linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] KVM: nVMX: Save BNDCFGS to vmcs12 iff relevant controls are exposed to L1

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Date:   Tue, 14 Jun 2022 21:58:30 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     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>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Lei Wang <lei4.wang@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] KVM: nVMX: Save BNDCFGS to vmcs12 iff relevant controls
 are exposed to L1

Save BNDCFGS to vmcs12 (from vmcs02) if and only if at least of one of
the load-on-entry or clear-on-exit fields for BNDCFGS is enumerated as an
allowed-1 bit in vmcs12.  Skipping the field avoids an unnecessary VMREAD
when MPX is supported but not exposed to L1.

Per Intel's SDM:

  If the processor supports either the 1-setting of the "load IA32_BNDCFGS"
  VM-entry control or that of the "clear IA32_BNDCFGS" VM-exit control, the
  contents of the IA32_BNDCFGS MSR are saved into the corresponding field.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 38015f4ecc54..496981b86f94 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -4104,7 +4104,8 @@ static void sync_vmcs02_to_vmcs12_rare(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	vmcs12->guest_idtr_base = vmcs_readl(GUEST_IDTR_BASE);
 	vmcs12->guest_pending_dbg_exceptions =
 		vmcs_readl(GUEST_PENDING_DBG_EXCEPTIONS);
-	if (kvm_mpx_supported())
+	if ((vmx->nested.msrs.entry_ctls_high & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_BNDCFGS) ||
+	    (vmx->nested.msrs.exit_ctls_high & VM_EXIT_CLEAR_BNDCFGS))
 		vmcs12->guest_bndcfgs = vmcs_read64(GUEST_BNDCFGS);
 
 	vmx->nested.need_sync_vmcs02_to_vmcs12_rare = false;
-- 
2.36.1.476.g0c4daa206d-goog