x86/svm: add virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE support

On AMD family 17h server processors, there is a feature called virtual
VMLOAD/VMSAVE.  This allows a nested hypervisor to preform a VMLOAD or
VMSAVE without needing to be intercepted by the host hypervisor.
Virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE requires the host hypervisor to be in long mode
and nested page tables to be enabled.  For more information about it
please see:

AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 2: System Programming
http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/24593.pdf
Section: VMSAVE and VMLOAD Virtualization (Section 15.33.1)

This patch series adds support to check for and enable the virtual
VMLOAD/VMSAVE features if available.

Signed-off-by: Brian Woods <brian.woods@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/svm.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/svm.c
index c8ffb175157b95c1629992b23b10186894c3be06..60b1288a3125a40618d70d58ccb5104550d9733d 100644 (file)
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -1669,6 +1669,7 @@ const struct hvm_function_table * __init start_svm(void)
     P(cpu_has_svm_nrips, "Next-RIP Saved on #VMEXIT");
     P(cpu_has_svm_cleanbits, "VMCB Clean Bits");
     P(cpu_has_svm_decode, "DecodeAssists");
+    P(cpu_has_svm_vloadsave, "Virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE");
     P(cpu_has_pause_filter, "Pause-Intercept Filter");
     P(cpu_has_tsc_ratio, "TSC Rate MSR");
 #undef P

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/svmdebug.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/svmdebug.c
index 89ef2db9321a66006db1c91d7b389e5c4edd7890..091c58fa1b49a47c2dc5ef96de4b76dd36ebdba9 100644 (file)
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/svmdebug.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/svmdebug.c
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ void svm_vmcb_dump(const char *from, const struct vmcb_struct *vmcb)
            vmcb->exitinfo1, vmcb->exitinfo2);
     printk("np_enable = %#"PRIx64" guest_asid = %#x\n",
            vmcb_get_np_enable(vmcb), vmcb_get_guest_asid(vmcb));
+    printk("virtual vmload/vmsave = %d, virt_ext = %#"PRIx64"\n",
+           vmcb->virt_ext.fields.vloadsave_enable, vmcb->virt_ext.bytes);
     printk("cpl = %d efer = %#"PRIx64" star = %#"PRIx64" lstar = %#"PRIx64"\n",
            vmcb_get_cpl(vmcb), vmcb_get_efer(vmcb), vmcb->star, vmcb->lstar);
     printk("CR0 = 0x%016"PRIx64" CR2 = 0x%016"PRIx64"\n",

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/vmcb.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/vmcb.c
index 997e7597e0c6c9b8b0f45cfc15ec2002e01cc35c..2e48fdde325d8439d3f5f4bc29fb15bd1886369f 100644 (file)
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/vmcb.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/vmcb.c
@@ -200,6 +200,14 @@ static int construct_vmcb(struct vcpu *v)
 
         /* PAT is under complete control of SVM when using nested paging. */
         svm_disable_intercept_for_msr(v, MSR_IA32_CR_PAT);
+
+        /* Use virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE if available. */
+        if ( cpu_has_svm_vloadsave )
+        {
+            vmcb->virt_ext.fields.vloadsave_enable = 1;
+            vmcb->_general2_intercepts &= ~GENERAL2_INTERCEPT_VMLOAD;
+            vmcb->_general2_intercepts &= ~GENERAL2_INTERCEPT_VMSAVE;
+        }
     }
     else
     {