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[v3,21/37] KVM: SVM: Document the ASID logic in svm_flush_tlb()

Message ID 20200320212833.3507-22-sean.j.christopherson@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series KVM: x86: TLB flushing fixes and enhancements | expand

Commit Message

Sean Christopherson March 20, 2020, 9:28 p.m. UTC 
Add a comment in svm_flush_tlb() to document why it flushes only the
current ASID, even when it is invoked when flushing remote TLBs.

Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
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 arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index dfa3b53f8437..8c3700b44eb4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -5630,6 +5630,13 @@  static void svm_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
 
+	/*
+	 * Flush only the current ASID even if the TLB flush was invoked via
+	 * kvm_flush_remote_tlbs().  Although flushing remote TLBs requires all
+	 * ASIDs to be flushed, KVM uses a single ASID for L1 and L2, and
+	 * unconditionally does a TLB flush on both nested VM-Enter and nested
+	 * VM-Exit (via kvm_mmu_reset_context()).
+	 */
 	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FLUSHBYASID))
 		svm->vmcb->control.tlb_ctl = TLB_CONTROL_FLUSH_ASID;
 	else