[PATCH v10 25/28] KVM: nVMX: Enable VMX FRED controls

From: Sohil Mehta

Date: Fri Sep 11 2026 - 18:01:20 EST


From: "Xin Li (Intel)" <xin@xxxxxxxxx>

Permit use of VMX FRED controls in nested VMX now that support for nested
FRED is implemented.

Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v10:
- Remove an obsolete comment (Chao).
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 10 +++-------
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 3e0a1ed6440d..4fad9728a2ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -7371,12 +7371,8 @@ static void nested_vmx_setup_exit_ctls(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf,

if (msrs->exit_ctls_high & VM_EXIT_ACTIVATE_SECONDARY_CONTROLS) {
msrs->secondary_exit_ctls = vmcs_conf->vmexit_2nd_ctrl;
- /*
- * As the secondary VM exit control is always loaded, do not
- * advertise any feature in it to nVMX until its nVMX support
- * is ready.
- */
- msrs->secondary_exit_ctls &= 0;
+ msrs->secondary_exit_ctls &= SECONDARY_VM_EXIT_SAVE_IA32_FRED |
+ SECONDARY_VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_FRED;
}
}

@@ -7392,7 +7388,7 @@ static void nested_vmx_setup_entry_ctls(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf,
VM_ENTRY_IA32E_MODE |
#endif
VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PAT | VM_ENTRY_LOAD_BNDCFGS |
- VM_ENTRY_LOAD_CET_STATE;
+ VM_ENTRY_LOAD_CET_STATE | VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_FRED;
msrs->entry_ctls_high |=
(VM_ENTRY_ALWAYSON_WITHOUT_TRUE_MSR | VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_EFER |
VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 3a3315a7fc11..f673cd4e8956 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -8150,6 +8150,7 @@ static void nested_vmx_cr_fixed1_bits_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

entry = kvm_find_cpuid_entry_index(vcpu, 0x7, 1);
cr4_fixed1_update(X86_CR4_LAM_SUP, eax, feature_bit(LAM));
+ cr4_fixed1_update(X86_CR4_FRED, eax, feature_bit(FRED));

#undef cr4_fixed1_update
}
--
2.43.0