x86/KVM/VMX: Use MSR save list for IA32_FLUSH_CMD if required
authorKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:10:36 +0000 (17:10 -0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:14:49 +0000 (18:14 +0200)
commit 390d975e0c4e60ce70d4157e0dd91ede37824603 upstream

If the L1D flush module parameter is set to 'always' and the IA32_FLUSH_CMD
MSR is available, optimize the VMENTER code with the MSR save list.

Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c

index e868c06939cd9fc4face71b7aa71bdd3f1727d69..b56761d994ead12e0eee19bcc0f70bbda517b1f9 100644 (file)
@@ -5269,6 +5269,16 @@ static void ept_set_mmio_spte_mask(void)
        kvm_mmu_set_mmio_spte_mask((0x3ull << 62) | 0x6ull);
 }
 
+static bool vmx_l1d_use_msr_save_list(void)
+{
+       if (!enable_ept || !boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_L1TF) ||
+           static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) ||
+           !static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FLUSH_L1D))
+               return false;
+
+       return vmentry_l1d_flush == VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_ALWAYS;
+}
+
 #define VMX_XSS_EXIT_BITMAP 0
 /*
  * Sets up the vmcs for emulated real mode.
@@ -5618,6 +5628,12 @@ static void vmx_set_nmi_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool masked)
                        vmcs_clear_bits(GUEST_INTERRUPTIBILITY_INFO,
                                        GUEST_INTR_STATE_NMI);
        }
+       /*
+        * If flushing the L1D cache on every VMENTER is enforced and the
+        * MSR is available, use the MSR save list.
+        */
+       if (vmx_l1d_use_msr_save_list())
+               add_atomic_switch_msr(vmx, MSR_IA32_FLUSH_CMD, L1D_FLUSH, 0, true);
 }
 
 static int vmx_nmi_allowed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -8581,11 +8597,26 @@ static void vmx_l1d_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
        bool always;
 
        /*
-        * If the mitigation mode is 'flush always', keep the flush bit
-        * set, otherwise clear it. It gets set again either from
-        * vcpu_run() or from one of the unsafe VMEXIT handlers.
+        * This code is only executed when:
+        * - the flush mode is 'cond'
+        * - the flush mode is 'always' and the flush MSR is not
+        *   available
+        *
+        * If the CPU has the flush MSR then clear the flush bit because
+        * 'always' mode is handled via the MSR save list.
+        *
+        * If the MSR is not avaibable then act depending on the mitigation
+        * mode: If 'flush always', keep the flush bit set, otherwise clear
+        * it.
+        *
+        * The flush bit gets set again either from vcpu_run() or from one
+        * of the unsafe VMEXIT handlers.
         */
-       always = vmentry_l1d_flush == VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_ALWAYS;
+       if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FLUSH_L1D))
+               always = false;
+       else
+               always = vmentry_l1d_flush == VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_ALWAYS;
+
        vcpu->arch.l1tf_flush_l1d = always;
 
        vcpu->stat.l1d_flush++;
@@ -11660,7 +11691,8 @@ static int __init vmx_setup_l1d_flush(void)
        struct page *page;
 
        if (vmentry_l1d_flush == VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_NEVER ||
-           !boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_L1TF))
+           !boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_L1TF) ||
+           vmx_l1d_use_msr_save_list())
                return 0;
 
        if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FLUSH_L1D)) {