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authorSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>2026-02-03 11:07:10 -0800
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2026-03-11 18:41:11 +0100
commit87d0f901a9bd8ae6be57249c737f20ac0cace93d (patch)
tree14bd585560473fe19a20054589b289f32ddd46c8 /Documentation/virtual/git@git.tavy.me:linux.git
parent3989a6d036c8ec82c0de3614bed23a1dacd45de5 (diff)
KVM: SVM: Set/clear CR8 write interception when AVIC is (de)activated
Explicitly set/clear CR8 write interception when AVIC is (de)activated to fix a bug where KVM leaves the interception enabled after AVIC is activated. E.g. if KVM emulates INIT=>WFS while AVIC is deactivated, CR8 will remain intercepted in perpetuity. On its own, the dangling CR8 intercept is "just" a performance issue, but combined with the TPR sync bug fixed by commit d02e48830e3f ("KVM: SVM: Sync TPR from LAPIC into VMCB::V_TPR even if AVIC is active"), the danging intercept is fatal to Windows guests as the TPR seen by hardware gets wildly out of sync with reality. Note, VMX isn't affected by the bug as TPR_THRESHOLD is explicitly ignored when Virtual Interrupt Delivery is enabled, i.e. when APICv is active in KVM's world. I.e. there's no need to trigger update_cr8_intercept(), this is firmly an SVM implementation flaw/detail. WARN if KVM gets a CR8 write #VMEXIT while AVIC is active, as KVM should never enter the guest with AVIC enabled and CR8 writes intercepted. Fixes: 3bbf3565f48c ("svm: Do not intercept CR8 when enable AVIC") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com> Cc: Naveen N Rao (AMD) <naveen@kernel.org> Cc: Maciej S. Szmigiero <maciej.szmigiero@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Naveen N Rao (AMD) <naveen@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260203190711.458413-3-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> [Squash fix to avic_deactivate_vmcb. - Paolo] Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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