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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/7] hyperv: SVM enlightened TLB flush support flag
On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 01:43:37PM +0000, Vineeth Pillai wrote:
> Bit 22 of HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES.EDX is specific to SVM and specifies
> support for enlightened TLB flush. With this enlightenment enabled,
> ASID invalidations flushes only gva->hpa entries. To flush TLB entries
> derived from NPT, hypercalls should be used
> (HvFlushGuestPhysicalAddressSpace or HvFlushGuestPhysicalAddressList)
>
> Signed-off-by: Vineeth Pillai <viremana@linux.microsoft.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h
> index 606f5cc579b2..005bf14d0449 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h
> @@ -133,6 +133,15 @@
> #define HV_X64_NESTED_GUEST_MAPPING_FLUSH BIT(18)
> #define HV_X64_NESTED_MSR_BITMAP BIT(19)
>
> +/*
> + * This is specific to AMD and specifies that enlightened TLB flush is
> + * supported. If guest opts in to this feature, ASID invalidations only
> + * flushes gva -> hpa mapping entries. To flush the TLB entries derived
> + * from NPT, hypercalls should be used (HvFlushGuestPhysicalAddressSpace
> + * or HvFlushGuestPhysicalAddressList).
> + */
> +#define HV_X64_NESTED_ENLIGHTENED_TLB BIT(22)
> +

This is not yet documented in TLFS, right? I can't find this bit in the
latest edition (6.0b).

My first thought is the comment says this is AMD specific but the name
is rather generic. That looks a bit odd to begin with.

Wei.

> /* HYPERV_CPUID_ISOLATION_CONFIG.EAX bits. */
> #define HV_PARAVISOR_PRESENT BIT(0)
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>

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