Add logic required to detect if shadow-vmcs is supported by the
processor. Introduce a new kernel module parameter to specify if L0 should use
shadow vmcs (or not) to run L1.
Signed-off-by: Abel Gordon <abelg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- .before/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c 2013-04-17 19:58:32.000000000 +0300
+++ .after/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c 2013-04-17 19:58:32.000000000 +0300
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ module_param(fasteoi, bool, S_IRUGO);
static bool __read_mostly enable_apicv = 1;
module_param(enable_apicv, bool, S_IRUGO);
+static bool __read_mostly enable_shadow_vmcs = 1;
+module_param_named(enable_shadow_vmcs, enable_shadow_vmcs, bool, S_IRUGO);
/*
* If nested=1, nested virtualization is supported, i.e., guests may use
* VMX and be a hypervisor for its own guests. If nested=0, guests may not
@@ -940,6 +942,18 @@ static inline bool cpu_has_vmx_wbinvd_ex
SECONDARY_EXEC_WBINVD_EXITING;
}
+static inline bool cpu_has_vmx_shadow_vmcs(void)
+{
+ u64 vmx_msr;
+ rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_VMX_MISC, vmx_msr);
+ /* check if the cpu supports writing r/o exit information fields */
+ if (!(vmx_msr & MSR_IA32_VMX_MISC_VMWRITE_SHADOW_RO_FIELDS))
+ return false;
+
+ return vmcs_config.cpu_based_2nd_exec_ctrl &
+ SECONDARY_EXEC_SHADOW_VMCS;
+}
+
static inline bool report_flexpriority(void)
{
return flexpriority_enabled;
@@ -2632,7 +2646,8 @@ static __init int setup_vmcs_config(stru
SECONDARY_EXEC_RDTSCP |
SECONDARY_EXEC_ENABLE_INVPCID |
SECONDARY_EXEC_APIC_REGISTER_VIRT |
- SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUAL_INTR_DELIVERY;
+ SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUAL_INTR_DELIVERY |
+ SECONDARY_EXEC_SHADOW_VMCS;
if (adjust_vmx_controls(min2, opt2,
MSR_IA32_VMX_PROCBASED_CTLS2,
&_cpu_based_2nd_exec_control) < 0)
@@ -2833,6 +2848,8 @@ static __init int hardware_setup(void)
if (!cpu_has_vmx_vpid())
enable_vpid = 0;
+ if (!cpu_has_vmx_shadow_vmcs())
+ enable_shadow_vmcs = 0;
if (!cpu_has_vmx_ept() ||
!cpu_has_vmx_ept_4levels()) {
@@ -4075,6 +4092,12 @@ static u32 vmx_secondary_exec_control(st
exec_control &= ~(SECONDARY_EXEC_APIC_REGISTER_VIRT |
SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUAL_INTR_DELIVERY);
exec_control &= ~SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUALIZE_X2APIC_MODE;
+ /* SECONDARY_EXEC_SHADOW_VMCS is enabled when L1 executes VMPTRLD
+ (handle_vmptrld).
+ We can NOT enable shadow_vmcs here because we don't have yet
+ a current VMCS12
+ */
+ exec_control &= ~SECONDARY_EXEC_SHADOW_VMCS;
return exec_control;
}
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