| d2ea4ff1 | 10-Mar-2026 |
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> |
KVM: selftests: Verify SEV+ guests can read and write EFER, CR0, CR4, and CR8
Add "do no harm" testing of EFER, CR0, CR4, and CR8 for SEV+ guests to
verify that the guest can read and write the regi
KVM: selftests: Verify SEV+ guests can read and write EFER, CR0, CR4, and CR8
Add "do no harm" testing of EFER, CR0, CR4, and CR8 for SEV+ guests to
verify that the guest can read and write the registers, without hitting
e.g. a #VC on SEV-ES guests due to KVM incorrectly trying to intercept a
register.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Message-ID: <20260310211841.2552361-3-seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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| 1b13885e | 09-Feb-2026 |
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> |
Merge tag 'kvm-x86-apic-6.20' of https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux into HEAD
KVM x86 APIC-ish changes for 6.20
- Fix a benign bug where KVM could use the wrong memslots (ignored SMM) when
creati
Merge tag 'kvm-x86-apic-6.20' of https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux into HEAD
KVM x86 APIC-ish changes for 6.20
- Fix a benign bug where KVM could use the wrong memslots (ignored SMM) when
creating a vCPU-specific mapping of guest memory.
- Clean up KVM's handling of marking mapped vCPU pages dirty.
- Drop a pile of *ancient* sanity checks hidden behind in KVM's unused
ASSERT() macro, most of which could be trivially triggered by the guest
and/or user, and all of which were useless.
- Fold "struct dest_map" into its sole user, "struct rtc_status", to make it
more obvious what the weird parameter is used for, and to allow burying the
RTC shenanigans behind CONFIG_KVM_IOAPIC=y.
- Bury all of ioapic.h and KVM_IRQCHIP_KERNEL behind CONFIG_KVM_IOAPIC=y.
- Add a regression test for recent APICv update fixes.
- Rework KVM's handling of VMCS updates while L2 is active to temporarily
switch to vmcs01 instead of deferring the update until the next nested
VM-Exit. The deferred updates approach directly contributed to several
bugs, was proving to be a maintenance burden due to the difficulty in
auditing the correctness of deferred updates, and was polluting
"struct nested_vmx" with a growing pile of booleans.
- Handle "hardware APIC ISR", a.k.a. SVI, updates in kvm_apic_update_apicv()
to consolidate the updates, and to co-locate SVI updates with the updates
for KVM's own cache of ISR information.
- Drop a dead function declaration.
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| a91cc482 | 15-Jan-2026 |
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> |
KVM: selftests: Test READ=>WRITE dirty logging behavior for shadow MMU
Update the nested dirty log test to validate KVM's handling of READ faults
when dirty logging is enabled. Specifically, set th
KVM: selftests: Test READ=>WRITE dirty logging behavior for shadow MMU
Update the nested dirty log test to validate KVM's handling of READ faults
when dirty logging is enabled. Specifically, set the Dirty bit in the
guest PTEs used to map L2 GPAs, so that KVM will create writable SPTEs
when handling L2 read faults. When handling read faults in the shadow MMU,
KVM opportunistically creates a writable SPTE if the mapping can be
writable *and* the gPTE is dirty (or doesn't support the Dirty bit), i.e.
if KVM doesn't need to intercept writes in order to emulate Dirty-bit
updates.
To actually test the L2 READ=>WRITE sequence, e.g. without masking a false
pass by other test activity, route the READ=>WRITE and WRITE=>WRITE
sequences to separate L1 pages, and differentiate between "marked dirty
due to a WRITE access/fault" and "marked dirty due to creating a writable
SPTE for a READ access/fault". The updated sequence exposes the bug fixed
by KVM commit 1f4e5fc83a42 ("KVM: x86: fix nested guest live migration
with PML") when the guest performs a READ=>WRITE sequence with dirty guest
PTEs.
Opportunistically tweak and rename the address macros, and add comments,
to make it more obvious what the test is doing. E.g. NESTED_TEST_MEM1
vs. GUEST_TEST_MEM doesn't make it all that obvious that the test is
creating aliases in both the L2 GPA and GVA address spaces, but only when
L1 is using TDP to run L2.
Cc: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260115172154.709024-1-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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| 55058e32 | 10-Jan-2026 |
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> |
KVM: selftests: Add a selftests for nested VMLOAD/VMSAVE
Add a test for VMLOAD/VMSAVE in an L2 guest. The test verifies that L1
intercepts for VMSAVE/VMLOAD always work regardless of
VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_
KVM: selftests: Add a selftests for nested VMLOAD/VMSAVE
Add a test for VMLOAD/VMSAVE in an L2 guest. The test verifies that L1
intercepts for VMSAVE/VMLOAD always work regardless of
VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK.
Then, more interestingly, it makes sure that when L1 does not intercept
VMLOAD/VMSAVE, they work as intended in L2. When
VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK is enabled by L1, VMSAVE/VMLOAD from
L2 should interpret the GPA as an L2 GPA and translate it through the
NPT. When VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK is disabled by L1,
VMSAVE/VMLOAD from L2 should interpret the GPA as an L1 GPA.
To test this, put two VMCBs (0 and 1) in L1's physical address space,
and have a single L2 GPA where:
- L2 VMCB GPA == L1 VMCB(0) GPA
- L2 VMCB GPA maps to L1 VMCB(1) via the NPT in L1.
This setup allows detecting how the GPA is interpreted based on which L1
VMCB is actually accessed.
In both cases, L2 sets KERNEL_GS_BASE (one of the fields handled by
VMSAVE/VMLOAD), and executes VMSAVE to write its value to the VMCB. The
test userspace code then checks that the write was made to the correct
VMCB (based on whether VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK is set by L1),
and writes a new value to that VMCB. L2 then executes VMLOAD to load the
new value and makes sure it's reflected correctly in KERNERL_GS_BASE.
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260110004821.3411245-4-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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| 251e4849 | 31-Dec-2025 |
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> |
KVM: selftests: Set the user bit on nested NPT PTEs
According to the APM, NPT walks are treated as user accesses. In
preparation for supporting NPT mappings, set the 'user' bit on NPTs by
adding a m
KVM: selftests: Set the user bit on nested NPT PTEs
According to the APM, NPT walks are treated as user accesses. In
preparation for supporting NPT mappings, set the 'user' bit on NPTs by
adding a mask of bits to always be set on PTEs in kvm_mmu.
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251230230150.4150236-18-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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| 753c0d5a | 31-Dec-2025 |
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> |
KVM: selftests: Add support for nested NPTs
Implement nCR3 and NPT initialization functions, similar to the EPT
equivalents, and create common TDP helpers for enablement checking and
initialization.
KVM: selftests: Add support for nested NPTs
Implement nCR3 and NPT initialization functions, similar to the EPT
equivalents, and create common TDP helpers for enablement checking and
initialization. Enable NPT for nested guests by default if the TDP MMU
was initialized, similar to VMX.
Reuse the PTE masks from the main MMU in the NPT MMU, except for the C
and S bits related to confidential VMs.
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251230230150.4150236-17-seanjc@google.com
[sean: apply Yosry's fixup for ncr3_gpa]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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| 07676c04 | 31-Dec-2025 |
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> |
KVM: selftests: Move TDP mapping functions outside of vmx.c
Now that the functions are no longer VMX-specific, move them to
processor.c. Do a minor comment tweak replacing 'EPT' with 'TDP'.
No func
KVM: selftests: Move TDP mapping functions outside of vmx.c
Now that the functions are no longer VMX-specific, move them to
processor.c. Do a minor comment tweak replacing 'EPT' with 'TDP'.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251230230150.4150236-15-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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| 508d1cc3 | 31-Dec-2025 |
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> |
KVM: selftests: Reuse virt mapping functions for nested EPTs
Rework tdp_map() and friends to use __virt_pg_map() and drop the custom
EPT code in __tdp_pg_map() and tdp_create_pte(). The EPT code an
KVM: selftests: Reuse virt mapping functions for nested EPTs
Rework tdp_map() and friends to use __virt_pg_map() and drop the custom
EPT code in __tdp_pg_map() and tdp_create_pte(). The EPT code and
__virt_pg_map() are practically identical, the main differences are:
- EPT uses the EPT struct overlay instead of the PTE masks.
- EPT always assumes 4-level EPTs.
To reuse __virt_pg_map(), extend the PTE masks to work with EPT's RWX and
X-only capabilities, and provide a tdp_mmu_init() API so that EPT can pass
in the EPT PTE masks along with the root page level (which is currently
hardcoded to '4').
Don't reuse KVM's insane overloading of the USER bit for EPT_R as there's
no reason to multiplex bits in the selftests, e.g. selftests aren't trying
to shadow guest PTEs and thus don't care about funnelling protections into
a common permissions check.
Another benefit of reusing the code is having separate handling for
upper-level PTEs vs 4K PTEs, which avoids some quirks like setting the
large bit on a 4K PTE in the EPTs.
For all intents and purposes, no functional change intended.
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251230230150.4150236-14-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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| e40e72fe | 31-Dec-2025 |
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> |
KVM: selftests: Stop passing VMX metadata to TDP mapping functions
The root GPA is now retrieved from the nested MMU, stop passing VMX
metadata. This is in preparation for making these functions wor
KVM: selftests: Stop passing VMX metadata to TDP mapping functions
The root GPA is now retrieved from the nested MMU, stop passing VMX
metadata. This is in preparation for making these functions work for
NPTs as well.
Opportunistically drop tdp_pg_map() since it's unused.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251230230150.4150236-12-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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| f00f519c | 31-Dec-2025 |
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> |
KVM: selftests: Use a TDP MMU to share EPT page tables between vCPUs
prepare_eptp() currently allocates new EPTs for each vCPU. memstress has
its own hack to share the EPTs between vCPUs. Currentl
KVM: selftests: Use a TDP MMU to share EPT page tables between vCPUs
prepare_eptp() currently allocates new EPTs for each vCPU. memstress has
its own hack to share the EPTs between vCPUs. Currently, there is no
reason to have separate EPTs for each vCPU, and the complexity is
significant. The only reason it doesn't matter now is because memstress
is the only user with multiple vCPUs.
Add vm_enable_ept() to allocate EPT page tables for an entire VM, and use
it everywhere to replace prepare_eptp(). Drop 'eptp' and 'eptp_hva' from
'struct vmx_pages' as they serve no purpose (e.g. the EPTP can be built
from the PGD), but keep 'eptp_gpa' so that the MMU structure doesn't need
to be passed in along with vmx_pages. Dynamically allocate the TDP MMU
structure to avoid a cyclical dependency between kvm_util_arch.h and
kvm_util.h.
Remove the workaround in memstress to copy the EPT root between vCPUs
since that's now the default behavior.
Name the MMU tdp_mmu instead of e.g. nested_mmu or nested.mmu to avoid
recreating the same mess that KVM has with respect to "nested" MMUs, e.g.
does nested refer to the stage-2 page tables created by L1, or the stage-1
page tables created by L2?
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251230230150.4150236-11-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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| 6dd70757 | 31-Dec-2025 |
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> |
KVM: selftests: Move PTE bitmasks to kvm_mmu
Move the PTE bitmasks into kvm_mmu to parameterize them for virt mapping
functions. Introduce helpers to read/write different PTE bits given a
kvm_mmu.
KVM: selftests: Move PTE bitmasks to kvm_mmu
Move the PTE bitmasks into kvm_mmu to parameterize them for virt mapping
functions. Introduce helpers to read/write different PTE bits given a
kvm_mmu.
Drop the 'global' bit definition as it's currently unused, but leave the
'user' bit as it will be used in coming changes. Opportunisitcally
rename 'large' to 'huge' as it's more consistent with the kernel naming.
Leave PHYSICAL_PAGE_MASK alone, it's fixed in all page table formats and
a lot of other macros depend on it. It's tempting to move all the other
macros to be per-struct instead, but it would be too much noise for
little benefit.
Keep c_bit and s_bit in vm->arch as they used before the MMU is
initialized, through __vmcreate() -> vm_userspace_mem_region_add() ->
vm_mem_add() -> vm_arch_has_protected_memory().
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
[sean: rename accessors to is_<adjective>_pte()]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251230230150.4150236-10-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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| 11825209 | 31-Dec-2025 |
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> |
KVM: selftests: Plumb "struct kvm_mmu" into x86's MMU APIs
In preparation for generalizing the x86 virt mapping APIs to work with
TDP (stage-2) page tables, plumb "struct kvm_mmu" into all of the he
KVM: selftests: Plumb "struct kvm_mmu" into x86's MMU APIs
In preparation for generalizing the x86 virt mapping APIs to work with
TDP (stage-2) page tables, plumb "struct kvm_mmu" into all of the helper
functions instead of operating on vm->mmu directly.
Opportunistically swap the order of the check in virt_get_pte() to first
assert that the parent is the PGD, and then check that the PTE is present,
as it makes more sense to check if the parent PTE is the PGD/root (i.e.
not a PTE) before checking that the PTE is PRESENT.
No functional change intended.
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
[sean: rebase on common kvm_mmu structure, rewrite changelog]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251230230150.4150236-8-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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| 97dfbdfe | 31-Dec-2025 |
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> |
KVM: selftests: Stop passing a memslot to nested_map_memslot()
On x86, KVM selftests use memslot 0 for all the default regions used by
the test infrastructure. This is an implementation detail.
nest
KVM: selftests: Stop passing a memslot to nested_map_memslot()
On x86, KVM selftests use memslot 0 for all the default regions used by
the test infrastructure. This is an implementation detail.
nested_map_memslot() is currently used to map the default regions by
explicitly passing slot 0, which leaks the library implementation into
the caller.
Rename the function to a very verbose
nested_identity_map_default_memslots() to reflect what it actually does.
Add an assertion that only memslot 0 is being used so that the
implementation does not change from under us.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251230230150.4150236-3-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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| 69e81ed5 | 31-Dec-2025 |
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> |
KVM: selftests: Make __vm_get_page_table_entry() static
The function is only used in processor.c, drop the declaration in
processor.h and make it static.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-
KVM: selftests: Make __vm_get_page_table_entry() static
The function is only used in processor.c, drop the declaration in
processor.h and make it static.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251230230150.4150236-2-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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| 7fe9f536 | 22-Dec-2025 |
MJ Pooladkhay <mj@pooladkhay.com> |
KVM: selftests: Fix sign extension bug in get_desc64_base()
The function get_desc64_base() performs a series of bitwise left shifts on
fields of various sizes. More specifically, when performing '<<
KVM: selftests: Fix sign extension bug in get_desc64_base()
The function get_desc64_base() performs a series of bitwise left shifts on
fields of various sizes. More specifically, when performing '<< 24' on
'desc->base2' (which is a u8), 'base2' is promoted to a signed integer
before shifting.
In a scenario where base2 >= 0x80, the shift places a 1 into bit 31,
causing the 32-bit intermediate value to become negative. When this
result is cast to uint64_t or ORed into the return value, sign extension
occurs, corrupting the upper 32 bits of the address (base3).
Example:
Given:
base0 = 0x5000
base1 = 0xd6
base2 = 0xf8
base3 = 0xfffffe7c
Expected return: 0xfffffe7cf8d65000
Actual return: 0xfffffffff8d65000
Fix this by explicitly casting the fields to 'uint64_t' before shifting
to prevent sign extension.
Signed-off-by: MJ Pooladkhay <mj@pooladkhay.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251222174207.107331-1-mj@pooladkhay.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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