From 85542adb65ecd7cc0e442e8befef74f2ed07f5f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Prescher Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 15:25:01 +0200 Subject: KVM: x86: Add KVM_RUN_X86_GUEST_MODE kvm_run flag When a vCPU is interrupted by a signal while running a nested guest, KVM will exit to userspace with L2 state. However, userspace has no way to know whether it sees L1 or L2 state (besides calling KVM_GET_STATS_FD, which does not have a stable ABI). This causes multiple problems: The simplest one is L2 state corruption when userspace marks the sregs as dirty. See this mailing list thread [1] for a complete discussion. Another problem is that if userspace decides to continue by emulating instructions, it will unknowingly emulate with L2 state as if L1 doesn't exist, which can be considered a weird guest escape. Introduce a new flag, KVM_RUN_X86_GUEST_MODE, in the kvm_run data structure, which is set when the vCPU exited while running a nested guest. Also introduce a new capability, KVM_CAP_X86_GUEST_MODE, to advertise the functionality to userspace. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20240416123558.212040-1-julian.stecklina@cyberus-technology.de/T/#m280aadcb2e10ae02c191a7dc4ed4b711a74b1f55 Signed-off-by: Thomas Prescher Signed-off-by: Julian Stecklina Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240508132502.184428-1-julian.stecklina@cyberus-technology.de Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson --- include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/uapi/linux') diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h index ec998e6b6555..a6ac00ec77ad 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h @@ -918,6 +918,7 @@ struct kvm_enable_cap { #define KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD 234 #define KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES 235 #define KVM_CAP_X86_APIC_BUS_CYCLES_NS 236 +#define KVM_CAP_X86_GUEST_MODE 237 struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip { __u32 irqchip; -- cgit v1.2.3