Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] KVM: VMX: Emulate MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES

From: Raj, Ashok
Date: Mon Jan 29 2018 - 19:22:36 EST


On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 01:10:27AM +0100, KarimAllah Ahmed wrote:
> Future intel processors will use MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR to indicate
> RDCL_NO (bit 0) and IBRS_ALL (bit 1). This is a read-only MSR. By default
> the contents will come directly from the hardware, but user-space can still
> override it.
>
> [dwmw2: The bit in kvm_cpuid_7_0_edx_x86_features can be unconditional]
>
> Cc: Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arjan Van De Ven <arjan.van.de.ven@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jun Nakajima <jun.nakajima@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> index 033004d..1909635 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_ent(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry, u32 function,
>
> /* cpuid 7.0.edx*/
> const u32 kvm_cpuid_7_0_edx_x86_features =
> - F(AVX512_4VNNIW) | F(AVX512_4FMAPS);
> + F(AVX512_4VNNIW) | F(AVX512_4FMAPS) | F(ARCH_CAPABILITIES);
>
> /* all calls to cpuid_count() should be made on the same cpu */
> get_cpu();
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index ea278ce..798a00b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -581,6 +581,8 @@ struct vcpu_vmx {
> u64 msr_host_kernel_gs_base;
> u64 msr_guest_kernel_gs_base;
> #endif
> + u64 arch_capabilities;
> +
> u32 vm_entry_controls_shadow;
> u32 vm_exit_controls_shadow;
> u32 secondary_exec_control;
> @@ -3224,6 +3226,12 @@ static int vmx_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> case MSR_IA32_TSC:
> msr_info->data = guest_read_tsc(vcpu);
> break;
> + case MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES:
> + if (!msr_info->host_initiated &&
> + !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPABILITIES))
> + return 1;
> + msr_info->data = to_vmx(vcpu)->arch_capabilities;
> + break;
> case MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS:
> msr_info->data = vmcs_read32(GUEST_SYSENTER_CS);
> break;
> @@ -3339,6 +3347,11 @@ static int vmx_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> if (data & PRED_CMD_IBPB)
> wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD, PRED_CMD_IBPB);
> break;
> + case MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES:
> + if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
> + return 1;
> + vmx->arch_capabilities = data;
> + break;

arch capabilities is read only. You don't need the set_msr handling for this.

> case MSR_IA32_CR_PAT:
> if (vmcs_config.vmentry_ctrl & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PAT) {
> if (!kvm_mtrr_valid(vcpu, MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, data))
> @@ -5599,6 +5612,8 @@ static int vmx_vcpu_setup(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
> ++vmx->nmsrs;
> }
>
> + if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPABILITIES))
> + rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES, vmx->arch_capabilities);
>
> vm_exit_controls_init(vmx, vmcs_config.vmexit_ctrl);
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 03869eb..8e889dc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -1006,6 +1006,7 @@ static u32 msrs_to_save[] = {
> #endif
> MSR_IA32_TSC, MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, MSR_VM_HSAVE_PA,
> MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL, MSR_IA32_BNDCFGS, MSR_TSC_AUX,
> + MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES

Same here.. no need to save/restore this.

> };
>
> static unsigned num_msrs_to_save;
> --
> 2.7.4
>