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2011-09-25KVM: APIC: avoid instruction emulation for EOI writesKevin Tian1-0/+12
Instruction emulation for EOI writes can be skipped, since sane guest simply uses MOV instead of string operations. This is a nice improvement when guest doesn't support x2apic or hyper-V EOI support. a single VM bandwidth is observed with ~8% bandwidth improvement (7.4Gbps->8Gbps), by saving ~5% cycles from EOI emulation. Signed-off-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com> <Based on earlier work from>: Signed-off-by: Eddie Dong <eddie.dong@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2011-07-12KVM: nVMX: vmcs12 checks on nested entryNadav Har'El1-0/+8
This patch adds a bunch of tests of the validity of the vmcs12 fields, according to what the VMX spec and our implementation allows. If fields we cannot (or don't want to) honor are discovered, an entry failure is emulated. According to the spec, there are two types of entry failures: If the problem was in vmcs12's host state or control fields, the VMLAUNCH instruction simply fails. But a problem is found in the guest state, the behavior is more similar to that of an exit. Signed-off-by: Nadav Har'El <nyh@il.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2011-07-12KVM: nVMX: Exiting from L2 to L1Nadav Har'El1-0/+4
This patch implements nested_vmx_vmexit(), called when the nested L2 guest exits and we want to run its L1 parent and let it handle this exit. Note that this will not necessarily be called on every L2 exit. L0 may decide to handle a particular exit on its own, without L1's involvement; In that case, L0 will handle the exit, and resume running L2, without running L1 and without calling nested_vmx_vmexit(). The logic for deciding whether to handle a particular exit in L1 or in L0, i.e., whether to call nested_vmx_vmexit(), will appear in a separate patch below. Signed-off-by: Nadav Har'El <nyh@il.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2011-07-12KVM: nVMX: Success/failure of VMX instructions.Nadav Har'El1-0/+31
VMX instructions specify success or failure by setting certain RFLAGS bits. This patch contains common functions to do this, and they will be used in the following patches which emulate the various VMX instructions. Signed-off-by: Nadav Har'El <nyh@il.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2011-01-12KVM: VMX: Add definitions for more vm entry/exit control bitsAvi Kivity1-0/+8
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2011-01-12KVM: VMX: add module parameter to avoid trapping HLT instructions (v5)Anthony Liguori1-0/+6
In certain use-cases, we want to allocate guests fixed time slices where idle guest cycles leave the machine idling. There are many approaches to achieve this but the most direct is to simply avoid trapping the HLT instruction which lets the guest directly execute the instruction putting the processor to sleep. Introduce this as a module-level option for kvm-vmx.ko since if you do this for one guest, you probably want to do it for all. Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2011-01-12KVM: handle exit due to INVD in VMXGleb Natapov1-0/+1
Currently the exit is unhandled, so guest halts with error if it tries to execute INVD instruction. Call into emulator when INVD instruction is executed by a guest instead. This instruction is not needed by ordinary guests, but firmware (like OpenBIOS) use it and fail. Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-08-01KVM: VMX: Enable XSAVE/XRSTOR for guestDexuan Cui1-0/+1
This patch enable guest to use XSAVE/XRSTOR instructions. We assume that host_xcr0 would use all possible bits that OS supported. And we loaded xcr0 in the same way we handled fpu - do it as late as we can. Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <dexuan.cui@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Sheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-08-01KVM: VMX: Add all-context INVVPID type supportGui Jianfeng1-0/+1
Add all-context INVVPID type support. Signed-off-by: Gui Jianfeng <guijianfeng@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-08-01KVM: VMX: Make sure single type invvpid is supported before issuing invvpid ↵Gui Jianfeng1-0/+2
instruction According to SDM, we need check whether single-context INVVPID type is supported before issuing invvpid instruction. Signed-off-by: Gui Jianfeng <guijianfeng@cn.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Sheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-08-01KVM: VMX: Add constant for invalid guest state exit reasonMohammed Gamal1-0/+1
For the sake of completeness, this patch adds a symbolic constant for VMX exit reason 0x21 (invalid guest state). Signed-off-by: Mohammed Gamal <m.gamal005@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-05-19KVM: VMX: Add definitions for guest and host EFER autoswitch vmcs entriesAvi Kivity1-0/+4
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-05-19KVM: VMX: Add definition for msr autoload entryAvi Kivity1-1/+7
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-03-01KVM: VMX: Rename VMX_EPT_IGMT_BIT to VMX_EPT_IPAT_BITSheng Yang1-1/+1
Following the new SDM. Now the bit is named "Ignore PAT memory type". Signed-off-by: Sheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-03-01KVM: VMX: Enable EPT 1GB page supportSheng Yang1-0/+1
Signed-off-by: Sheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-03-01KVM: VMX: Add instruction rdtscp support for guestSheng Yang1-0/+1
Before enabling, execution of "rdtscp" in guest would result in #UD. Signed-off-by: Sheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-03-01KVM: VMX: Trap and invalid MWAIT/MONITOR instructionSheng Yang1-0/+1
We don't support these instructions, but guest can execute them even if the feature('monitor') haven't been exposed in CPUID. So we would trap and inject a #UD if guest try this way. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2009-12-03KVM: VMX: Add support for Pause-Loop ExitingZhai, Edwin1-0/+4
New NHM processors will support Pause-Loop Exiting by adding 2 VM-execution control fields: PLE_Gap - upper bound on the amount of time between two successive executions of PAUSE in a loop. PLE_Window - upper bound on the amount of time a guest is allowed to execute in a PAUSE loop If the time, between this execution of PAUSE and previous one, exceeds the PLE_Gap, processor consider this PAUSE belongs to a new loop. Otherwise, processor determins the the total execution time of this loop(since 1st PAUSE in this loop), and triggers a VM exit if total time exceeds the PLE_Window. * Refer SDM volume 3b section 21.6.13 & 22.1.3. Pause-Loop Exiting can be used to detect Lock-Holder Preemption, where one VP is sched-out after hold a spinlock, then other VPs for same lock are sched-in to waste the CPU time. Our tests indicate that most spinlocks are held for less than 212 cycles. Performance tests show that with 2X LP over-commitment we can get +2% perf improvement for kernel build(Even more perf gain with more LPs). Signed-off-by: Zhai Edwin <edwin.zhai@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2009-09-10KVM: VMX: more MSR_IA32_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAP capability bitsMarcelo Tosatti1-0/+7
Required for EPT misconfiguration handler. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2009-09-10KVM: VMX: Support Unrestricted Guest featureNitin A Kamble1-0/+1
"Unrestricted Guest" feature is added in the VMX specification. Intel Westmere and onwards processors will support this feature. It allows kvm guests to run real mode and unpaged mode code natively in the VMX mode when EPT is turned on. With the unrestricted guest there is no need to emulate the guest real mode code in the vm86 container or in the emulator. Also the guest big real mode code works like native. The attached patch enhances KVM to use the unrestricted guest feature if available on the processor. It also adds a new kernel/module parameter to disable the unrestricted guest feature at the boot time. Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2009-06-10KVM: Add VT-x machine check supportAndi Kleen1-0/+1
VT-x needs an explicit MC vector intercept to handle machine checks in the hyper visor. It also has a special option to catch machine checks that happen during VT entry. Do these interceptions and forward them to the Linux machine check handler. Make it always look like user space is interrupted because the machine check handler treats kernel/user space differently. Thanks to Jiang Yunhong for help and testing. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2009-03-24KVM: x86: Virtualize debug registersJan Kiszka1-1/+1
So far KVM only had basic x86 debug register support, once introduced to realize guest debugging that way. The guest itself was not able to use those registers. This patch now adds (almost) full support for guest self-debugging via hardware registers. It refactors the code, moving generic parts out of SVM (VMX was already cleaned up by the KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG patches), and it ensures that the registers are properly switched between host and guest. This patch also prepares debug register usage by the host. The latter will (once wired-up by the following patch) allow for hardware breakpoints/watchpoints in guest code. If this is enabled, the guest will only see faked debug registers without functionality, but with content reflecting the guest's modifications. Tested on Intel only, but SVM /should/ work as well, but who knows... Known limitations: Trapping on tss switch won't work - most probably on Intel. Credits also go to Joerg Roedel - I used his once posted debugging series as platform for this patch. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2009-03-24KVM: VMX: Support for injecting software exceptionsJan Kiszka1-1/+2
VMX differentiates between processor and software generated exceptions when injecting them into the guest. Extend vmx_queue_exception accordingly (and refactor related constants) so that we can use this service reliably for the new guest debugging framework. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2008-12-31KVM: VMX: move ASM_VMX_* definitions from asm/kvm_host.h to asm/vmx.hEduardo Habkost1-0/+15
Those definitions will be used by code outside KVM, so move it outside of a KVM-specific source file. Those definitions are used only on kvm/vmx.c, that already includes asm/vmx.h, so they can be moved safely. Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2008-12-31KVM: VMX: move vmx.h to include/asmEduardo Habkost1-0/+367
vmx.h will be used by core code that is independent of KVM, so I am moving it outside the arch/x86/kvm directory. Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>