[PATCH v3 8/8] KVM: x86: avoid loading PDPTRs after migration when possible

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Mon Jun 07 2021 - 05:03:07 EST


if new KVM_*_SREGS2 ioctls are used, the PDPTRs are
a part of the migration state and are correctly
restored by those ioctls.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 6 ++++++
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 3 ++-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 3 ++-
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 +++
4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 83f948bdc59a..8eb107ceb45a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -851,6 +851,12 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {

/* Protected Guests */
bool guest_state_protected;
+
+ /*
+ * Set when PDPTS were loaded directly by the userspace without
+ * reading the guest memory
+ */
+ bool pdptrs_restored_oob;
};

struct kvm_lpage_info {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index e3e5775b8f1c..0f80d68a45e1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1369,7 +1369,8 @@ static bool svm_get_nested_state_pages(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (WARN_ON(!is_guest_mode(vcpu)))
return true;

- if (!nested_npt_enabled(svm) && is_pae_paging(vcpu))
+ if (!vcpu->arch.pdptrs_restored_oob &&
+ !nested_npt_enabled(svm) && is_pae_paging(vcpu))
/*
* Reload the guest's PDPTRs since after a migration
* the guest CR3 might be restored prior to setting the nested
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 0acdda85f36a..78d6c71ab03b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -3113,7 +3113,8 @@ static bool nested_get_vmcs12_pages(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
struct page *page;
u64 hpa;

- if (!nested_cpu_has_ept(vmcs12) && is_pae_paging(vcpu)) {
+ if (!vcpu->arch.pdptrs_restored_oob &&
+ !nested_cpu_has_ept(vmcs12) && is_pae_paging(vcpu)) {
/*
* Reload the guest's PDPTRs since after a migration
* the guest CR3 might be restored prior to setting the nested
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 11260e83518f..eadfc9caf500 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -815,6 +815,8 @@ int load_pdptrs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *mmu, unsigned long cr3)

memcpy(mmu->pdptrs, pdpte, sizeof(mmu->pdptrs));
kvm_register_mark_dirty(vcpu, VCPU_EXREG_PDPTR);
+ vcpu->arch.pdptrs_restored_oob = false;
+
out:

return ret;
@@ -10113,6 +10115,7 @@ static int __set_sregs2(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_sregs2 *sregs2)

kvm_register_mark_dirty(vcpu, VCPU_EXREG_PDPTR);
mmu_reset_needed = 1;
+ vcpu->arch.pdptrs_restored_oob = true;
}
if (mmu_reset_needed)
kvm_mmu_reset_context(vcpu);
--
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