[PATCH RFC v1 08/20] KVM: VMX: Support extended register index in exit handling

From: Chang S. Bae

Date: Mon Nov 10 2025 - 13:29:39 EST


Support to 5-bit register indices in VMCS fields when EGPRs are enabled.

Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@xxxxxxxxx>
---
RFC note:
The "chicken bit" (XCR0.APX) checker is intentionally deferred, as the
emulator in the next series will do a similar check. Consolidating the
XCR0 handling at the end keeps the logic clearer during the feature
exposition.
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
index b8da6ebc35dc..6cf1eb739caf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
@@ -374,12 +374,17 @@ struct vmx_insn_info {

static inline bool vmx_egpr_enabled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu __maybe_unused) { return false; }

-static inline struct vmx_insn_info vmx_get_insn_info(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu __maybe_unused)
+static inline struct vmx_insn_info vmx_get_insn_info(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct vmx_insn_info insn;

- insn.extended = false;
- insn.info.word = vmcs_read32(VMX_INSTRUCTION_INFO);
+ if (vmx_egpr_enabled(vcpu)) {
+ insn.extended = true;
+ insn.info.dword = vmcs_read64(EXTENDED_INSTRUCTION_INFO);
+ } else {
+ insn.extended = false;
+ insn.info.word = vmcs_read32(VMX_INSTRUCTION_INFO);
+ }

return insn;
}
@@ -415,7 +420,10 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long vmx_get_exit_qual(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

static inline int vmx_get_exit_qual_gpr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- return (vmx_get_exit_qual(vcpu) >> 8) & 0xf;
+ if (vmx_egpr_enabled(vcpu))
+ return (vmx_get_exit_qual(vcpu) >> 8) & 0x1f;
+ else
+ return (vmx_get_exit_qual(vcpu) >> 8) & 0xf;
}

static __always_inline u32 vmx_get_intr_info(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
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