[PATCH v9 22/22] KVM: nVMX: Enable VMX FRED controls

From: Xin Li (Intel)
Date: Sun Oct 26 2025 - 16:24:11 EST


From: Xin Li <xin3.li@xxxxxxxxx>

Permit use of VMX FRED controls in nested VMX now that support for nested
FRED is implemented.

Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Shan Kang <shan.kang@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Xuelian Guo <xuelian.guo@xxxxxxxxx>
---

Change in v5:
* Add TB from Xuelian Guo.
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 5 +++--
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 37ab8250dd31..655257b34d15 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -7397,7 +7397,8 @@ static void nested_vmx_setup_exit_ctls(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf,
* advertise any feature in it to nVMX until its nVMX support
* is ready.
*/
- msrs->secondary_exit_ctls &= 0;
+ msrs->secondary_exit_ctls &= SECONDARY_VM_EXIT_SAVE_IA32_FRED |
+ SECONDARY_VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_FRED;
}
}

@@ -7413,7 +7414,7 @@ static void nested_vmx_setup_entry_ctls(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf,
VM_ENTRY_IA32E_MODE |
#endif
VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PAT | VM_ENTRY_LOAD_BNDCFGS |
- VM_ENTRY_LOAD_CET_STATE;
+ VM_ENTRY_LOAD_CET_STATE | VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_FRED;
msrs->entry_ctls_high |=
(VM_ENTRY_ALWAYSON_WITHOUT_TRUE_MSR | VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_EFER |
VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 04442f869abb..8f3805a71a97 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -7994,6 +7994,7 @@ static void nested_vmx_cr_fixed1_bits_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

entry = kvm_find_cpuid_entry_index(vcpu, 0x7, 1);
cr4_fixed1_update(X86_CR4_LAM_SUP, eax, feature_bit(LAM));
+ cr4_fixed1_update(X86_CR4_FRED, eax, feature_bit(FRED));

#undef cr4_fixed1_update
}
--
2.51.0