[PATCH 6/7] KVM: x86: Move supported EFER bits to kvm_caps

From: Yosry Ahmed

Date: Tue Jun 30 2026 - 19:49:34 EST


Supported EFER bits naturally fits into kvm_caps because it needs to be
recomputed during vendor init (e.g. to account for EFER.SVME being
allowed/disallowed based on nested being enabled/disabled).

Move efer_supported_bits into kvm_caps as supported_efer_bits (for
naming consistency), and reinitialize it at the beginning of
kvm_setup_efer_caps(), removing the need to clear unsupported bits in
vendor code (e.g. EFER.SVME).

As the bitmask is now globally visible as part of kvm_caps, there's
little use for helpers to enable/disable specific bits, so drop them and
open-code updates to kvm_caps.supported_efer_bits.

No functional change intended.

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 ++
arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c | 19 ++-----------------
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 7 ++-----
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 11 +++++++----
4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 0efd93f961df4..40be39fea39b9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ struct kvm_caps {
u64 supported_xss;
u64 supported_perf_cap;

+ u64 supported_efer_bits;
+
u64 supported_quirks;
u64 inapplicable_quirks;
};
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
index b9a16a27f6c23..a39c73088f1fb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ bool __read_mostly report_ignored_msrs = true;
module_param(report_ignored_msrs, bool, 0644);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(report_ignored_msrs);

-/* Enable syscall by default because its emulated by KVM */
-static u64 __read_mostly efer_supported_bits = ((u64)EFER_SCE);
-
#define MAX_IO_MSRS 256

struct msr_bitmap_range {
@@ -606,7 +603,7 @@ static bool __kvm_valid_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
}
bool kvm_valid_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
{
- if (!(efer & efer_supported_bits))
+ if (!(efer & kvm_caps.supported_efer_bits))
return false;

return __kvm_valid_efer(vcpu, efer);
@@ -619,7 +616,7 @@ static int set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
u64 efer = msr_info->data;
int r;

- if (!(efer & efer_supported_bits))
+ if (!(efer & kvm_caps.supported_efer_bits))
return 1;

if (!msr_info->host_initiated) {
@@ -650,18 +647,6 @@ static int set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
return 0;
}

-void kvm_enable_efer_bits(u64 mask)
-{
- efer_supported_bits |= mask;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_enable_efer_bits);
-
-void kvm_disable_efer_bits(u64 mask)
-{
- efer_supported_bits &= ~mask;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_disable_efer_bits);
-
bool kvm_msr_allowed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 index, u32 type)
{
struct kvm_x86_msr_filter *msr_filter;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 747f1e31a3622..e755f43f4376e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -277,12 +277,9 @@ int svm_set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
static void svm_setup_efer_caps(void)
{
if (nested) {
- kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_SVME);
+ kvm_caps.supported_efer_bits |= EFER_SVME;
if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_EFER_LMSLE_MBZ))
- kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_LMSLE);
- } else {
- kvm_disable_efer_bits(EFER_SVME);
- kvm_disable_efer_bits(EFER_LMSLE);
+ kvm_caps.supported_efer_bits |= EFER_LMSLE;
}
}

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index a297a77469b38..5cedaa8409f8d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6892,17 +6892,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_setup_xss_caps);

static void kvm_setup_efer_caps(void)
{
+ /* Enable syscall by default because its emulated by KVM */
+ kvm_caps.supported_efer_bits = (u64)EFER_SCE;
+
if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_LM))
- kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_LME | EFER_LMA);
+ kvm_caps.supported_efer_bits |= (EFER_LME | EFER_LMA);

if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_NX))
- kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_NX);
+ kvm_caps.supported_efer_bits |= EFER_NX;

if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_FXSR_OPT))
- kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_FFXSR);
+ kvm_caps.supported_efer_bits |= EFER_FFXSR;

if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_AUTOIBRS))
- kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_AUTOIBRS);
+ kvm_caps.supported_efer_bits |= EFER_AUTOIBRS;

kvm_x86_call(setup_efer_caps)();
}
--
2.55.0.rc0.799.gd6f94ed593-goog