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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 2026 The gVisor Authors.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// 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.
//go:build amd64
// +build amd64
package slimvm
import (
"syscall"
"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/ring0"
"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
)
var (
// The action for bluepillSignal is changed by sigaction().
bluepillSignal = syscall.SIGSEGV
)
// bluepillArchEnter is called during bluepillEnter.
//
//go:nosplit
func bluepillArchEnter(context *arch.SignalContext64) *vCPU {
c := vCPUPtr(uintptr(context.Rax))
regs := c.CPU.Registers()
regs.R8 = context.R8
regs.R9 = context.R9
regs.R10 = context.R10
regs.R11 = context.R11
regs.R12 = context.R12
regs.R13 = context.R13
regs.R14 = context.R14
regs.R15 = context.R15
regs.Rdi = context.Rdi
regs.Rsi = context.Rsi
regs.Rbp = context.Rbp
regs.Rbx = context.Rbx
regs.Rdx = context.Rdx
regs.Rax = context.Rax
regs.Rcx = context.Rcx
regs.Rsp = context.Rsp
regs.Rip = context.Rip
regs.Eflags = context.Eflags
regs.Eflags &^= uint64(ring0.KernelFlagsClear)
regs.Eflags |= ring0.KernelFlagsSet
regs.Cs = uint64(ring0.Kcode)
regs.Ds = uint64(ring0.Udata)
regs.Es = uint64(ring0.Udata)
regs.Ss = uint64(ring0.Kdata)
return c
}
// KernelSyscall handles kernel syscalls.
//
//go:nosplit
func (c *vCPU) KernelSyscall() {
regs := c.Registers()
if regs.Rax != ^uint64(0) {
regs.Rip -= 2 // Rewind.
}
// Syscall/exception handling in SlimVM:
//
// When enableVMCALL is set (normal SlimVM operation), most syscalls
// from GR0 (guest ring 0, i.e. the sentry) are forwarded to the host
// kernel directly via VMCALL/VMMCALL in entry_amd64.s, without exiting
// to HR3. Only special syscalls (exit, exit_group, and
// RedPill/0xFFFFFFFF) fall through to the HLT path below.
//
// When enableVMCALL is not set, all syscalls go through the HLT path
// (same as KVM, see kvm/bluepill_amd64.go for details). This happens
// in two cases:
// - KVM platform: enableVMCALL is never set.
// - SlimVM platform upgrade: DisableVMCALL() is called temporarily to
// return the M (machine thread) back to HR3.
ring0.HaltAndWriteFSBase(regs) // escapes: no, reload host segment.
}
// KernelException handles kernel exceptions.
//
//go:nosplit
func (c *vCPU) KernelException(vector ring0.Vector) {
regs := c.Registers()
if vector == ring0.Vector(bounce) {
// This go-routine was saved in hr3 and resumed in gr0 with the
// userspace flags. Let's adjust flags and skip the interrupt.
regs.Eflags &^= uint64(ring0.KernelFlagsClear)
regs.Eflags |= ring0.KernelFlagsSet
return
}
// See above.
ring0.HaltAndWriteFSBase(regs) // escapes: no, reload host segment.
}
// bluepillArchExit is called during bluepillEnter.
//
//go:nosplit
func bluepillArchExit(c *vCPU, context *arch.SignalContext64) {
regs := c.CPU.Registers()
context.R8 = regs.R8
context.R9 = regs.R9
context.R10 = regs.R10
context.R11 = regs.R11
context.R12 = regs.R12
context.R13 = regs.R13
context.R14 = regs.R14
context.R15 = regs.R15
context.Rdi = regs.Rdi
context.Rsi = regs.Rsi
context.Rbp = regs.Rbp
context.Rbx = regs.Rbx
context.Rdx = regs.Rdx
context.Rax = regs.Rax
context.Rcx = regs.Rcx
context.Rsp = regs.Rsp
context.Rip = regs.Rip
context.Eflags = regs.Eflags
// Set the context pointer to the saved floating point state. This is
// where the guest data has been serialized, the kernel will restore
// from this new pointer value.
context.Fpstate = uint64(uintptrValue(c.FloatingPointState().BytePointer())) // escapes: no.
}