[v1,2/5] KVM: SVM: Add Idle HLT intercept support

Commit Message

Manali Shukla March 7, 2024, 5:46 a.m. UTC

From: Manali Shukla <[e-mail]>

Execution of the HLT instruction by a vCPU can be intercepted by the
hypervisor by setting the HLT-Intercept Bit in VMCB, thus resulting in
a VMEXIT. It can be possible that soon after the VMEXIT, hypervisor
observes that there are pending V_INTR and V_NMI events for the vCPU
and causes it to perform a VMRUN to service those events. In that
case, the VMEXIT is wasteful.

The Idle HLT intercept feature allows for the HLT instruction
execution by a vCPU to be intercepted by the hypervisor only if there
are no pending V_INTR and V_NMI events for the vCPU. The Idle HLT
intercept will not be triggerred, when the vCPU is expected to have
pending events (V_INR and V_NMI).

The feature allows the hypervisor to determine whether the vCPU is
actually idle and reduces wasteful VMEXITs.

Signed-off-by: Manali Shukla <[e-mail]>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h      |  1 +
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/svm.h |  2 ++
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c          | 11 ++++++++---
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
index 87a7b917d30e..68ff0855a77b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@  enum {
 	INTERCEPT_INVPCID,
 	INTERCEPT_MCOMMIT,
 	INTERCEPT_TLBSYNC,
+	INTERCEPT_IDLE_HLT = 166,
 };
 
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/svm.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/svm.h
index 80e1df482337..9910f86a2cef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/svm.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ 
 #define SVM_EXIT_CR14_WRITE_TRAP		0x09e
 #define SVM_EXIT_CR15_WRITE_TRAP		0x09f
 #define SVM_EXIT_INVPCID       0x0a2
+#define SVM_EXIT_IDLE_HLT      0x0a6
 #define SVM_EXIT_NPF           0x400
 #define SVM_EXIT_AVIC_INCOMPLETE_IPI		0x401
 #define SVM_EXIT_AVIC_UNACCELERATED_ACCESS	0x402
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ 
 	{ SVM_EXIT_CR4_WRITE_TRAP,	"write_cr4_trap" }, \
 	{ SVM_EXIT_CR8_WRITE_TRAP,	"write_cr8_trap" }, \
 	{ SVM_EXIT_INVPCID,     "invpcid" }, \
+	{ SVM_EXIT_IDLE_HLT,     "idle-halt" }, \
 	{ SVM_EXIT_NPF,         "npf" }, \
 	{ SVM_EXIT_AVIC_INCOMPLETE_IPI,		"avic_incomplete_ipi" }, \
 	{ SVM_EXIT_AVIC_UNACCELERATED_ACCESS,   "avic_unaccelerated_access" }, \
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index e90b429c84f1..a08a53508469 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -1289,8 +1289,12 @@  static void init_vmcb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		svm_set_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_MWAIT);
 	}
 
-	if (!kvm_hlt_in_guest(vcpu->kvm))
-		svm_set_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_HLT);
+	if (!kvm_hlt_in_guest(vcpu->kvm)) {
+		if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_IDLE_HLT))
+			svm_set_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_IDLE_HLT);
+		else
+			svm_set_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_HLT);
+	}
 
 	control->iopm_base_pa = __sme_set(iopm_base);
 	control->msrpm_base_pa = __sme_set(__pa(svm->msrpm));
@@ -3302,6 +3306,7 @@  static int (*const svm_exit_handlers[])(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) = {
 	[SVM_EXIT_CR4_WRITE_TRAP]		= cr_trap,
 	[SVM_EXIT_CR8_WRITE_TRAP]		= cr_trap,
 	[SVM_EXIT_INVPCID]                      = invpcid_interception,
+	[SVM_EXIT_IDLE_HLT]			= kvm_emulate_halt,
 	[SVM_EXIT_NPF]				= npf_interception,
 	[SVM_EXIT_RSM]                          = rsm_interception,
 	[SVM_EXIT_AVIC_INCOMPLETE_IPI]		= avic_incomplete_ipi_interception,
@@ -3462,7 +3467,7 @@  int svm_invoke_exit_handler(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 exit_code)
 		return interrupt_window_interception(vcpu);
 	else if (exit_code == SVM_EXIT_INTR)
 		return intr_interception(vcpu);
-	else if (exit_code == SVM_EXIT_HLT)
+	else if (exit_code == SVM_EXIT_HLT || exit_code == SVM_EXIT_IDLE_HLT)
 		return kvm_emulate_halt(vcpu);
 	else if (exit_code == SVM_EXIT_NPF)
 		return npf_interception(vcpu);