KVM dynamically toggles SECONDARY_EXEC_DESC to intercept (a subset of) instructions that are subject to User-Mode Instruction Prevention, i.e. VMCS.SECONDARY_EXEC_DESC == CR4.UMIP when emulating UMIP. Preset the VMCS control when preparing vmcs02 to avoid unnecessarily VMWRITEs, e.g. KVM will clear VMCS.SECONDARY_EXEC_DESC in prepare_vmcs02_early() and then set it in vmx_set_cr4(). Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c index e4d363661ae7..4b5be38cfc86 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c @@ -2057,6 +2057,11 @@ static void prepare_vmcs02_early(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12) /* VMCS shadowing for L2 is emulated for now */ exec_control &= ~SECONDARY_EXEC_SHADOW_VMCS; + /* Preset *DT exiting when emulating UMIP (vmx_set_cr4()). */ + if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_UMIP) && vmx_umip_emulated() && + (vmcs12->guest_cr4 & X86_CR4_UMIP)) + exec_control |= SECONDARY_EXEC_DESC; + if (exec_control & SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUAL_INTR_DELIVERY) vmcs_write16(GUEST_INTR_STATUS, vmcs12->guest_intr_status); -- 2.21.0
