[PATCH v6 12/12] KVM: SVM: Add support for virtualizating Bus Lock Detect

From: Sean Christopherson

Date: Wed Sep 30 2026 - 19:07:52 EST


From: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxx>

Advertise support for virtualizing Bus Lock Detect and allow the guest to
enable BUS_LOCK_DETECT if LBR Virtualization is enabled (Bus Lock Detect is
enabled through MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, which context-switched if and only if
LBR Virtualization is enabled).

Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Shivansh Dhiman <shivansh.dhiman@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shivansh Dhiman <shivansh.dhiman@xxxxxxx>
[sean: massage changelog]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 12 ++++++++++--
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 1e58ad8691e9..e7c296c52591 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ static bool svm_need_lbr_virtualization(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);

- if (svm->vmcb->save.dbgctl & DEBUGCTLMSR_LBR)
+ if (svm->vmcb->save.dbgctl & (DEBUGCTLMSR_LBR | DEBUGCTLMSR_BUS_LOCK_DETECT))
return true;

return is_guest_mode(vcpu) &&
@@ -5712,9 +5712,17 @@ static __init void svm_set_cpu_caps(void)
* Clear capabilities that are automatically configured by common code,
* but that require explicit SVM support (that isn't yet implemented).
*/
- kvm_cpu_cap_clear(X86_FEATURE_BUS_LOCK_DETECT);
kvm_cpu_cap_clear(X86_FEATURE_MSR_IMM);

+ /*
+ * LBR Virtualization must be enabled to support BusLockTrap inside the
+ * guest, since BusLockTrap is enabled through MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR and
+ * MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR is virtualized only if LBR Virtualization is
+ * enabled.
+ */
+ if (!lbrv)
+ kvm_cpu_cap_clear(X86_FEATURE_BUS_LOCK_DETECT);
+
kvm_setup_xss_caps();
kvm_finalize_cpu_caps();
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
index c3380d865b75..6d0242966dc8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -789,7 +789,12 @@ BUILD_SVM_MSR_BITMAP_HELPERS(void, set, __set)

static inline u64 svm_get_supported_debugctl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- return DEBUGCTLMSR_LBR;
+ u64 debugctl = DEBUGCTLMSR_LBR;
+
+ if (guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_BUS_LOCK_DETECT))
+ debugctl |= DEBUGCTLMSR_BUS_LOCK_DETECT;
+
+ return debugctl;
}

/* svm.c */
--
2.56.0.rc1.315.gc6ed9934b7-goog