[PATCH v3 0/4] KVM: SVM: GIF and EFER.SVME are independent

From: Yosry Ahmed

Date: Fri Nov 21 2025 - 15:48:27 EST


Clearing EFER.SVME is not architected to set GIF, so GIF may be clear
even when EFER.SVME is clear.

This is covered in the discussion at [1].

v2 -> v3:
- Keep setting GIF when force-leaving nested (Sean).
- Moved the relevant selftests patches from the series at [2] here
(Sean).

v2: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20251009223153.3344555-1-jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx/

[1]https://lore.kernel.org/all/5b8787b8-16e9-13dc-7fca-0dc441d673f9@xxxxxxxxxx/
[2]https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20251021074736.1324328-1-yosry.ahmed@xxxxxxxxx/

Jim Mattson (2):
KVM: SVM: Allow KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE to clear GIF when SVME==0
KVM: SVM: Don't set GIF when clearing EFER.SVME

Yosry Ahmed (2):
KVM: selftests: Use TEST_ASSERT_EQ() in test_vmx_nested_state()
KVM: selftests: Extend vmx_set_nested_state_test to cover SVM

arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 6 +-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 1 -
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 2 +-
...d_state_test.c => nested_set_state_test.c} | 128 ++++++++++++++++--
4 files changed, 120 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
rename tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/{vmx_set_nested_state_test.c => nested_set_state_test.c} (70%)


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