linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] KVM: nSVM: force L1's GIF to 1 when setting the nested state

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Date:   Mon,  3 May 2021 15:54:45 +0300
From:   Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND
        64-BIT)), Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        x86@...nel.org (maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)),
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Cathy Avery <cavery@...hat.com>,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] KVM: nSVM: force L1's GIF to 1 when setting the nested state

While after a reset the GIF value is already 1,
it doesn't have to have this value if the nested state
is loaded later.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 32400cba608d..12a12ae940fa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1314,6 +1314,9 @@ static int svm_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	else
 		svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr->save = svm->vmcb01.ptr->save;
 
+	/* Force L1's GIF to true */
+	svm_set_gif(svm, true);
+
 	svm->nested.nested_run_pending =
 		!!(kvm_state->flags & KVM_STATE_NESTED_RUN_PENDING);
 
-- 
2.26.2