linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 09/12] x86/kvm/nVMX: allow bare VMXON state migration

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Date:   Wed,  8 Aug 2018 17:55:49 +0200
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Roman Kagan <rkagan@...tuozzo.com>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        "Michael Kelley (EOSG)" <Michael.H.Kelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Mohammed Gamal <mmorsy@...hat.com>,
        Cathy Avery <cavery@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Liran Alon <liran.alon@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 09/12] x86/kvm/nVMX: allow bare VMXON state migration

It is perfectly valid for a guest to do VMXON and not do VMPTRLD. This
state needs to be preserved on migration.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 377fd91a1a71..6eb86991ca60 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -14132,13 +14132,6 @@ static int vmx_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	if (!page_address_valid(vcpu, kvm_state->vmx.vmxon_pa))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (kvm_state->size < sizeof(kvm_state) + sizeof(*vmcs12))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (kvm_state->vmx.vmcs_pa == kvm_state->vmx.vmxon_pa ||
-	    !page_address_valid(vcpu, kvm_state->vmx.vmcs_pa))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if ((kvm_state->vmx.smm.flags & KVM_STATE_NESTED_SMM_GUEST_MODE) &&
 	    (kvm_state->flags & KVM_STATE_NESTED_GUEST_MODE))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -14160,6 +14153,14 @@ static int vmx_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* Empty 'VMXON' state is permitted */
+	if (kvm_state->size < sizeof(kvm_state) + sizeof(*vmcs12))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (kvm_state->vmx.vmcs_pa == kvm_state->vmx.vmxon_pa ||
+	    !page_address_valid(vcpu, kvm_state->vmx.vmcs_pa))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	set_current_vmptr(vmx, kvm_state->vmx.vmcs_pa);
 
 	if (kvm_state->vmx.smm.flags & KVM_STATE_NESTED_SMM_VMXON) {
-- 
2.14.4