>From 047137843838e48af8ec9cfd36e62e605b43cacd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Christopherson Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 11:10:39 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] x86/fred: KVM: VMX: Always use FRED for IRQs when CONFIG_X86_FRED=y Now that FRED provides C-code entry points for handling IRQs, use the FRED infrastructure for forwarding IRQs even if FRED fully enabled, e.g. isn't supported in hardware. Avoiding the non-FRED assembly trampolines into the IDT handlers for IRQs eliminates the associated non-CFI indirect call (KVM performs a CALL by doing a lookup on the IDT using the IRQ vector). Keep NMIs on the legacy IDT path, as the FRED NMI entry code relies on FRED's architectural behavior with respect to NMI blocking, i.e. doesn't jump through the myriad hoops needed to deal with IRET "unexpectedly" unmasking NMIs. KVM's NMI path already makes a direct CALL to C-code, i.e. isn't problematic for CFI. KVM does make a short detour through assembly code to build the stack frame, but the "FRED entry from KVM" path does the same. Force FRED for 64-bit kernels if KVM_INTEL is enabled, as the benefits of eliminating the IRQ trampoline usage far outwieghts the code overhead for FRED. Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson --- arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig | 1 + arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 8 +++++++- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig index 2eeffcec5382..712a2ff28ce4 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ config KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM config KVM_INTEL tristate "KVM for Intel (and compatible) processors support" depends on KVM && IA32_FEAT_CTL + select X86_FRED if X86_64 select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM if INTEL_TDX_HOST select KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES if INTEL_TDX_HOST help diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c index ef2d7208dd20..3139658de9ed 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c @@ -6994,8 +6994,14 @@ static void handle_external_interrupt_irqoff(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, "unexpected VM-Exit interrupt info: 0x%x", intr_info)) return; + /* + * Invoke the kernel's IRQ handler for the vector. Use the FRED path + * when it's available even if FRED isn't fully enabled, e.g. even if + * FRED isn't supported in hardware, in order to avoid the indirect + * CALL in the non-FRED path. + */ kvm_before_interrupt(vcpu, KVM_HANDLING_IRQ); - if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_FRED)) + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_FRED)) fred_entry_from_kvm(EVENT_TYPE_EXTINT, vector); else vmx_do_interrupt_irqoff(gate_offset((gate_desc *)host_idt_base + vector)); -- 2.49.0.906.g1f30a19c02-goog