arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Swap the MOVNTDQA operands, as MOVNTDQA does NOT in fact have "the same
characteristics as 0F E7 (MOVNTDQ)"; MOVNTDQA loads from memory and stores
to registers, while MOVNTDQ loads from registers and stores to memory.
Per the SDM:
MOVNTDQ - Move packed integer values in xmm1 to m128 using non-temporal
hint.
MOVNTDQA - Move double quadword from m128 to xmm1 using non-temporal hint
if WC memory type.
Reported-by: Josh Eads <josheads@google.com>
Fixes: c57d9bafbd0b ("KVM: x86: Add support for emulating MOVNTDQA")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
I have updates to the xsave KUT test to verify the bug and the fix.
arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index c8c6cc0406d6..0bb832a76868 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -4450,7 +4450,7 @@ static const struct opcode twobyte_table[256] = {
/* 0xD0 - 0xDF */
N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N,
/* 0xE0 - 0xEF */
- N, N, N, N, N, N, N, GP(SrcReg | DstMem | ModRM | Mov, &pfx_0f_e7_0f_38_2a),
+ N, N, N, N, N, N, N, GP(SrcMem | DstReg | ModRM | Mov, &pfx_0f_e7_0f_38_2a),
N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N,
/* 0xF0 - 0xFF */
N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N
@@ -4481,7 +4481,7 @@ static const struct opcode opcode_map_0f_38[256] = {
X16(N), X16(N),
/* 0x20 - 0x2f */
X8(N),
- X2(N), GP(SrcReg | DstMem | ModRM | Mov | Aligned, &pfx_0f_e7_0f_38_2a), N, N, N, N, N,
+ X2(N), GP(SrcMem | DstReg | ModRM | Mov | Aligned, &pfx_0f_e7_0f_38_2a), N, N, N, N, N,
/* 0x30 - 0x7f */
X16(N), X16(N), X16(N), X16(N), X16(N),
/* 0x80 - 0xef */
base-commit: 6d35786de28116ecf78797a62b84e6bf3c45aa5a
--
2.54.0.545.g6539524ca2-goog
On Wed, May 06, 2026, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Swap the MOVNTDQA operands, as MOVNTDQA does NOT in fact have "the same
> characteristics as 0F E7 (MOVNTDQ)"; MOVNTDQA loads from memory and stores
> to registers, while MOVNTDQ loads from registers and stores to memory.
>
> Per the SDM:
>
> MOVNTDQ - Move packed integer values in xmm1 to m128 using non-temporal
> hint.
>
> MOVNTDQA - Move double quadword from m128 to xmm1 using non-temporal hint
> if WC memory type.
>
> Reported-by: Josh Eads <josheads@google.com>
> Fixes: c57d9bafbd0b ("KVM: x86: Add support for emulating MOVNTDQA")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> ---
>
> I have updates to the xsave KUT test to verify the bug and the fix.
>
> arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> index c8c6cc0406d6..0bb832a76868 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> @@ -4450,7 +4450,7 @@ static const struct opcode twobyte_table[256] = {
> /* 0xD0 - 0xDF */
> N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N,
> /* 0xE0 - 0xEF */
> - N, N, N, N, N, N, N, GP(SrcReg | DstMem | ModRM | Mov, &pfx_0f_e7_0f_38_2a),
> + N, N, N, N, N, N, N, GP(SrcMem | DstReg | ModRM | Mov, &pfx_0f_e7_0f_38_2a),
Aaaaand Josh pointed out that I wasn't paying attention and stomped all over MOVNTDQ.
I'll figure out why my KUT changes didn't detect this, and send a v2.
> N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N,
> /* 0xF0 - 0xFF */
> N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N
> @@ -4481,7 +4481,7 @@ static const struct opcode opcode_map_0f_38[256] = {
> X16(N), X16(N),
> /* 0x20 - 0x2f */
> X8(N),
> - X2(N), GP(SrcReg | DstMem | ModRM | Mov | Aligned, &pfx_0f_e7_0f_38_2a), N, N, N, N, N,
> + X2(N), GP(SrcMem | DstReg | ModRM | Mov | Aligned, &pfx_0f_e7_0f_38_2a), N, N, N, N, N,
> /* 0x30 - 0x7f */
> X16(N), X16(N), X16(N), X16(N), X16(N),
> /* 0x80 - 0xef */
>
> base-commit: 6d35786de28116ecf78797a62b84e6bf3c45aa5a
> --
> 2.54.0.545.g6539524ca2-goog
>
On Wed, May 06, 2026, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Wed, May 06, 2026, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Swap the MOVNTDQA operands, as MOVNTDQA does NOT in fact have "the same
> > characteristics as 0F E7 (MOVNTDQ)"; MOVNTDQA loads from memory and stores
> > to registers, while MOVNTDQ loads from registers and stores to memory.
> >
> > Per the SDM:
> >
> > MOVNTDQ - Move packed integer values in xmm1 to m128 using non-temporal
> > hint.
> >
> > MOVNTDQA - Move double quadword from m128 to xmm1 using non-temporal hint
> > if WC memory type.
> >
> > Reported-by: Josh Eads <josheads@google.com>
> > Fixes: c57d9bafbd0b ("KVM: x86: Add support for emulating MOVNTDQA")
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> > ---
> >
> > I have updates to the xsave KUT test to verify the bug and the fix.
> >
> > arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> > index c8c6cc0406d6..0bb832a76868 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> > @@ -4450,7 +4450,7 @@ static const struct opcode twobyte_table[256] = {
> > /* 0xD0 - 0xDF */
> > N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N,
> > /* 0xE0 - 0xEF */
> > - N, N, N, N, N, N, N, GP(SrcReg | DstMem | ModRM | Mov, &pfx_0f_e7_0f_38_2a),
> > + N, N, N, N, N, N, N, GP(SrcMem | DstReg | ModRM | Mov, &pfx_0f_e7_0f_38_2a),
>
> Aaaaand Josh pointed out that I wasn't paying attention and stomped all over MOVNTDQ.
> I'll figure out why my KUT changes didn't detect this
*sigh*
I made the same mistake when testing MOVNTDQA, and didn't learn from that mistake
for the MOVNTDQ half. Comparing the src and dst buffers on a "src => reg => dst"
sequence wont't detect mismatches if KVM wrongly does "reg => src, reg => dst".
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