linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 2/7] hyperv: SVM enlightened TLB flush support flag

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Date:   Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:06:49 +0000
From:   Vineeth Pillai <viremana@...ux.microsoft.com>
To:     Lan Tianyu <Tianyu.Lan@...rosoft.com>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     Vineeth Pillai <viremana@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/7] hyperv: SVM enlightened TLB flush support flag

Bit 22 of HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES.EDX is specific to SVM and specifies
support for enlightened TLB flush. With this enlightenment enabled,
ASID invalidations flushes only gva->hpa entries. To flush TLB entries
derived from NPT, hypercalls should be used
(HvFlushGuestPhysicalAddressSpace or HvFlushGuestPhysicalAddressList)

Signed-off-by: Vineeth Pillai <viremana@...ux.microsoft.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h
index 606f5cc579b2..005bf14d0449 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h
@@ -133,6 +133,15 @@
 #define HV_X64_NESTED_GUEST_MAPPING_FLUSH		BIT(18)
 #define HV_X64_NESTED_MSR_BITMAP			BIT(19)
 
+/*
+ * This is specific to AMD and specifies that enlightened TLB flush is
+ * supported. If guest opts in to this feature, ASID invalidations only
+ * flushes gva -> hpa mapping entries. To flush the TLB entries derived
+ * from NPT, hypercalls should be used (HvFlushGuestPhysicalAddressSpace
+ * or HvFlushGuestPhysicalAddressList).
+ */
+#define HV_X64_NESTED_ENLIGHTENED_TLB			BIT(22)
+
 /* HYPERV_CPUID_ISOLATION_CONFIG.EAX bits. */
 #define HV_PARAVISOR_PRESENT				BIT(0)
 
-- 
2.25.1