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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c8
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c10
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 561e7c29cf9e..77ca81e13722 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -4616,14 +4616,16 @@ out_unlock:
bool kvm_mmu_may_ignore_guest_pat(void)
{
/*
- * When EPT is enabled (shadow_memtype_mask is non-zero), and the VM
+ * When EPT is enabled (shadow_memtype_mask is non-zero), the CPU does
+ * not support self-snoop (or is affected by an erratum), and the VM
* has non-coherent DMA (DMA doesn't snoop CPU caches), KVM's ABI is to
* honor the memtype from the guest's PAT so that guest accesses to
* memory that is DMA'd aren't cached against the guest's wishes. As a
* result, KVM _may_ ignore guest PAT, whereas without non-coherent DMA,
- * KVM _always_ ignores guest PAT (when EPT is enabled).
+ * KVM _always_ ignores or honors guest PAT, i.e. doesn't toggle SPTE
+ * bits in response to non-coherent device (un)registration.
*/
- return shadow_memtype_mask;
+ return !static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SELFSNOOP) && shadow_memtype_mask;
}
int kvm_tdp_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index a3cc0bc30540..e97e1ad79bf4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -7667,11 +7667,13 @@ u8 vmx_get_mt_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn, bool is_mmio)
/*
* Force WB and ignore guest PAT if the VM does NOT have a non-coherent
- * device attached. Letting the guest control memory types on Intel
- * CPUs may result in unexpected behavior, and so KVM's ABI is to trust
- * the guest to behave only as a last resort.
+ * device attached and the CPU doesn't support self-snoop. Letting the
+ * guest control memory types on Intel CPUs without self-snoop may
+ * result in unexpected behavior, and so KVM's (historical) ABI is to
+ * trust the guest to behave only as a last resort.
*/
- if (!kvm_arch_has_noncoherent_dma(vcpu->kvm))
+ if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SELFSNOOP) &&
+ !kvm_arch_has_noncoherent_dma(vcpu->kvm))
return (MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK << VMX_EPT_MT_EPTE_SHIFT) | VMX_EPT_IPAT_BIT;
return (MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK << VMX_EPT_MT_EPTE_SHIFT);