[PATCH v12 05/24] KVM: x86: Zero XSTATE components on INIT by iterating over supported features

From: Chao Gao
Date: Mon Aug 11 2025 - 22:57:58 EST


Tweak the code a bit to facilitate resetting more xstate components in
the future, e.g., CET's xstate-managed MSRs.

No functional change intended.

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: John Allen <john.allen@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 6cf0d15a7a64..0010aa45bf9f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -12392,6 +12392,8 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
static void kvm_xstate_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool init_event)
{
struct fpstate *fpstate = vcpu->arch.guest_fpu.fpstate;
+ u64 xfeatures_mask;
+ int i;

/*
* Guest FPU state is zero allocated and so doesn't need to be manually
@@ -12405,16 +12407,20 @@ static void kvm_xstate_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool init_event)
* are unchanged. Currently, the only components that are zeroed and
* supported by KVM are MPX related.
*/
- if (!kvm_mpx_supported())
+ xfeatures_mask = (kvm_caps.supported_xcr0 | kvm_caps.supported_xss) &
+ (XFEATURE_MASK_BNDREGS | XFEATURE_MASK_BNDCSR);
+ if (!xfeatures_mask)
return;

+ BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(xfeatures_mask) * BITS_PER_BYTE <= XFEATURE_MAX);
+
/*
* All paths that lead to INIT are required to load the guest's FPU
* state (because most paths are buried in KVM_RUN).
*/
kvm_put_guest_fpu(vcpu);
- fpstate_clear_xstate_component(fpstate, XFEATURE_BNDREGS);
- fpstate_clear_xstate_component(fpstate, XFEATURE_BNDCSR);
+ for_each_set_bit(i, (unsigned long *)&xfeatures_mask, XFEATURE_MAX)
+ fpstate_clear_xstate_component(fpstate, i);
kvm_load_guest_fpu(vcpu);
}

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