[PATCH v2 1/9] KVM: SEV: Track the GPA of the guest-controlled VMSA used for SNP guests

From: Sean Christopherson

Date: Fri Jun 26 2026 - 19:14:57 EST


Track the GPA of the guest-provided VMSA used after AP_CREATION events when
running SNP guests, instead of simply tracking whether or not the vCPU is
using a guest-provided VMSA. KVM needs to know the GPA of the VMSA that's
actively being used so that it can react to MMU invalidation events, i.e.
so that KVM can drop the VMSA if its backing guest_memfd page is punched
out of existence.

Opportunistically rename snp_vmsa_gpa to clarify that it tracks the pending
VMSA GPA, whereas snp_guest_vmsa_gpa now tracks the in-use VMSA GPA.

Note! Take care to track the GPA, not the GFN, as VALID_PAGE() won't
behave correctly if an invalid GFN is converted to a GPA for checking.

Note #2! Keep snp_has_guest_vmsa so that switching to a guest-provided
VMSA is sticky, even if the guest-provided VMSA becomes invalid.

No functional change intended.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 6.12.x
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 14 +++++++++-----
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index 74fb15551e83..827f5dc06102 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -4003,6 +4003,7 @@ static void sev_snp_init_protected_guest_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

/* Clear use of the VMSA */
svm->vmcb->control.vmsa_pa = INVALID_PAGE;
+ svm->sev_es.snp_guest_vmsa_gpa = INVALID_PAGE;

/*
* When replacing the VMSA during SEV-SNP AP creation,
@@ -4010,11 +4011,11 @@ static void sev_snp_init_protected_guest_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
*/
vmcb_mark_all_dirty(svm->vmcb);

- if (!VALID_PAGE(svm->sev_es.snp_vmsa_gpa))
+ if (!VALID_PAGE(svm->sev_es.snp_pending_vmsa_gpa))
return;

- gfn = gpa_to_gfn(svm->sev_es.snp_vmsa_gpa);
- svm->sev_es.snp_vmsa_gpa = INVALID_PAGE;
+ gfn = gpa_to_gfn(svm->sev_es.snp_pending_vmsa_gpa);
+ svm->sev_es.snp_pending_vmsa_gpa = INVALID_PAGE;

slot = gfn_to_memslot(vcpu->kvm, gfn);
if (!slot)
@@ -4039,6 +4040,7 @@ static void sev_snp_init_protected_guest_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
svm->sev_es.snp_has_guest_vmsa = true;

/* Use the new VMSA */
+ svm->sev_es.snp_guest_vmsa_gpa = gfn_to_gpa(gfn);
svm->vmcb->control.vmsa_pa = pfn_to_hpa(pfn);

/* Mark the vCPU as runnable */
@@ -4105,10 +4107,10 @@ static int sev_snp_ap_creation(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
return -EINVAL;
}

- target_svm->sev_es.snp_vmsa_gpa = svm->vmcb->control.exit_info_2;
+ target_svm->sev_es.snp_pending_vmsa_gpa = svm->vmcb->control.exit_info_2;
break;
case SVM_VMGEXIT_AP_DESTROY:
- target_svm->sev_es.snp_vmsa_gpa = INVALID_PAGE;
+ target_svm->sev_es.snp_pending_vmsa_gpa = INVALID_PAGE;
break;
default:
vcpu_unimpl(vcpu, "vmgexit: invalid AP creation request [%#x] from guest\n",
@@ -4791,6 +4793,8 @@ int sev_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
return -ENOMEM;

svm->sev_es.vmsa = page_address(vmsa_page);
+ svm->sev_es.snp_pending_vmsa_gpa = INVALID_PAGE;
+ svm->sev_es.snp_guest_vmsa_gpa = INVALID_PAGE;

vcpu->arch.guest_tsc_protected = snp_is_secure_tsc_enabled(vcpu->kvm);

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
index 716be21fba33..d077783c287e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ struct vcpu_sev_es_state {
u64 ghcb_registered_gpa;

struct mutex snp_vmsa_mutex; /* Used to handle concurrent updates of VMSA. */
- gpa_t snp_vmsa_gpa;
+ gpa_t snp_pending_vmsa_gpa;
+ gpa_t snp_guest_vmsa_gpa;
bool snp_ap_waiting_for_reset;
bool snp_has_guest_vmsa;
};
--
2.55.0.rc0.799.gd6f94ed593-goog