM: SVM: Enable FRED support Shivansh Dhiman
2026-02-11 0:53 ` Andrew Cooper
2026-03-06 9:33 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-03 17:58 ` Shivansh Dhiman
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