[PATCH] KVM: x86: Add a help to dedup loading guest/host XCR0 and XSS

From: Binbin Wu

Date: Thu Nov 06 2025 - 05:09:31 EST


Add and use a helper, kvm_load_xfeatures(), to dedup the code that loads
guest/host xfeatures by passing XCR0 and XSS values accordingly.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
The patch is based on the patch series
"KVM: x86: Cleanup #MC and XCR0/XSS/PKRU handling" [1], which is applied on
top of kvm-x86 next branch(commit a996dd2a5e1ec54dcf7d7b93915ea3f97e14e68a).

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251030224246.3456492-1-seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 25 +++++--------------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index b8df02a083b2..35fc1333e198 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1203,33 +1203,18 @@ void kvm_lmsw(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long msw)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_lmsw);

-static void kvm_load_guest_xfeatures(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+static void kvm_load_xfeatures(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 xcr0, u64 xss)
{
if (vcpu->arch.guest_state_protected)
return;

if (kvm_is_cr4_bit_set(vcpu, X86_CR4_OSXSAVE)) {
if (vcpu->arch.xcr0 != kvm_host.xcr0)
- xsetbv(XCR_XFEATURE_ENABLED_MASK, vcpu->arch.xcr0);
+ xsetbv(XCR_XFEATURE_ENABLED_MASK, xcr0);

if (guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVES) &&
vcpu->arch.ia32_xss != kvm_host.xss)
- wrmsrq(MSR_IA32_XSS, vcpu->arch.ia32_xss);
- }
-}
-
-static void kvm_load_host_xfeatures(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
- if (vcpu->arch.guest_state_protected)
- return;
-
- if (kvm_is_cr4_bit_set(vcpu, X86_CR4_OSXSAVE)) {
- if (vcpu->arch.xcr0 != kvm_host.xcr0)
- xsetbv(XCR_XFEATURE_ENABLED_MASK, kvm_host.xcr0);
-
- if (guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVES) &&
- vcpu->arch.ia32_xss != kvm_host.xss)
- wrmsrq(MSR_IA32_XSS, kvm_host.xss);
+ wrmsrq(MSR_IA32_XSS, xss);
}
}

@@ -11310,7 +11295,7 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (vcpu->arch.guest_fpu.xfd_err)
wrmsrq(MSR_IA32_XFD_ERR, vcpu->arch.guest_fpu.xfd_err);

- kvm_load_guest_xfeatures(vcpu);
+ kvm_load_xfeatures(vcpu, vcpu->arch.xcr0, vcpu->arch.ia32_xss);

if (unlikely(vcpu->arch.switch_db_regs &&
!(vcpu->arch.switch_db_regs & KVM_DEBUGREG_AUTO_SWITCH))) {
@@ -11406,7 +11391,7 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
vcpu->mode = OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE;
smp_wmb();

- kvm_load_host_xfeatures(vcpu);
+ kvm_load_xfeatures(vcpu, kvm_host.xcr0, kvm_host.xss);

/*
* Sync xfd before calling handle_exit_irqoff() which may

base-commit: a996dd2a5e1ec54dcf7d7b93915ea3f97e14e68a
prerequisite-patch-id: 9aafd634f0ab2033d7b032e227d356777469e046
prerequisite-patch-id: 656ce1f5aa97c77a9cf6125713707a5007b2c7ba
prerequisite-patch-id: d6328b8c0fdb8593bb534ab7378821edcf9f639d
prerequisite-patch-id: c7f36d1cedc4ae6416223d2225460944629b3d4f
--
2.46.0