x86/svm: Add virtual GIF support

This patch detects and enables Virtual GIF if available.  This allows
a nested hypervisor to perform STGIs and CLGIs without having to be
intercepted by host hypervisor.

Signed-off-by: Brian Woods <brian.woods@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
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Brian Woods authored and Andrew Cooper committed 2017-12-01 19:03:28 +00:00
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@@ -1597,8 +1597,13 @@ bool_t
nestedsvm_gif_isset(struct vcpu *v)
{
struct nestedsvm *svm = &vcpu_nestedsvm(v);
struct vmcb_struct *vmcb = v->arch.hvm_svm.vmcb;
return (!!svm->ns_gif);
/* get the vmcb gif value if using vgif */
if ( vmcb->_vintr.fields.vgif_enable )
return vmcb->_vintr.fields.vgif;
else
return svm->ns_gif;
}
void svm_vmexit_do_stgi(struct cpu_user_regs *regs, struct vcpu *v)
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@@ -1670,6 +1670,7 @@ const struct hvm_function_table * __init start_svm(void)
P(cpu_has_svm_cleanbits, "VMCB Clean Bits");
P(cpu_has_svm_decode, "DecodeAssists");
P(cpu_has_svm_vloadsave, "Virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE");
P(cpu_has_svm_vgif, "Virtual GIF");
P(cpu_has_pause_filter, "Pause-Intercept Filter");
P(cpu_has_tsc_ratio, "TSC Rate MSR");
#undef P
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@@ -214,6 +214,15 @@ static int construct_vmcb(struct vcpu *v)
vmcb->_exception_intercepts |= (1U << TRAP_page_fault);
}
/* if available, enable and configure virtual gif */
if ( cpu_has_svm_vgif )
{
vmcb->_vintr.fields.vgif = 1;
vmcb->_vintr.fields.vgif_enable = 1;
vmcb->_general2_intercepts &= ~GENERAL2_INTERCEPT_STGI;
vmcb->_general2_intercepts &= ~GENERAL2_INTERCEPT_CLGI;
}
if ( cpu_has_pause_filter )
{
vmcb->_pause_filter_count = SVM_PAUSEFILTER_INIT;
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