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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.
//
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// +build amd64
// test_util_amd64.s provides AMD64 test functions.
#include "funcdata.h"
#include "textflag.h"
TEXT ·Getpid(SB),NOSPLIT|NOFRAME,$0
NO_LOCAL_POINTERS
MOVQ $39, AX // getpid
SYSCALL
RET
// func AddrOfGetpid() uintptr
TEXT ·AddrOfGetpid(SB), $0-8
MOVQ $·Getpid(SB), AX
MOVQ AX, ret+0(FP)
RET
TEXT ·touch(SB),NOSPLIT|NOFRAME,$0
start:
MOVQ 0(AX), BX // deref AX
MOVQ $39, AX // getpid
SYSCALL
JMP start
// func AddrOfTouch() uintptr
TEXT ·AddrOfTouch(SB), $0-8
MOVQ $·touch(SB), AX
MOVQ AX, ret+0(FP)
RET
TEXT ·syscallLoop(SB),NOSPLIT|NOFRAME,$0
start:
SYSCALL
JMP start
// func AddrOfSyscallLoop() uintptr
TEXT ·AddrOfSyscallLoop(SB), $0-8
MOVQ $·syscallLoop(SB), AX
MOVQ AX, ret+0(FP)
RET
TEXT ·spinLoop(SB),NOSPLIT|NOFRAME,$0
start:
JMP start
// func AddrOfSpinLoop() uintptr
TEXT ·AddrOfSpinLoop(SB), $0-8
MOVQ $·spinLoop(SB), AX
MOVQ AX, ret+0(FP)
RET
TEXT ·FloatingPointWorks(SB),NOSPLIT|NOFRAME,$0
NO_LOCAL_POINTERS
MOVQ $1, AX
MOVQ AX, X0
MOVQ $39, AX // getpid
SYSCALL
MOVQ X0, AX
CMPQ AX, $1
SETEQ ret+0(FP)
RET
#define TWIDDLE_REGS() \
NOTQ R15; \
NOTQ R14; \
NOTQ R13; \
NOTQ R12; \
NOTQ BP; \
NOTQ BX; \
NOTQ R11; \
NOTQ R10; \
NOTQ R9; \
NOTQ R8; \
NOTQ AX; \
NOTQ CX; \
NOTQ DX; \
NOTQ SI; \
NOTQ DI; \
NOTQ SP;
TEXT ·twiddleRegsSyscall(SB),NOSPLIT|NOFRAME,$0
TWIDDLE_REGS()
SYSCALL
RET // never reached
// func AddrOfTwiddleRegsSyscall() uintptr
TEXT ·AddrOfTwiddleRegsSyscall(SB), $0-8
MOVQ $·twiddleRegsSyscall(SB), AX
MOVQ AX, ret+0(FP)
RET
TEXT ·twiddleRegsFault(SB),NOSPLIT|NOFRAME,$0
TWIDDLE_REGS()
JMP AX // must fault
RET // never reached
// func AddrOfTwiddleRegsFault() uintptr
TEXT ·AddrOfTwiddleRegsFault(SB), $0-8
MOVQ $·twiddleRegsFault(SB), AX
MOVQ AX, ret+0(FP)
RET
#define READ_FS() BYTE $0x64; BYTE $0x48; BYTE $0x8b; BYTE $0x00;
#define READ_GS() BYTE $0x65; BYTE $0x48; BYTE $0x8b; BYTE $0x00;
TEXT ·twiddleSegments(SB),NOSPLIT|NOFRAME,$0
MOVQ $0x0, AX
READ_GS()
MOVQ AX, BX
MOVQ $0x0, AX
READ_FS()
SYSCALL
RET // never reached
// func AddrOfTwiddleSegments() uintptr
TEXT ·AddrOfTwiddleSegments(SB), $0-8
MOVQ $·twiddleSegments(SB), AX
MOVQ AX, ret+0(FP)
RET