linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 08/23] KVM: VMX: Save/restore guest FRED RSP0

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Message-ID: <20250723175341.1284463-9-xin@zytor.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:53:26 -0700
From: "Xin Li (Intel)" <xin@...or.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: [PATCH v5 08/23] KVM: VMX: Save/restore guest FRED RSP0

From: Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>

Save guest FRED RSP0 in vmx_prepare_switch_to_host() and restore it
in vmx_prepare_switch_to_guest() because MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP0 is passed
through to the guest, thus is volatile/unknown.

Note, host FRED RSP0 is restored in arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare(),
regardless of whether it is modified in KVM.

Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@...or.com>
Tested-by: Shan Kang <shan.kang@...el.com>
Tested-by: Xuelian Guo <xuelian.guo@...el.com>
---

Changes in v5:
* Remove the cpu_feature_enabled() check when set/get guest
  MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP0, as guest_cpu_cap_has() should suffice (Sean).
* Add a comment when synchronizing current MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP0 MSR to
  the kernel's local cache, because its handling is different from
  the MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE handling (Sean).
* Add TB from Xuelian Guo.

Changes in v3:
* KVM only needs to save/restore guest FRED RSP0 now as host FRED RSP0
  is restored in arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare() (Sean Christopherson).

Changes in v2:
* Don't use guest_cpuid_has() in vmx_prepare_switch_to_{host,guest}(),
  which are called from IRQ-disabled context (Chao Gao).
* Reset msr_guest_fred_rsp0 in __vmx_vcpu_reset() (Chao Gao).
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 4cdc2a0c1465..1e58d61dc021 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -1293,6 +1293,10 @@ void vmx_prepare_switch_to_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	}
 
 	wrmsrq(MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE, vmx->msr_guest_kernel_gs_base);
+
+	if (guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_FRED))
+		wrmsrns(MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP0, vmx->msr_guest_fred_rsp0);
+
 #else
 	savesegment(fs, fs_sel);
 	savesegment(gs, gs_sel);
@@ -1337,6 +1341,16 @@ static void vmx_prepare_switch_to_host(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 	invalidate_tss_limit();
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	wrmsrq(MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE, vmx->vt.msr_host_kernel_gs_base);
+
+	if (guest_cpu_cap_has(&vmx->vcpu, X86_FEATURE_FRED)) {
+		vmx->msr_guest_fred_rsp0 = read_msr(MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP0);
+		/*
+		 * Synchronize the current value in hardware to the kernel's
+		 * local cache.  The desired host RSP0 will be set when the
+		 * CPU exits to userspace (RSP0 is a per-task value).
+		 */
+		fred_sync_rsp0(vmx->msr_guest_fred_rsp0);
+	}
 #endif
 	load_fixmap_gdt(raw_smp_processor_id());
 	vmx->vt.guest_state_loaded = false;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
index 32829f98af2f..617cbec5c9b3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ struct vcpu_vmx {
 	bool                  guest_uret_msrs_loaded;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	u64		      msr_guest_kernel_gs_base;
+	u64		      msr_guest_fred_rsp0;
 #endif
 
 	u64		      spec_ctrl;
-- 
2.50.1