[PATCH v5 17/20] KVM: x86: Expose APX foundation feature to userspace
From: Chang S. Bae
Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 13:54:34 EST
Expose the APX feature to userspace component. Update the maximum
supported CPUID leaf to 0x29 to include the APX leaf.
On SVM, do not advertise APX, as EGPR support is not yet implemented.
No APX sub-features are enumerated yet. Those will be exposed in a
separate patch.
Originally-by: Peter Fang <peter.fang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 10 +++++++++-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index 1fc7a0f9a13a..db95f6b578d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -1062,8 +1062,12 @@ void kvm_initialize_cpu_caps(void)
F(AVX_VNNI_INT16),
F(PREFETCHITI),
F(AVX10),
+ SCATTERED_F(APX),
);
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM_APX))
+ kvm_cpu_cap_clear(X86_FEATURE_APX);
+
kvm_cpu_cap_init(CPUID_7_2_EDX,
F(INTEL_PSFD),
F(IPRED_CTRL),
@@ -1442,7 +1446,7 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_func(struct kvm_cpuid_array *array, u32 function)
switch (function) {
case 0:
/* Limited to the highest leaf implemented in KVM. */
- entry->eax = min(entry->eax, 0x24U);
+ entry->eax = min(entry->eax, 0x29U);
break;
case 1:
cpuid_entry_override(entry, CPUID_1_EDX);
@@ -1713,6 +1717,10 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_func(struct kvm_cpuid_array *array, u32 function)
}
break;
}
+ /* APX sub-features */
+ case 0x29:
+ entry->eax = entry->ebx = entry->ecx = entry->edx = 0;
+ break;
case KVM_CPUID_SIGNATURE: {
const u32 *sigptr = (const u32 *)KVM_SIGNATURE;
entry->eax = KVM_CPUID_FEATURES;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index eb1b2ba1261d..573411777662 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -5593,6 +5593,7 @@ static __init void svm_set_cpu_caps(void)
*/
kvm_cpu_cap_clear(X86_FEATURE_BUS_LOCK_DETECT);
kvm_cpu_cap_clear(X86_FEATURE_MSR_IMM);
+ kvm_cpu_cap_clear(X86_FEATURE_APX);
kvm_setup_xss_caps();
kvm_finalize_cpu_caps();
--
2.53.0