linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/13] KVM: nSVM: don't sync back tlb

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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:32:30 +0200
From:   Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>,
        Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jing Liu <jing2.liu@...el.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@....com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>,
        Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 01/13] KVM: nSVM: don't sync back tlb_ctl on nested VM exit

The CPU doesn't change TLB_CTL value as stated in the PRM (15.16.2):

  "The VMRUN instruction reads, but does not change, the
  value of the TLB_CONTROL field"

Therefore the KVM shoudn't do that either.

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

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index b258d6988f5dde..43cc4a5d22e012 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -989,7 +989,6 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 		vmcb12->control.next_rip  = vmcb02->control.next_rip;
 
 	vmcb12->control.int_ctl           = svm->nested.ctl.int_ctl;
-	vmcb12->control.tlb_ctl           = svm->nested.ctl.tlb_ctl;
 	vmcb12->control.event_inj         = svm->nested.ctl.event_inj;
 	vmcb12->control.event_inj_err     = svm->nested.ctl.event_inj_err;
 
-- 
2.34.3