[PATCH v1 24/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Refactor kvm_mmu_invlpg() to allow skipping the GVA flush

From: Yosry Ahmed

Date: Mon Jul 27 2026 - 20:47:04 EST


Refactor helpers out of kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr() and kvm_mmu_invlpg()
that take in an extra argument to skip the GVA flush.

This will be used when invalidating GVAs in a different context than the
current one (i.e. invalidating an L2 GVA from L1), so flushing the
current context would flush the wrong TLB entries.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 1889413759d2e..0d3e3b351b31c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -6664,8 +6664,8 @@ static void kvm_mmu_sync_addr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *mmu,
write_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
}

-void kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_pagewalk *w,
- u64 addr, unsigned long roots)
+static void __kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_pagewalk *w,
+ u64 addr, unsigned long roots, bool flush_gva)
{
struct kvm_mmu *mmu;
int i;
@@ -6678,7 +6678,8 @@ void kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_pagewalk *w,
if (is_noncanonical_invlpg_address(addr, vcpu))
return;

- kvm_x86_call(flush_tlb_gva)(vcpu, addr);
+ if (flush_gva)
+ kvm_x86_call(flush_tlb_gva)(vcpu, addr);

if (tdp_enabled)
return;
@@ -6700,9 +6701,15 @@ void kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_pagewalk *w,
kvm_mmu_sync_addr(vcpu, mmu, addr, mmu->prev_roots[i].hpa);
}
}
+
+void kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_pagewalk *w,
+ u64 addr, unsigned long roots)
+{
+ __kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr(vcpu, w, addr, roots, true);
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr);

-void kvm_mmu_invlpg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva)
+static void __kvm_mmu_invlpg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva, bool flush_gva)
{
/*
* INVLPG is required to invalidate any global mappings for the VA,
@@ -6714,11 +6721,16 @@ void kvm_mmu_invlpg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva)
* be synced when switching to that new cr3, so nothing needs to be
* done here for them.
*/
- kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr(vcpu, &vcpu->arch.gva_walk, gva, KVM_MMU_ROOTS_ALL);
+ __kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr(vcpu, &vcpu->arch.gva_walk, gva,
+ KVM_MMU_ROOTS_ALL, flush_gva);
++vcpu->stat.invlpg;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_mmu_invlpg);

+void kvm_mmu_invlpg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva)
+{
+ __kvm_mmu_invlpg(vcpu, gva, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_mmu_invlpg);

void kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva, unsigned long pcid)
{
--
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