Re: [RFC PATCH 17/24] KVM: nSVM: Flush both L1 and L2 ASIDs on KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Thu Apr 03 2025 - 17:09:44 EST


On Wed, 2025-03-26 at 19:36 +0000, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH is used to flush all TLB entries for all contexts
> (e.g. in kvm_flush_remote_tlbs()). Flush both L1 and L2 ASIDs in
> svm_flush_tlb_all() to handle it appropriately.
>
> This is currently not required as nested transitions do unconditional
> TLB flushes, but this is a step toward eliminating that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 1 -
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 10 ++--------
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
> index c336ab63c6da3..56a4ff480bb3d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
> @@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ static void nested_svm_entry_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> * TODO: optimize unconditional TLB flush/MMU sync. A partial list of
> * things to fix before this can be conditional:
> *
> - * - Flush TLBs for both L1 and L2 remote TLB flush
> * - Honor L1's request to flush an ASID on nested VMRUN
> * - Sync nested NPT MMU on VMRUN that flushes L2's ASID[*]
> * - Don't crush a pending TLB flush in vmcb02 on nested VMRUN
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> index fb6b9f88a1504..4cad1085936bb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> @@ -4064,14 +4064,8 @@ static void svm_flush_tlb_all(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> if (WARN_ON_ONCE(svm_hv_is_enlightened_tlb_enabled(vcpu)))
> hv_flush_remote_tlbs(vcpu->kvm);
>
> - /*
> - * Flush only the current ASID even if the TLB flush was invoked via
> - * kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(). Although flushing remote TLBs requires all
> - * ASIDs to be flushed, KVM uses a single ASID for L1 and L2, and
> - * unconditionally does a TLB flush on both nested VM-Enter and nested
> - * VM-Exit (via kvm_mmu_reset_context()).
> - */
> - svm_flush_tlb_asid(vcpu, is_guest_mode(vcpu));
> + svm_flush_tlb_asid(vcpu, false);
> + svm_flush_tlb_asid(vcpu, true);
> }
>
> static void svm_flush_tlb_gva(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva)

Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky