KVM: SVM: Add enable_ipiv param, never set IsRunning if disabled

Let userspace "disable" IPI virtualization for AVIC via the enable_ipiv
module param, by never setting IsRunning.  SVM doesn't provide a way to
disable IPI virtualization in hardware, but by ensuring CPUs never see
IsRunning=1, every IPI in the guest (except for self-IPIs) will generate a
VM-Exit.

To avoid setting the real IsRunning bit, while still allowing KVM to use
each vCPU's entry to update GA log entries, simply maintain a shadow of
the entry, without propagating IsRunning updates to the real table when
IPI virtualization is disabled.

Providing a way to effectively disable IPI virtualization will allow KVM
to safely enable AVIC on hardware that is susceptible to erratum #1235,
which causes hardware to sometimes fail to detect that the IsRunning bit
has been cleared by software.

Note, the table _must_ be fully populated, as broadcast IPIs skip invalid
entries, i.e. won't generate VM-Exit if every entry is invalid, and so
simply pointing the VMCB at a common dummy table won't work.

Alternatively, KVM could allocate a shadow of the entire table, but that'd
be a waste of 4KiB since the per-vCPU entry doesn't actually consume an
additional 8 bytes of memory (vCPU structures are large enough that they
are backed by order-N pages).

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
[sean: keep "entry" variables, reuse enable_ipiv, split from erratum]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250611224604.313496-19-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
This commit is contained in:
Maxim Levitsky 2025-06-11 15:45:20 -07:00 committed by Sean Christopherson
parent bafddc7000
commit d921665e01
3 changed files with 36 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -293,6 +293,13 @@ static int avic_init_backing_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
/* Setting AVIC backing page address in the phy APIC ID table */
new_entry = avic_get_backing_page_address(svm) |
AVIC_PHYSICAL_ID_ENTRY_VALID_MASK;
svm->avic_physical_id_entry = new_entry;
/*
* Initialize the real table, as vCPUs must have a valid entry in order
* for broadcast IPIs to function correctly (broadcast IPIs ignore
* invalid entries, i.e. aren't guaranteed to generate a VM-Exit).
*/
WRITE_ONCE(kvm_svm->avic_physical_id_table[id], new_entry);
return 0;
@ -770,8 +777,6 @@ static int svm_ir_list_add(struct vcpu_svm *svm,
struct amd_iommu_pi_data *pi)
{
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &svm->vcpu;
struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
struct kvm_svm *kvm_svm = to_kvm_svm(kvm);
unsigned long flags;
u64 entry;
@ -789,7 +794,7 @@ static int svm_ir_list_add(struct vcpu_svm *svm,
* will update the pCPU info when the vCPU awkened and/or scheduled in.
* See also avic_vcpu_load().
*/
entry = READ_ONCE(kvm_svm->avic_physical_id_table[vcpu->vcpu_id]);
entry = svm->avic_physical_id_entry;
if (entry & AVIC_PHYSICAL_ID_ENTRY_IS_RUNNING_MASK)
amd_iommu_update_ga(entry & AVIC_PHYSICAL_ID_ENTRY_HOST_PHYSICAL_ID_MASK,
true, pi->ir_data);
@ -999,14 +1004,26 @@ void avic_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
*/
spin_lock_irqsave(&svm->ir_list_lock, flags);
entry = READ_ONCE(kvm_svm->avic_physical_id_table[vcpu->vcpu_id]);
entry = svm->avic_physical_id_entry;
WARN_ON_ONCE(entry & AVIC_PHYSICAL_ID_ENTRY_IS_RUNNING_MASK);
entry &= ~AVIC_PHYSICAL_ID_ENTRY_HOST_PHYSICAL_ID_MASK;
entry |= (h_physical_id & AVIC_PHYSICAL_ID_ENTRY_HOST_PHYSICAL_ID_MASK);
entry |= AVIC_PHYSICAL_ID_ENTRY_IS_RUNNING_MASK;
svm->avic_physical_id_entry = entry;
/*
* If IPI virtualization is disabled, clear IsRunning when updating the
* actual Physical ID table, so that the CPU never sees IsRunning=1.
* Keep the APIC ID up-to-date in the entry to minimize the chances of
* things going sideways if hardware peeks at the ID.
*/
if (!enable_ipiv)
entry &= ~AVIC_PHYSICAL_ID_ENTRY_IS_RUNNING_MASK;
WRITE_ONCE(kvm_svm->avic_physical_id_table[vcpu->vcpu_id], entry);
avic_update_iommu_vcpu_affinity(vcpu, h_physical_id, true);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&svm->ir_list_lock, flags);
@ -1031,7 +1048,7 @@ void avic_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* can't be scheduled out and thus avic_vcpu_{put,load}() can't run
* recursively.
*/
entry = READ_ONCE(kvm_svm->avic_physical_id_table[vcpu->vcpu_id]);
entry = svm->avic_physical_id_entry;
/* Nothing to do if IsRunning == '0' due to vCPU blocking. */
if (!(entry & AVIC_PHYSICAL_ID_ENTRY_IS_RUNNING_MASK))
@ -1050,7 +1067,10 @@ void avic_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
avic_update_iommu_vcpu_affinity(vcpu, -1, 0);
entry &= ~AVIC_PHYSICAL_ID_ENTRY_IS_RUNNING_MASK;
WRITE_ONCE(kvm_svm->avic_physical_id_table[vcpu->vcpu_id], entry);
svm->avic_physical_id_entry = entry;
if (enable_ipiv)
WRITE_ONCE(kvm_svm->avic_physical_id_table[vcpu->vcpu_id], entry);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&svm->ir_list_lock, flags);

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@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ module_param(tsc_scaling, int, 0444);
*/
static bool avic;
module_param(avic, bool, 0444);
module_param(enable_ipiv, bool, 0444);
module_param(enable_device_posted_irqs, bool, 0444);
@ -5581,6 +5582,7 @@ static __init int svm_hardware_setup(void)
enable_apicv = avic = avic && avic_hardware_setup();
if (!enable_apicv) {
enable_ipiv = false;
svm_x86_ops.vcpu_blocking = NULL;
svm_x86_ops.vcpu_unblocking = NULL;
svm_x86_ops.vcpu_get_apicv_inhibit_reasons = NULL;

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@ -307,6 +307,14 @@ struct vcpu_svm {
u32 ldr_reg;
u32 dfr_reg;
/* This is essentially a shadow of the vCPU's actual entry in the
* Physical ID table that is programmed into the VMCB, i.e. that is
* seen by the CPU. If IPI virtualization is disabled, IsRunning is
* only ever set in the shadow, i.e. is never propagated to the "real"
* table, so that hardware never sees IsRunning=1.
*/
u64 avic_physical_id_entry;
/*
* Per-vCPU list of irqfds that are eligible to post IRQs directly to
* the vCPU (a.k.a. device posted IRQs, a.k.a. IRQ bypass). The list