linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/7] KVM: nVMX: Use correct root level for nested EPT shadow page tables

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Date:   Thu,  6 Feb 2020 14:08:30 -0800
From:   Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] KVM: nVMX: Use correct root level for nested EPT shadow page tables

Hardcode the EPT page-walk level for L2 to be 4 levels, as KVM's MMU
currently also hardcodes the page walk level for nested EPT to be 4
levels.  The L2 guest is all but guaranteed to soft hang on its first
instruction when L1 is using EPT, as KVM will construct 4-level page
tables and then tell hardware to use 5-level page tables.

Fixes: 855feb673640 ("KVM: MMU: Add 5 level EPT & Shadow page table support.")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 802ba97ac7f2..46161f4e4b42 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -2970,6 +2970,9 @@ void vmx_set_cr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr0)
 
 static int get_ept_level(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	/* Nested EPT currently only supports 4-level walks. */
+	if (is_guest_mode(vcpu) && nested_cpu_has_ept(get_vmcs12(vcpu)))
+		return 4;
 	if (cpu_has_vmx_ept_5levels() && (cpuid_maxphyaddr(vcpu) > 48))
 		return 5;
 	return 4;
-- 
2.24.1