Re: [PATCH 5/7] KVM: nVMX: Reset eVMCS clean fields data from prepare_vmcs02()

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Tue May 11 2021 - 12:32:35 EST


On Tue, May 11, 2021, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> When nested state migration happens during L1's execution, it
> is incorrect to modify eVMCS as it is L1 who 'owns' it at the moment.
> At lease genuine Hyper-v seems to not be very happy when 'clean fields'
> data changes underneath it.
>
> 'Clean fields' data is used in KVM twice: by copy_enlightened_to_vmcs12()
> and prepare_vmcs02_rare() so we can reset it from prepare_vmcs02() instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 9 ++++++---
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> index 3257a2291693..1661e2e19560 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> @@ -2090,9 +2090,6 @@ void nested_sync_vmcs12_to_shadow(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
> if (vmx->nested.hv_evmcs) {
> copy_vmcs12_to_enlightened(vmx);
> - /* All fields are clean */
> - vmx->nested.hv_evmcs->hv_clean_fields |=
> - HV_VMX_ENLIGHTENED_CLEAN_FIELD_ALL;
> } else {
> copy_vmcs12_to_shadow(vmx);
> }

Looks like this makes both paths single lines, i.e. the curly braces can be
dropped.

> @@ -2636,6 +2633,12 @@ static int prepare_vmcs02(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12,
>
> kvm_rsp_write(vcpu, vmcs12->guest_rsp);
> kvm_rip_write(vcpu, vmcs12->guest_rip);
> +
> + /* Mark all fields as clean so L1 hypervisor can set what's dirty */
> + if (hv_evmcs)
> + vmx->nested.hv_evmcs->hv_clean_fields |=
> + HV_VMX_ENLIGHTENED_CLEAN_FIELD_ALL;
> +
> return 0;
> }
>
> --
> 2.30.2
>