linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 03/11] KVM: nSVM: explicitly raise KVM_REQ_EVENT on nested VM exit if L1 doesn't intercept interrupts

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Message-Id: <20221129193717.513824-4-mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2022 21:37:09 +0200
From:   Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiaxi Chen <jiaxi.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jing Liu <jing2.liu@...el.com>,
        Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@....com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 03/11] KVM: nSVM: explicitly raise KVM_REQ_EVENT on nested VM exit if L1 doesn't intercept interrupts

If the L2 doesn't intercept interrupts, then the KVM will use vmcb02's
V_IRQ for L1 (to detect the interrupt window)

In this case on the nested VM exit KVM might need to copy the V_IRQ bit
from the vmcb02 to the vmcb01, to continue waiting for the
interrupt window.

To make it simple, just raise the KVM_REQ_EVENT request, which
execution will lead to the reenabling of the interrupt
window if needed.

Note that this is a theoretical bug because the KVM already does raise
the KVM_REQ_EVENT request one each nested VM exit because the nested
VM exit resets RFLAGS and the kvm_set_rflags() raises the
KVM_REQ_EVENT request in the response.

However raising this request explicitly, together with
documenting why this is needed, is still preferred.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index aad3145b2f62fe..e891318595113e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1016,6 +1016,31 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 
 	svm_switch_vmcb(svm, &svm->vmcb01);
 
+	/* Note about synchronizing some of int_ctl bits from vmcb02 to vmcb01:
+	 *
+	 * - V_IRQ, V_IRQ_VECTOR, V_INTR_PRIO_MASK, V_IGN_TPR:
+	 * If the L2 doesn't intercept interrupts, then
+	 * (even if the L2 does use virtual interrupt masking),
+	 * KVM will use the vmcb02's V_INTR to detect interrupt window.
+	 *
+	 * In this case, the KVM raises the KVM_REQ_EVENT to ensure that interrupt window
+	 * is not lost and this implicitly copies these bits from vmcb02 to vmcb01
+	 *
+	 * V_TPR:
+	 * If the L2 doesn't use virtual interrupt masking, then the L1's vTPR
+	 * is stored in the vmcb02 but its value doesn't need to be copied from/to
+	 * vmcb01 because it is copied from/to the TPR APIC's register on
+	 * each VM entry/exit.
+	 *
+	 * V_GIF:
+	 * - If the nested vGIF is not used, KVM uses vmcb02's V_GIF for L1's V_GIF,
+	 * however, the L1 vGIF is reset to false on each VM exit, thus
+	 * there is no need to copy it from vmcb02 to vmcb01.
+	 */
+
+	if (!nested_exit_on_intr(svm))
+		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, &svm->vcpu);
+
 	if (unlikely(svm->lbrv_enabled && (svm->nested.ctl.virt_ext & LBR_CTL_ENABLE_MASK))) {
 		svm_copy_lbrs(vmcb12, vmcb02);
 		svm_update_lbrv(vcpu);
-- 
2.26.3