Re: [PATCH v4 0/9] KVM: nSVM: fixes for CR3/MMU switch upon nested guest entry/exit

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Fri Jul 10 2020 - 13:03:46 EST


On 10/07/20 16:11, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Changes since v3:
> - Swapped my "KVM: nSVM: stop dereferencing vcpu->arch.mmu to get the
> context in kvm_init_shadow{,_npt}_mmu()" with Paolo's "KVM: MMU: stop
> dereferencing vcpu->arch.mmu to get the context for MMU init".
> - keeping nested_svm_init_mmu_context() in nested_prepare_vmcb_control()
> as this is also used from svm_set_nested_state() [Paolo],
> nested_svm_load_cr3() becomes a separate step in enter_svm_guest_mode().
> - nested_prepare_vmcb_save() remains 'void' [Paolo]
>
> Original description:
>
> This is a successor of "[PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: nSVM: fix #TF from CR3 switch
> when entering guest" and "[PATCH] KVM: x86: drop erroneous mmu_check_root()
> from fast_pgd_switch()".
>
> The snowball is growing fast! It all started with an intention to fix
> the particular 'tripple fault' issue (now fixed by PATCH7) but now we
> also get rid of unconditional kvm_mmu_reset_context() upon nested guest
> entry/exit and make the code resemble nVMX. There is still a huge room
> for further improvement (proper error propagation, removing unconditional
> MMU sync/TLB flush,...) but at least we're making some progress.
>
> Tested with kvm selftests/kvm-unit-tests and by running nested Hyper-V
> on KVM. The series doesn't seem to introduce any new issues.
>
> Paolo Bonzini (1):
> KVM: MMU: stop dereferencing vcpu->arch.mmu to get the context for MMU
> init
>
> Vitaly Kuznetsov (8):
> KVM: nSVM: split kvm_init_shadow_npt_mmu() from kvm_init_shadow_mmu()
> KVM: nSVM: reset nested_run_pending upon nested_svm_vmrun_msrpm()
> failure
> KVM: nSVM: prepare to handle errors from enter_svm_guest_mode()
> KVM: nSVM: introduce nested_svm_load_cr3()/nested_npt_enabled()
> KVM: nSVM: move kvm_set_cr3() after nested_svm_uninit_mmu_context()
> KVM: nSVM: implement nested_svm_load_cr3() and use it for host->guest
> switch
> KVM: nSVM: use nested_svm_load_cr3() on guest->host switch
> KVM: x86: drop superfluous mmu_check_root() from fast_pgd_switch()
>
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h | 3 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 45 ++++++++++++------
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 6 ++-
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 4 +-
> 5 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
>

Queued, thanks.

Paolo