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<title>KVM: selftests: Use gva_t instead of vm_vaddr_t</title>
<updated>2026-04-20T21:54:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Matlack</name>
<email>dmatlack@google.com</email>
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<published>2026-04-20T21:19:46+00:00</published>
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Replace all occurrences of vm_vaddr_t with gva_t to align with KVM code
and with the conversion helpers (e.g. addr_gva2hva()).

This commit was generated with the following command:

  git ls-files tools/testing/selftests/kvm | xargs sed -i 's/vm_vaddr_/gva_/g'

Then by manually adjusting whitespace to make checkpatch.pl happy, and
dropping renames of functions that allocate memory within a given VM.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: David Matlack &lt;dmatlack@google.com&gt;
[sean: drop renames of allocator APIs]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260420212004.3938325-2-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
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Replace all occurrences of vm_vaddr_t with gva_t to align with KVM code
and with the conversion helpers (e.g. addr_gva2hva()).

This commit was generated with the following command:

  git ls-files tools/testing/selftests/kvm | xargs sed -i 's/vm_vaddr_/gva_/g'

Then by manually adjusting whitespace to make checkpatch.pl happy, and
dropping renames of functions that allocate memory within a given VM.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: David Matlack &lt;dmatlack@google.com&gt;
[sean: drop renames of allocator APIs]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260420212004.3938325-2-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>KVM: SVM: Rename vmcb-&gt;virt_ext to vmcb-&gt;misc_ctl2</title>
<updated>2026-03-05T00:09:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yosry Ahmed</name>
<email>yosry@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2026-03-03T00:34:13+00:00</published>
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'virt' is confusing in the VMCB because it is relative and ambiguous.
The 'virt_ext' field includes bits for LBR virtualization and
VMSAVE/VMLOAD virtualization, so it's just another miscellaneous control
field. Name it as such.

While at it, move the definitions of the bits below those for
'misc_ctl' and rename them for consistency.

Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed &lt;yosry@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260303003421.2185681-20-yosry@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
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'virt' is confusing in the VMCB because it is relative and ambiguous.
The 'virt_ext' field includes bits for LBR virtualization and
VMSAVE/VMLOAD virtualization, so it's just another miscellaneous control
field. Name it as such.

While at it, move the definitions of the bits below those for
'misc_ctl' and rename them for consistency.

Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed &lt;yosry@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260303003421.2185681-20-yosry@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
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<title>KVM: selftests: Add a selftests for nested VMLOAD/VMSAVE</title>
<updated>2026-01-14T22:09:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yosry Ahmed</name>
<email>yosry.ahmed@linux.dev</email>
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<published>2026-01-10T00:48:20+00:00</published>
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Add a test for VMLOAD/VMSAVE in an L2 guest. The test verifies that L1
intercepts for VMSAVE/VMLOAD always work regardless of
VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK.

Then, more interestingly, it makes sure that when L1 does not intercept
VMLOAD/VMSAVE, they work as intended in L2. When
VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK is enabled by L1, VMSAVE/VMLOAD from
L2 should interpret the GPA as an L2 GPA and translate it through the
NPT. When VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK is disabled by L1,
VMSAVE/VMLOAD from L2 should interpret the GPA as an L1 GPA.

To test this, put two VMCBs (0 and 1) in L1's physical address space,
and have a single L2 GPA where:
- L2 VMCB GPA == L1 VMCB(0) GPA
- L2 VMCB GPA maps to L1 VMCB(1) via the NPT in L1.

This setup allows detecting how the GPA is interpreted based on which L1
VMCB is actually accessed.

In both cases, L2 sets KERNEL_GS_BASE (one of the fields handled by
VMSAVE/VMLOAD), and executes VMSAVE to write its value to the VMCB. The
test userspace code then checks that the write was made to the correct
VMCB (based on whether VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK is set by L1),
and writes a new value to that VMCB. L2 then executes VMLOAD to load the
new value and makes sure it's reflected correctly in KERNERL_GS_BASE.

Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed &lt;yosry.ahmed@linux.dev&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260110004821.3411245-4-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
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Add a test for VMLOAD/VMSAVE in an L2 guest. The test verifies that L1
intercepts for VMSAVE/VMLOAD always work regardless of
VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK.

Then, more interestingly, it makes sure that when L1 does not intercept
VMLOAD/VMSAVE, they work as intended in L2. When
VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK is enabled by L1, VMSAVE/VMLOAD from
L2 should interpret the GPA as an L2 GPA and translate it through the
NPT. When VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK is disabled by L1,
VMSAVE/VMLOAD from L2 should interpret the GPA as an L1 GPA.

To test this, put two VMCBs (0 and 1) in L1's physical address space,
and have a single L2 GPA where:
- L2 VMCB GPA == L1 VMCB(0) GPA
- L2 VMCB GPA maps to L1 VMCB(1) via the NPT in L1.

This setup allows detecting how the GPA is interpreted based on which L1
VMCB is actually accessed.

In both cases, L2 sets KERNEL_GS_BASE (one of the fields handled by
VMSAVE/VMLOAD), and executes VMSAVE to write its value to the VMCB. The
test userspace code then checks that the write was made to the correct
VMCB (based on whether VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK is set by L1),
and writes a new value to that VMCB. L2 then executes VMLOAD to load the
new value and makes sure it's reflected correctly in KERNERL_GS_BASE.

Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed &lt;yosry.ahmed@linux.dev&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260110004821.3411245-4-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
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