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KVM: vmx: add dedicated utility to access guest's kernel_gs_base

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When lazy save/restore of MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE was introduced[1], the
MSR was intercepted in all modes and was only restored for the host
when the guest is in 64-bit mode.  So at the time, going through the
full host restore prior to accessing MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE was necessary
to load host state and was not a significant waste of cycles.

Later, MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE interception was disabled for a 64-bit
guest[2], and then unconditionally saved/restored for the host[3].
As a result, loading full host state is overkill for accesses to
MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE, and completely unnecessary when the guest is
not in 64-bit mode.

Add a dedicated utility to read/write the guest's MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE
(outside of the save/restore flow) to minimize the overhead incurred
when accessing the MSR.  When setting EFER, only decache the MSR if
the new EFER will disable long mode.

Removing out-of-band usage of vmx_load_host_state() also eliminates,
or at least reduces, potential corner cases in its usage, which in
turn will (hopefuly) make it easier to reason about future changes
to the save/restore flow, e.g. optimization of saving host state.

[1] commit 44ea2b1758 ("KVM: VMX: Move MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE out of the vmx
                                    autoload msr area")
[2] commit 5897297bc2 ("KVM: VMX: Don't intercept MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE")
[3] commit c8770e7ba6 ("KVM: VMX: Fix host userspace gsbase corruption")

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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Sean Christopherson 2018-07-23 12:32:43 -07:00 committed by Paolo Bonzini
parent bd9966de4e
commit 678e315e78
1 changed files with 35 additions and 11 deletions
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arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
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@ -2772,13 +2772,31 @@ static void __vmx_load_host_state(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
load_fixmap_gdt(raw_smp_processor_id());
}
static void vmx_load_host_state(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
static u64 vmx_read_guest_kernel_gs_base(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
{
preempt_disable();
__vmx_load_host_state(vmx);
preempt_enable();
if (is_long_mode(&vmx->vcpu)) {
preempt_disable();
if (vmx->loaded_cpu_state)
rdmsrl(MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE,
vmx->msr_guest_kernel_gs_base);
preempt_enable();
}
return vmx->msr_guest_kernel_gs_base;
}
static void vmx_write_guest_kernel_gs_base(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, u64 data)
{
if (is_long_mode(&vmx->vcpu)) {
preempt_disable();
if (vmx->loaded_cpu_state)
wrmsrl(MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE, data);
preempt_enable();
}
vmx->msr_guest_kernel_gs_base = data;
}
#endif
static void vmx_vcpu_pi_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
{
struct pi_desc *pi_desc = vcpu_to_pi_desc(vcpu);
@ -3857,8 +3875,7 @@ static int vmx_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
msr_info->data = vmcs_readl(GUEST_GS_BASE);
break;
case MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE:
vmx_load_host_state(vmx);
msr_info->data = vmx->msr_guest_kernel_gs_base;
msr_info->data = vmx_read_guest_kernel_gs_base(vmx);
break;
#endif
case MSR_EFER:
@ -3958,8 +3975,7 @@ static int vmx_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
vmcs_writel(GUEST_GS_BASE, data);
break;
case MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE:
vmx_load_host_state(vmx);
vmx->msr_guest_kernel_gs_base = data;
vmx_write_guest_kernel_gs_base(vmx, data);
break;
#endif
case MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS:
@ -4849,10 +4865,18 @@ static void vmx_set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
return;
/*
* Force kernel_gs_base reloading before EFER changes, as control
* of this msr depends on is_long_mode().
* MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE is not intercepted when the guest is in
* 64-bit mode as a 64-bit kernel may frequently access the
* MSR. This means we need to manually save/restore the MSR
* when switching between guest and host state, but only if
* the guest is in 64-bit mode. Sync our cached value if the
* guest is transitioning to 32-bit mode and the CPU contains
* guest state, i.e. the cache is stale.
*/
vmx_load_host_state(to_vmx(vcpu));
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
if (!(efer & EFER_LMA))
(void)vmx_read_guest_kernel_gs_base(vmx);
#endif
vcpu->arch.efer = efer;
if (efer & EFER_LMA) {
vm_entry_controls_setbit(to_vmx(vcpu), VM_ENTRY_IA32E_MODE);