[PATCH 6.1.y 07/21] KVM: x86: Snapshot the host's DEBUGCTL after disabling IRQs

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Thu Aug 14 2025 - 20:14:32 EST


[ Upstream commit 189ecdb3e112da703ac0699f4ec76aa78122f911 ]

Snapshot the host's DEBUGCTL after disabling IRQs, as perf can toggle
debugctl bits from IRQ context, e.g. when enabling/disabling events via
smp_call_function_single(). Taking the snapshot (long) before IRQs are
disabled could result in KVM effectively clobbering DEBUGCTL due to using
a stale snapshot.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-and-tested-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250227222411.3490595-6-seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 2178f6bb8e90..0c3908544205 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4742,7 +4742,6 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)

/* Save host pkru register if supported */
vcpu->arch.host_pkru = read_pkru();
- vcpu->arch.host_debugctl = get_debugctlmsr();

/* Apply any externally detected TSC adjustments (due to suspend) */
if (unlikely(vcpu->arch.tsc_offset_adjustment)) {
@@ -10851,6 +10850,8 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
set_debugreg(0, 7);
}

+ vcpu->arch.host_debugctl = get_debugctlmsr();
+
guest_timing_enter_irqoff();

for (;;) {
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2.51.0.rc1.163.g2494970778-goog