Re: [GIT PULL] KVM: x86: Fixes for 6.14-rcN

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Sun Mar 09 2025 - 04:07:37 EST


On Sat, Mar 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Please pull a handful of fixes for 6.14. The DEBUGCTL changes are the most
> urgent, as they fix a bug that was introduced in 6.13 that results in Steam
> (and other applications) getting killed due to unexpected #DBs.
>
> The following changes since commit c2fee09fc167c74a64adb08656cb993ea475197e:
>
> KVM: x86: Load DR6 with guest value only before entering .vcpu_run() loop (2025-02-12 08:59:38 -0800)
>
> are available in the Git repository at:
>
> https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux.git tags/kvm-x86-fixes-6.14-rcN.2
>
> for you to fetch changes up to f9dc8fb3afc968042bdaf4b6e445a9272071c9f3:
>
> KVM: x86: Explicitly zero EAX and EBX when PERFMON_V2 isn't supported by KVM (2025-03-04 09:19:18 -0800)

Pulled, thanks.

Paolo

> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> KVM x86 fixes for 6.14-rcN #2
>
> - Set RFLAGS.IF in C code on SVM to get VMRUN out of the STI shadow.
>
> - Ensure DEBUGCTL is context switched on AMD to avoid running the guest with
> the host's value, which can lead to unexpected bus lock #DBs.
>
> - Suppress DEBUGCTL.BTF on AMD (to match Intel), as KVM doesn't properly
> emulate BTF. KVM's lack of context switching has meant BTF has always been
> broken to some extent.
>
> - Always save DR masks for SNP vCPUs if DebugSwap is *supported*, as the guest
> can enable DebugSwap without KVM's knowledge.
>
> - Fix a bug in mmu_stress_tests where a vCPU could finish the "writes to RO
> memory" phase without actually generating a write-protection fault.
>
> - Fix a printf() goof in the SEV smoke test that causes build failures with
> -Werror.
>
> - Explicitly zero EAX and EBX in CPUID.0x8000_0022 output when PERFMON_V2
> isn't supported by KVM.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Sean Christopherson (11):
> KVM: SVM: Set RFLAGS.IF=1 in C code, to get VMRUN out of the STI shadow
> KVM: selftests: Assert that STI blocking isn't set after event injection
> KVM: SVM: Drop DEBUGCTL[5:2] from guest's effective value
> KVM: SVM: Suppress DEBUGCTL.BTF on AMD
> KVM: x86: Snapshot the host's DEBUGCTL in common x86
> KVM: SVM: Manually context switch DEBUGCTL if LBR virtualization is disabled
> KVM: x86: Snapshot the host's DEBUGCTL after disabling IRQs
> KVM: SVM: Save host DR masks on CPUs with DebugSwap
> KVM: SVM: Don't rely on DebugSwap to restore host DR0..DR3
> KVM: selftests: Ensure all vCPUs hit -EFAULT during initial RO stage
> KVM: selftests: Fix printf() format goof in SEV smoke test
>
> Xiaoyao Li (1):
> KVM: x86: Explicitly zero EAX and EBX when PERFMON_V2 isn't supported by KVM
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 24 +++++++----
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/vmenter.S | 10 +----
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 8 +---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h | 2 -
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 +
> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/mmu_stress_test.c | 21 ++++++----
> .../selftests/kvm/x86/nested_exceptions_test.c | 2 +
> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sev_smoke_test.c | 3 +-
> 12 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>