[PATCH v3 1/4] KVM: x86: Consolidate CPUID fault handling for emulator and interception logic
From: Jim Mattson
Date: Wed May 13 2026 - 18:47:18 EST
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Extract the logic for emulating CPUID faulting (where CPUID #GPs at CPL>0
outside of SMM) into a dedicated helper and use the helper for both the
full emulator and the intercepted-CPUID paths.
Opportunistically drop kvm_require_cpl(), as kvm_require_cpl() was the one
and only user.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 -
arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 5 +++--
arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h | 8 ++++++++
arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 6 +-----
arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 18 ++++++------------
6 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index c470e40a00aa..a9005c61619b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -2285,7 +2285,6 @@ void kvm_requeue_exception(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int nr,
void kvm_inject_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct x86_exception *fault);
void kvm_inject_emulated_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
struct x86_exception *fault);
-bool kvm_require_cpl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int required_cpl);
bool kvm_require_dr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int dr);
static inline int __kvm_irq_line_state(unsigned long *irq_state,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index e69156b54cff..1c95d1fa3ead 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -2161,9 +2161,10 @@ int kvm_emulate_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
- if (!is_smm(vcpu) && cpuid_fault_enabled(vcpu) &&
- !kvm_require_cpl(vcpu, 0))
+ if (!kvm_is_cpuid_allowed(vcpu)) {
+ kvm_queue_exception_e(vcpu, GP_VECTOR, 0);
return 1;
+ }
eax = kvm_rax_read(vcpu);
ecx = kvm_rcx_read(vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
index 039b8e6f40ba..bc4a8428b836 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <uapi/asm/kvm_para.h>
+#include "smm.h"
+
extern u32 kvm_cpu_caps[NR_KVM_CPU_CAPS] __read_mostly;
extern bool kvm_is_configuring_cpu_caps __read_mostly;
@@ -192,6 +194,12 @@ static inline bool cpuid_fault_enabled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES_CPUID_FAULT;
}
+static inline bool kvm_is_cpuid_allowed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ return !cpuid_fault_enabled(vcpu) || is_smm(vcpu) ||
+ !kvm_x86_call(get_cpl)(vcpu);
+}
+
static __always_inline void kvm_cpu_cap_clear(unsigned int x86_feature)
{
unsigned int x86_leaf = __feature_leaf(x86_feature);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index c8c6cc0406d6..3ba09093b5ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -3593,12 +3593,8 @@ static int em_sti(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
static int em_cpuid(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
{
u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
- u64 msr = 0;
- ctxt->ops->get_msr(ctxt, MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES, &msr);
- if (!ctxt->ops->is_smm(ctxt) &&
- (msr & MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES_CPUID_FAULT) &&
- ctxt->ops->cpl(ctxt))
+ if (!ctxt->ops->is_cpuid_allowed(ctxt))
return emulate_gp(ctxt, 0);
eax = reg_read(ctxt, VCPU_REGS_RAX);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h b/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h
index 0abff36d0994..45d4a03b202e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ struct x86_emulate_ops {
struct x86_instruction_info *info,
enum x86_intercept_stage stage);
+ bool (*is_cpuid_allowed)(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt);
bool (*get_cpuid)(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, u32 *eax, u32 *ebx,
u32 *ecx, u32 *edx, bool exact_only);
bool (*guest_has_movbe)(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 0a1b63c63d1a..01c6b18d1fe5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1021,18 +1021,6 @@ void kvm_queue_exception_e(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned nr, u32 error_code)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_queue_exception_e);
-/*
- * Checks if cpl <= required_cpl; if true, return true. Otherwise queue
- * a #GP and return false.
- */
-bool kvm_require_cpl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int required_cpl)
-{
- if (kvm_x86_call(get_cpl)(vcpu) <= required_cpl)
- return true;
- kvm_queue_exception_e(vcpu, GP_VECTOR, 0);
- return false;
-}
-
bool kvm_require_dr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int dr)
{
if ((dr != 4 && dr != 5) || !kvm_is_cr4_bit_set(vcpu, X86_CR4_DE))
@@ -8819,6 +8807,11 @@ static int emulator_intercept(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
&ctxt->exception);
}
+static bool emulator_is_cpuid_allowed(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
+{
+ return kvm_is_cpuid_allowed(emul_to_vcpu(ctxt));
+}
+
static bool emulator_get_cpuid(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
u32 *eax, u32 *ebx, u32 *ecx, u32 *edx,
bool exact_only)
@@ -8955,6 +8948,7 @@ static const struct x86_emulate_ops emulate_ops = {
.wbinvd = emulator_wbinvd,
.fix_hypercall = emulator_fix_hypercall,
.intercept = emulator_intercept,
+ .is_cpuid_allowed = emulator_is_cpuid_allowed,
.get_cpuid = emulator_get_cpuid,
.guest_has_movbe = emulator_guest_has_movbe,
.guest_has_fxsr = emulator_guest_has_fxsr,
--
2.54.0.631.ge1b05301d1-goog