[PATCH v3 4/9] KVM: nSVM: Propagate hardware DecodeAssist bytes to VMCB12
From: Tina Zhang
Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 08:45:20 EST
DecodeAssists provides instruction bytes for nested page faults and
intercepted page faults caused by data accesses. When the feature is
exposed to L1, copy fresh hardware-provided instruction bytes from VMCB02
to VMCB12 for these exits.
Clear the VMCB12 instruction-byte state before rebuilding it, and leave the
length zero for instruction-fetch page faults, unrelated exits, and exits
without fresh hardware bytes.
Signed-off-by: Tina Zhang <zhang_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index ce059d3a1322..5ad744ea668d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -42,6 +42,53 @@ static void nested_svm_clear_insn_bytes(struct vmcb *vmcb)
sizeof(vmcb->control.insn_bytes));
}
+static void nested_svm_copy_insn_bytes(struct vmcb *to,
+ const struct vmcb *from)
+{
+ u8 insn_len = from->control.insn_len;
+
+ nested_svm_clear_insn_bytes(to);
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(insn_len > sizeof(from->control.insn_bytes)))
+ return;
+
+ to->control.insn_len = insn_len;
+ memcpy(to->control.insn_bytes, from->control.insn_bytes, insn_len);
+}
+
+static bool nested_svm_vmexit_supports_insn_bytes(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
+ const struct vmcb *vmcb02)
+{
+ u64 exit_code = vmcb02->control.exit_code;
+
+ if (!guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_DECODEASSISTS))
+ return false;
+
+ if (exit_code != SVM_EXIT_NPF &&
+ exit_code != SVM_EXIT_EXCP_BASE + PF_VECTOR)
+ return false;
+
+ return !(vmcb02->control.exit_info_1 & PFERR_FETCH_MASK);
+}
+
+static void nested_svm_update_vmcb12_insn_bytes(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
+ struct vmcb *vmcb12,
+ struct vmcb *vmcb02)
+{
+ struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
+
+ nested_svm_clear_insn_bytes(vmcb12);
+
+ if (!nested_svm_vmexit_supports_insn_bytes(vcpu, vmcb02))
+ goto out;
+
+ if (svm->nested.vmcb02_insn_bytes_fresh)
+ nested_svm_copy_insn_bytes(vmcb12, vmcb02);
+
+out:
+ svm->nested.vmcb02_insn_bytes_fresh = false;
+}
+
static void nested_svm_inject_npf_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
struct x86_exception *fault,
bool from_hardware)
@@ -1311,6 +1358,8 @@ static int nested_svm_vmexit_update_vmcb12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_NRIPS))
vmcb12->control.next_rip = vmcb02->control.next_rip;
+ nested_svm_update_vmcb12_insn_bytes(vcpu, vmcb12, vmcb02);
+
if (nested_vmcb12_has_lbrv(vcpu))
svm_copy_lbrs(&vmcb12->save, &vmcb02->save);
--
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