Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Unify cross-vCPU IBPB

[Sean Christopherson]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2025, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c    | 24 ------------------------
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h    |  2 --
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c |  6 +++---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c    | 15 ++-------------
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h    |  3 +--
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c        | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
>  6 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> index 8abeab91d329d..89bda9494183e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> @@ -1484,25 +1484,10 @@ static int svm_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> -static void svm_clear_current_vmcb(struct vmcb *vmcb)
> -{
> -	int i;
> -
> -	for_each_online_cpu(i)
> -		cmpxchg(per_cpu_ptr(&svm_data.current_vmcb, i), vmcb, NULL);

Ha!  I was going to say that processing only online CPUs is likely wrong, but
you made that change on the fly.  I'll probably split that to a separate commit
since it's technically a bug fix.

A few other nits, but I'll take care of them when applying.

Overall, nice cleanup!

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 69c20a68a3f01..4034190309a61 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -4961,6 +4961,8 @@ static bool need_emulate_wbinvd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	return kvm_arch_has_noncoherent_dma(vcpu->kvm);
>  }
>  
> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kvm_vcpu *, last_vcpu);
> +
>  void kvm_arch_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
>  {
>  	struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
> @@ -4983,6 +4985,18 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
>  
>  	kvm_x86_call(vcpu_load)(vcpu, cpu);
>  
> +	if (vcpu != per_cpu(last_vcpu, cpu)) {

I have a slight preference for using this_cpu_read() (and write) so that it's more
obvious this is operating on the current CPU.

> +		/*
> +		 * Flush the branch predictor when switching vCPUs on the same physical
> +		 * CPU, as each vCPU should have its own branch prediction domain. No
> +		 * IBPB is needed when switching between L1 and L2 on the same vCPU
> +		 * unless IBRS is advertised to the vCPU. This is handled on the nested
> +		 * VM-Exit path.
> +		 */
> +		indirect_branch_prediction_barrier();
> +		per_cpu(last_vcpu, cpu) = vcpu;
> +	}
> +
>  	/* Save host pkru register if supported */
>  	vcpu->arch.host_pkru = read_pkru();
>  
> @@ -12367,10 +12381,13 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_postcreate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  
>  void kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  {
> -	int idx;
> +	int idx, cpu;
>  
>  	kvmclock_reset(vcpu);
>  
> +	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
> +		cmpxchg(per_cpu_ptr(&last_vcpu, cpu), vcpu, NULL);

It's definitely worth keeping a version of SVM's comment to explaining the cross-CPU
nullification.

> +
>  	kvm_x86_call(vcpu_free)(vcpu);
>  
>  	kmem_cache_free(x86_emulator_cache, vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt);
> -- 
> 2.49.0.395.g12beb8f557-goog
>