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Tianyu Zhou fc1afc9de5 platform: add SlimVM platform
SlimVM is a lightweight VMX-based platform for gVisor that accelerates
sentry system calls by eliminating unnecessary user/kernel context
switches.

In a traditional gVisor + KVM setup, every guest syscall triggers a
full VM exit to userspace, then re-enters the kernel via a regular
syscall:

  gr0 -> hr0 (vm_exit) -> hr3 (ioctl return) -> hr0 (re-invoke syscall)

SlimVM eliminates this overhead. When the guest executes a VMCALL, the
VM exits into VMX root mode where SlimVM directly invokes the host
kernel's syscall handler, then immediately resumes the guest:

  gr0 -> hr0 (vmcall + direct function call)

SlimVM requires a companion kernel module that provides the /dev/slimvm
device interface. See https://github.com/antgroup/slimvm for the
kernel module and full documentation.

A sentry->host getpid microbenchmark (Xeon 6982P-C, host kernel 5.10.134)
shows the effect:

            │  ns/op  │ vs base │
  base          82.5       1.0x
  slimvm       420.9       5.1x
  kvm         3566.1      43.2x

slimvm is ~8.5x faster than the kvm platform on this path. See the issue
for details.

Updates: https://github.com/google/gvisor/issues/13330

Co-developed-by: Chenggang <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Robin Luk <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Tiwei Bie <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Jianfeng Tan <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: liushi.ls <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Yong He <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Aaron Lu <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: chris.zn <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Lai Jiangshan <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Lingfu <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Min Le <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Quan Xu <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Zhang Haoyu <[email protected]>
Co-developed-by: Dawei Shen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Tianyu Zhou <[email protected]>
2026-06-25 10:27:28 +08:00

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// Copyright 2018 The gVisor Authors.
//
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//
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//
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// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
package ring0
import (
"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/ring0/pagetables"
"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch/fpu"
)
const (
// CPUIntel is Intel CPU.
CPUIntel uint64 = iota
// CPUAMD is AMD (and compatible) CPU.
CPUAMD
)
var (
CPUVendor uint64
)
// Kernel is a global kernel object.
//
// This contains global state, shared by multiple CPUs.
type Kernel struct {
// PageTables are the kernel pagetables; this must be provided.
PageTables *pagetables.PageTables
KernelArchState
}
// Hooks are hooks for kernel functions.
type Hooks interface {
// KernelSyscall is called for kernel system calls.
//
// Return from this call will restore registers and return to the kernel: the
// registers must be modified directly.
//
// If this function is not provided, a kernel exception results in halt.
//
// This must be go:nosplit, as this will be on the interrupt stack.
// Closures are permitted, as the pointer to the closure frame is not
// passed on the stack.
KernelSyscall()
// KernelException handles an exception during kernel execution.
//
// Return from this call will restore registers and return to the kernel: the
// registers must be modified directly.
//
// If this function is not provided, a kernel exception results in halt.
//
// This must be go:nosplit, as this will be on the interrupt stack.
// Closures are permitted, as the pointer to the closure frame is not
// passed on the stack.
KernelException(Vector)
}
// CPU is the per-CPU struct.
type CPU struct {
// self is a self reference.
//
// This is always guaranteed to be at offset zero.
self *CPU
// kernel is reference to the kernel that this CPU was initialized
// with. This reference is kept for garbage collection purposes: CPU
// registers may refer to objects within the Kernel object that cannot
// be safely freed.
kernel *Kernel
// CPUArchState is architecture-specific state.
CPUArchState
// registers is a set of registers; these may be used on kernel system
// calls and exceptions via the Registers function.
registers arch.Registers
// floatingPointState holds floating point state.
floatingPointState fpu.State
// hooks are kernel hooks.
hooks Hooks
}
// Registers returns a modifiable-copy of the kernel registers.
//
// This is explicitly safe to call during KernelException and KernelSyscall.
//
//go:nosplit
func (c *CPU) Registers() *arch.Registers {
return &c.registers
}
// FloatingPointState returns the kernel floating point state.
//
// This is explicitly safe to call during KernelException and KernelSyscall.
//
//go:nosplit
func (c *CPU) FloatingPointState() *fpu.State {
return &c.floatingPointState
}
// SwitchOpts are passed to the Switch function.
type SwitchOpts struct {
// Registers are the user register state.
Registers *arch.Registers
// FloatingPointState is a byte pointer where floating point state is
// saved and restored.
FloatingPointState *fpu.State
// PageTables are the application page tables.
PageTables *pagetables.PageTables
// Flush indicates that a TLB flush should be forced on switch.
Flush bool
// FullRestore indicates that an iret-based restore should be used.
FullRestore bool
// SwitchArchOpts are architecture-specific options.
SwitchArchOpts
}