[PATCH v4 5/7] KVM: x86: Virtualize LASS and advertise support to userspace
From: Sohil Mehta
Date: Wed Aug 05 2026 - 21:23:28 EST
From: Zeng Guang <guang.zeng@xxxxxxxxx>
Virtualize Linear Address Space Separation (LASS) by letting the guest
enable CR4.LASS[bit 27]. Allow the guest to set CR4.LASS only if LASS is
enumerated in the guest's CPUID. Set CR4.LASS in the emulated
IA32_VMX_CR4_FIXED1 MSR so that LASS can be enabled in nested VMX
operation as well.
Keep CR4.LASS KVM-owned instead of making it guest-owned. LASS is
expected to be enabled once per vCPU at boot and rarely toggled at
runtime.
LASS is enumerated by CPUID.(EAX=07H,ECX=1):EAX.LASS[bit 6] and only
works in IA-32e mode. Advertise LASS to userspace on 64-bit kernels and
only when it is supported by the host. Notably, it will not be exposed
to userspace if the deprecated vsyscall=emulate mode is set on the
kernel command line.
Signed-off-by: Zeng Guang <guang.zeng@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v4:
- Split patch diffs and reworded the commit message
- Use X86_64_F() instead of F()
---
arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/regs.h | 4 +++-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index 9e9cf6538a96..c4dbd00f5e4e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -1029,6 +1029,7 @@ void kvm_initialize_cpu_caps(void)
F(SM4),
F(AVX_VNNI),
F(AVX512_BF16),
+ X86_64_F(LASS),
F(CMPCCXADD),
F(FZRM),
F(FSRS),
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/regs.h b/arch/x86/kvm/regs.h
index 447f0ec3e63e..be8621695c41 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/regs.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/regs.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static_assert(!(KVM_POSSIBLE_CR0_GUEST_BITS & X86_CR0_PDPTR_BITS));
| X86_CR4_OSXSAVE | X86_CR4_SMEP | X86_CR4_FSGSBASE \
| X86_CR4_OSXMMEXCPT | X86_CR4_LA57 | X86_CR4_VMXE \
| X86_CR4_SMAP | X86_CR4_PKE | X86_CR4_UMIP \
- | X86_CR4_LAM_SUP | X86_CR4_CET))
+ | X86_CR4_LAM_SUP | X86_CR4_CET | X86_CR4_LASS))
#define CR8_RESERVED_BITS (~(unsigned long)X86_CR8_TPR)
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ static inline bool __kvm_is_valid_cr4(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr4)
__reserved_bits |= X86_CR4_PCIDE; \
if (!__cpu_has(__c, X86_FEATURE_LAM)) \
__reserved_bits |= X86_CR4_LAM_SUP; \
+ if (!__cpu_has(__c, X86_FEATURE_LASS)) \
+ __reserved_bits |= X86_CR4_LASS; \
if (!__cpu_has(__c, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK) && \
!__cpu_has(__c, X86_FEATURE_IBT)) \
__reserved_bits |= X86_CR4_CET; \
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index ecd105f35c78..3082195906da 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -7885,6 +7885,7 @@ static void nested_vmx_cr_fixed1_bits_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
entry = kvm_find_cpuid_entry_index(vcpu, 0x7, 1);
cr4_fixed1_update(X86_CR4_LAM_SUP, eax, feature_bit(LAM));
+ cr4_fixed1_update(X86_CR4_LASS, eax, feature_bit(LASS));
#undef cr4_fixed1_update
}
--
2.43.0