On Fri, 2022-06-17 at 20:29 +0530, Shukla, Santosh wrote:
>
> On 6/7/2022 6:42 PM, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> > On Tue, 2022-06-07 at 16:10 +0300, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2022-06-02 at 19:56 +0530, Santosh Shukla wrote:
> > > > In the VNMI case, Report NMI is not allowed when the processor set the
> > > > V_NMI_MASK to 1 which means the Guest is busy handling VNMI.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Santosh Shukla <santosh.shukla@xxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 6 ++++++
> > > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> > > > index d67a54517d95..a405e414cae4 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> > > > @@ -3483,6 +3483,9 @@ bool svm_nmi_blocked(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > > > struct vmcb *vmcb = svm->vmcb;
> > > > bool ret;
> > > >
> > > > + if (is_vnmi_enabled(vmcb) && is_vnmi_mask_set(vmcb))
> > > > + return true;
> > >
> > > How does this interact with GIF? if the guest does clgi, will the
> > > CPU update the V_NMI_MASK on its own If vGIF is enabled?
> > >
> Yes.
>
> > > What happens if vGIF is disabled and vNMI is enabled? KVM then intercepts
> > > the stgi/clgi, and it should then update the V_NMI_MASK?
> > >
> No.
>
> For both case - HW takes the V_NMI event at the boundary of VMRUN instruction.
How that is possible? if vGIF is disabled in L1, then L1 can't execute STGI/CLGI -
that means that the CPU can't update the V_NMI, as it never sees the STGI/CLGI
beeing executed.
Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky
>
> > >
> > >
> > > > +
> > > > if (!gif_set(svm))
> > > > return true;
> > > >
> > > > @@ -3618,6 +3621,9 @@ static void svm_enable_nmi_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > > > {
> > > > struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
> > > >
> > > > + if (is_vnmi_enabled(svm->vmcb) && is_vnmi_mask_set(svm->vmcb))
> > > > + return;
> > >
> > > This might have hidden assumption that we will only enable NMI window when vNMI is masked.
> >
> > Also what if vNMI is already pending?
> >
> If V_NMI_MASK set, that means V_NMI is pending, if so then inject another V_NMI in next VMRUN.
>
> Thanks,
> Santosh
>
> > Best regards,
> > Maxim Levitsky
> > >
> > >
> > > > +
> > > > if ((vcpu->arch.hflags & (HF_NMI_MASK | HF_IRET_MASK)) == HF_NMI_MASK)
> > > > return; /* IRET will cause a vm exit */
> > > >
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Maxim Levitsky
