linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 17/33] KVM: nVMX: Don't propagate vmcs12's PERF_GLOBAL

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Message-Id: <20220830133737.1539624-18-vkuznets@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:37:21 +0200
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Yuan Yao <yuan.yao@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>,
        linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v6 17/33] KVM: nVMX: Don't propagate vmcs12's PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL settings to vmcs02

From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>

Don't propagate vmcs12's VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL to vmcs02.
KVM doesn't disallow L1 from using VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL
even when KVM itself doesn't use the control, e.g. due to the various
CPU errata that where the MSR can be corrupted on VM-Exit.

Preserve KVM's (vmcs01) setting to hopefully avoid having to toggle the
bit in vmcs02 at a later point.  E.g. if KVM is loading PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL
when running L1, then odds are good KVM will also load the MSR when
running L2.

Fixes: 8bf00a529967 ("KVM: VMX: add support for switching of PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 58821cd10603..c9b17239c9e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -2359,9 +2359,14 @@ static void prepare_vmcs02_early(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, struct loaded_vmcs *vmcs0
 	 * are emulated by vmx_set_efer() in prepare_vmcs02(), but speculate
 	 * on the related bits (if supported by the CPU) in the hope that
 	 * we can avoid VMWrites during vmx_set_efer().
+	 *
+	 * Similarly, take vmcs01's PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL in the hope that if KVM is
+	 * loading PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL via the VMCS for L1, then KVM will want to
+	 * do the same for L2.
 	 */
 	exec_control = __vm_entry_controls_get(vmcs01);
-	exec_control |= vmcs12->vm_entry_controls;
+	exec_control |= (vmcs12->vm_entry_controls &
+			 ~VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL);
 	exec_control &= ~(VM_ENTRY_IA32E_MODE | VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_EFER);
 	if (cpu_has_load_ia32_efer()) {
 		if (guest_efer & EFER_LMA)
-- 
2.37.2