From: Tina Zhang <zhang_wei@open-hieco.net>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
zhouyanjing@hygon.cn, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v8 6/8] KVM: nSVM: Use emulator bytes for synthesized nested #NPF
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:02:31 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7967dface8fe0213f8a99ce346c8a5a67a25fdf0.1790171702.git.zhang_wei@open-hieco.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1790171702.git.zhang_wei@open-hieco.net>
Preserve the bytes used by the emulator when synthesizing a data #NPF.
Reuse the fetch cache only when the fault is the current emulator
exception, identified by fault == &ctxt->exception.
Add an emulator accessor to copy cached instruction bytes, checking
the RIP and cache bounds. These checks alone do not establish that
the cache belongs to the current emulation.
Write the cached bytes directly to VMCB02 and fetch any missing tail
through the instruction-fetch helper. If the tail cannot be read,
report only the bytes already available. For SEV guests, retain only
the cached bytes because KVM cannot fetch plaintext guest instructions.
Signed-off-by: Tina Zhang <zhang_wei@open-hieco.net>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h | 3 +++
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
3 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 299aeaca6cf2..f15780116e8d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -900,6 +900,28 @@ static __always_inline int do_insn_fetch_bytes(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
return X86EMUL_CONTINUE;
}
+/*
+ * The caller is responsible for ensuring that the fetch cache belongs to
+ * the current instruction. Matching EIP alone does not guarantee this.
+ */
+unsigned int x86_emulator_copy_insn_bytes(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
+ unsigned long eip, u8 *bytes,
+ unsigned int max_bytes)
+{
+ unsigned int nr_bytes;
+
+ if (!ctxt || ctxt->eip != eip ||
+ ctxt->fetch.end < ctxt->fetch.data ||
+ ctxt->fetch.end > ctxt->fetch.data + sizeof(ctxt->fetch.data))
+ return 0;
+
+ nr_bytes = min_t(unsigned int, ctxt->fetch.end - ctxt->fetch.data,
+ max_bytes);
+ memcpy(bytes, ctxt->fetch.data, nr_bytes);
+ return nr_bytes;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(x86_emulator_copy_insn_bytes);
+
/* Fetch next part of the instruction being emulated. */
#define insn_fetch(_type, _ctxt) \
({ _type _x; \
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h b/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h
index d05558ef28ae..5361d42e6e05 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h
@@ -528,6 +528,9 @@ enum x86_intercept {
};
int x86_decode_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, void *insn, int insn_len, int emulation_type);
+unsigned int x86_emulator_copy_insn_bytes(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
+ unsigned long eip, u8 *bytes,
+ unsigned int max_bytes);
bool x86_page_table_writing_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt);
#define EMULATION_FAILED -1
#define EMULATION_OK 0
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 813b0fc663c6..c1aef51bc1be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -93,13 +93,40 @@ static u8 nested_svm_get_insn_bytes_len(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u8 max_bytes)
}
static u8 nested_svm_fetch_insn_bytes(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u8 *bytes,
- u8 max_bytes)
+ u8 count, u8 max_bytes)
{
gva_t rip = kvm_get_linear_rip(vcpu);
max_bytes = nested_svm_get_insn_bytes_len(vcpu, max_bytes);
+ count = min(count, max_bytes);
- return kvm_fetch_guest_virt(vcpu, rip, bytes, max_bytes);
+ return count + kvm_fetch_guest_virt(vcpu, rip + count, bytes + count,
+ max_bytes - count);
+}
+
+static void nested_svm_prepare_synthesized_insn_bytes(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
+ struct vmcb *vmcb02 = svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr;
+ struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt = vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt;
+ u8 max_bytes = sizeof(vmcb02->control.insn_bytes);
+ u8 count;
+
+ nested_svm_invalidate_vmcb02_insn_bytes(svm);
+
+ if (!guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_DECODEASSISTS))
+ return;
+
+ max_bytes = nested_svm_get_insn_bytes_len(vcpu, max_bytes);
+ count = x86_emulator_copy_insn_bytes(ctxt, kvm_rip_read(vcpu),
+ vmcb02->control.insn_bytes, max_bytes);
+ if (!is_sev_guest(vcpu))
+ count = nested_svm_fetch_insn_bytes(vcpu,
+ vmcb02->control.insn_bytes,
+ count, max_bytes);
+ vmcb02->control.insn_len = count;
+
+ svm->nested.vmcb02_insn_bytes_valid = true;
}
static void nested_svm_update_vmcb12_insn_bytes(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
@@ -126,6 +153,7 @@ static void nested_svm_update_vmcb12_insn_bytes(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
vmcb12->control.insn_len =
nested_svm_fetch_insn_bytes(vcpu,
vmcb12->control.insn_bytes,
+ 0,
max_bytes);
else
nested_svm_invalidate_insn_bytes(vmcb12);
@@ -140,6 +168,8 @@ static void nested_svm_inject_npf_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
{
struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
struct vmcb *vmcb = svm->vmcb;
+ struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt = vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt;
+ bool from_emulation = ctxt && fault == &ctxt->exception;
u64 fault_stage;
/*
@@ -169,6 +199,8 @@ static void nested_svm_inject_npf_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
if (from_hardware)
nested_svm_set_vmcb02_insn_bytes_valid(svm);
+ else if (from_emulation && !(fault->error_code & PFERR_FETCH_MASK))
+ nested_svm_prepare_synthesized_insn_bytes(vcpu);
else
nested_svm_invalidate_vmcb02_insn_bytes(svm);
nested_svm_vmexit(svm);
--
2.43.7
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-23 14:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-23 14:02 [PATCH v8 0/8] KVM: nSVM: Enable DecodeAssists for nested guests Tina Zhang
2026-09-23 14:02 ` [PATCH v8 1/8] KVM: x86: Provide INVLPG linear address to intercept handlers Tina Zhang
2026-09-23 19:49 ` Jim Mattson
2026-09-23 14:02 ` [PATCH v8 2/8] KVM: nSVM: Synthesize DecodeAssists EXITINFO for emulated intercepts Tina Zhang
2026-09-23 14:02 ` [PATCH v8 3/8] KVM: nSVM: Track valid hardware DecodeAssist bytes Tina Zhang
2026-09-23 14:02 ` [PATCH v8 4/8] KVM: nSVM: Propagate hardware DecodeAssist bytes to VMCB12 Tina Zhang
2026-09-23 14:02 ` [PATCH v8 5/8] KVM: nSVM: Fetch DecodeAssist bytes for synthesized faults Tina Zhang
2026-09-23 22:20 ` Jim Mattson
2026-09-30 12:24 ` Tina Zhang
2026-10-13 11:53 ` Tina Zhang
2026-10-13 15:58 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-09-23 14:02 ` Tina Zhang [this message]
2026-09-23 14:02 ` [PATCH v8 7/8] KVM: nSVM: Advertise DecodeAssists to L1 Tina Zhang
2026-09-23 14:02 ` [PATCH v8 8/8] KVM: selftests: Add nested SVM DecodeAssists test Tina Zhang
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