Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] KVM: VMX: read idt_vectoring_info a bit earlier

[Maxim Levitsky]

On Thu, 2021-01-14 at 16:29 -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> > This allows it to be printed correctly by the trace print
> 
> It'd be helpful to explicitly say which tracepoint, and explain that the value
> is read by vmx_get_exit_info().  It's far from obvious how this gets consumed.
> 
> > that follows.
> > 
> 
> Fixes: dcf068da7eb2 ("KVM: VMX: Introduce generic fastpath handler")
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > index 2af05d3b05909..9b6e7dbf5e2bd 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > @@ -6771,6 +6771,8 @@ static fastpath_t vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	vmx->exit_reason = vmcs_read32(VM_EXIT_REASON);
> > +	vmx->idt_vectoring_info = vmcs_read32(IDT_VECTORING_INFO_FIELD);
> 
> Hrm, it probably makes sense to either do the VMREAD conditionally, or to
> zero idt_vectoring_info in the vmx->fail path.  I don't care about the cycles
> on VM-Exit consistency checks, just that this would hide that the field is valid
> if and only if VM-Enter fully succeeded.  A third option would be to add a
> comment saying that it's unnecessary if VM-Enter failed, but faster in the
> common case to just do the VMREAD.

Allright, I will add this.

Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky


> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 2af05d3b0590..3c172c05570a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -6774,13 +6774,15 @@ static fastpath_t vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>         if (unlikely((u16)vmx->exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_MCE_DURING_VMENTRY))
>                 kvm_machine_check();
> 
> +       if (likely(!(vmx->exit_reason & VMX_EXIT_REASONS_FAILED_VMENTRY)))
> +               vmx->idt_vectoring_info = vmcs_read32(IDT_VECTORING_INFO_FIELD);
> +
>         trace_kvm_exit(vmx->exit_reason, vcpu, KVM_ISA_VMX);
> 
>         if (unlikely(vmx->exit_reason & VMX_EXIT_REASONS_FAILED_VMENTRY))
>                 return EXIT_FASTPATH_NONE;
> 
>         vmx->loaded_vmcs->launched = 1;
> -       vmx->idt_vectoring_info = vmcs_read32(IDT_VECTORING_INFO_FIELD);
> 
>         vmx_recover_nmi_blocking(vmx);
>         vmx_complete_interrupts(vmx);
> 
> 
> > +
> >  	if (unlikely((u16)vmx->exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_MCE_DURING_VMENTRY))
> >  		kvm_machine_check();
> >  
> > @@ -6780,7 +6782,6 @@ static fastpath_t vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  		return EXIT_FASTPATH_NONE;
> >  
> >  	vmx->loaded_vmcs->launched = 1;
> > -	vmx->idt_vectoring_info = vmcs_read32(IDT_VECTORING_INFO_FIELD);
> >  
> >  	vmx_recover_nmi_blocking(vmx);
> >  	vmx_complete_interrupts(vmx);
> > -- 
> > 2.26.2
> >