[PATCH 4/4] KVM: selftests: Check VMPTRLD with active eVMCS

From: Vitaly Kuznetsov

Date: Fri Aug 14 2026 - 12:23:01 EST


Check that VMPTRLD when eVMCS is active results in #UD. This matches
genuine Hyper-V's behavior.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/vmx.h | 3 ---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_evmcs.c | 13 +++++++++++--
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/vmx.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/vmx.h
index 047d02aa9688..e2178a6683ca 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/vmx.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/vmx.h
@@ -325,9 +325,6 @@ static inline int vmptrld(u64 vmcs_pa)
{
u8 ret;

- if (enable_evmcs)
- return -1;
-
__asm__ __volatile__ ("vmptrld %[pa]; setna %[ret]"
: [ret]"=rm"(ret)
: [pa]"m"(vmcs_pa)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_evmcs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_evmcs.c
index 88262ddf7fcb..6a6d940a7891 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_evmcs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_evmcs.c
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@
#include "hyperv.h"
#include "vmx.h"

+#define VMLAUNCH_INSN_SIZE 3
+#define VMPTRLD_INSN_SIZE 5
+
static int ud_count;
+static int ud_insn_skip_size;

static void guest_ud_handler(struct ex_regs *regs)
{
ud_count++;
- regs->rip += 3; /* VMLAUNCH */
+ regs->rip += ud_insn_skip_size;
}

static void guest_nmi_handler(struct ex_regs *regs)
@@ -182,10 +186,15 @@ void guest_code(struct vmx_pages *vmx_pages, struct hyperv_test_pages *hv_pages,
GUEST_ASSERT(vmreadz(VM_EXIT_REASON) == EXIT_REASON_VMCALL);
GUEST_SYNC(11);

+ ud_insn_skip_size = VMPTRLD_INSN_SIZE;
+ vmptrld(hv_pages->enlightened_vmcs_gpa);
+ GUEST_ASSERT(ud_count == 1);
+
/* Try enlightened vmptrld with an incorrect GPA */
+ ud_insn_skip_size = VMLAUNCH_INSN_SIZE;
evmcs_vmptrld(0xdeadbeef, hv_pages->enlightened_vmcs);
GUEST_ASSERT(vmlaunch());
- GUEST_ASSERT(ud_count == 1);
+ GUEST_ASSERT(ud_count == 2);
GUEST_DONE();
}

--
2.55.0