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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/vmx/run_flags.h7
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmenter.S9
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c20
3 files changed, 27 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/run_flags.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/run_flags.h
index edc3f16cc1..6a9bfdfbb6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/run_flags.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/run_flags.h
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
#ifndef __KVM_X86_VMX_RUN_FLAGS_H
#define __KVM_X86_VMX_RUN_FLAGS_H
-#define VMX_RUN_VMRESUME (1 << 0)
-#define VMX_RUN_SAVE_SPEC_CTRL (1 << 1)
+#define VMX_RUN_VMRESUME_SHIFT 0
+#define VMX_RUN_SAVE_SPEC_CTRL_SHIFT 1
+
+#define VMX_RUN_VMRESUME BIT(VMX_RUN_VMRESUME_SHIFT)
+#define VMX_RUN_SAVE_SPEC_CTRL BIT(VMX_RUN_SAVE_SPEC_CTRL_SHIFT)
#endif /* __KVM_X86_VMX_RUN_FLAGS_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmenter.S b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmenter.S
index be275a0410..139960deb7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmenter.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmenter.S
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(__vmx_vcpu_run)
mov (%_ASM_SP), %_ASM_AX
/* Check if vmlaunch or vmresume is needed */
- test $VMX_RUN_VMRESUME, %ebx
+ bt $VMX_RUN_VMRESUME_SHIFT, %ebx
/* Load guest registers. Don't clobber flags. */
mov VCPU_RCX(%_ASM_AX), %_ASM_CX
@@ -161,8 +161,11 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(__vmx_vcpu_run)
/* Load guest RAX. This kills the @regs pointer! */
mov VCPU_RAX(%_ASM_AX), %_ASM_AX
- /* Check EFLAGS.ZF from 'test VMX_RUN_VMRESUME' above */
- jz .Lvmlaunch
+ /* Clobbers EFLAGS.ZF */
+ CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS
+
+ /* Check EFLAGS.CF from the VMX_RUN_VMRESUME bit test above. */
+ jnc .Lvmlaunch
/*
* After a successful VMRESUME/VMLAUNCH, control flow "magically"
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 94082169bb..856eef56b3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -387,7 +387,16 @@ static __always_inline void vmx_enable_fb_clear(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
static void vmx_update_fb_clear_dis(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
{
- vmx->disable_fb_clear = (host_arch_capabilities & ARCH_CAP_FB_CLEAR_CTRL) &&
+ /*
+ * Disable VERW's behavior of clearing CPU buffers for the guest if the
+ * CPU isn't affected by MDS/TAA, and the host hasn't forcefully enabled
+ * the mitigation. Disabling the clearing behavior provides a
+ * performance boost for guests that aren't aware that manually clearing
+ * CPU buffers is unnecessary, at the cost of MSR accesses on VM-Entry
+ * and VM-Exit.
+ */
+ vmx->disable_fb_clear = !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF) &&
+ (host_arch_capabilities & ARCH_CAP_FB_CLEAR_CTRL) &&
!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS) &&
!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_TAA);
@@ -7226,11 +7235,14 @@ static noinstr void vmx_vcpu_enter_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
guest_state_enter_irqoff();
- /* L1D Flush includes CPU buffer clear to mitigate MDS */
+ /*
+ * L1D Flush includes CPU buffer clear to mitigate MDS, but VERW
+ * mitigation for MDS is done late in VMentry and is still
+ * executed in spite of L1D Flush. This is because an extra VERW
+ * should not matter much after the big hammer L1D Flush.
+ */
if (static_branch_unlikely(&vmx_l1d_should_flush))
vmx_l1d_flush(vcpu);
- else if (static_branch_unlikely(&mds_user_clear))
- mds_clear_cpu_buffers();
else if (static_branch_unlikely(&mmio_stale_data_clear) &&
kvm_arch_has_assigned_device(vcpu->kvm))
mds_clear_cpu_buffers();