Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: SVM: Delay restoration of host MSR_TSC_AUX until return to userspace

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Fri Apr 23 2021 - 02:13:25 EST


On 22/04/21 22:12, Sean Christopherson wrote:
case MSR_TSC_AUX:
if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP))
return 1;

if (!msr_info->host_initiated &&
!guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP))
return 1;

/*
* TSC_AUX is usually changed only during boot and never read
* directly. Intercept TSC_AUX instead of exposing it to the
* guest via direct_access_msrs, and switch it via user return.
*/
preempt_disable();
r = kvm_set_user_return_msr(TSC_AUX_URET_SLOT, data, -1ull);
preempt_enable();
if (r)
return 1;

/*
* Bits 63:32 are dropped by AMD CPUs, but are reserved on
* Intel CPUs. AMD's APM has incomplete and conflicting info
* on the architectural behavior; emulate current hardware as
* doing so ensures migrating from AMD to Intel won't explode.
*/
svm->tsc_aux = (u32)data;
break;


Ok, squashed in the following:

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 14ff7f0963e9..00e9680969a2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -2875,16 +2875,28 @@ static int svm_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr)
if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP))
return 1;
+ if (!msr_info->host_initiated &&
+ !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP))
+ return 1;
+
/*
* TSC_AUX is usually changed only during boot and never read
* directly. Intercept TSC_AUX instead of exposing it to the
* guest via direct_access_msrs, and switch it via user return.
*/
- svm->tsc_aux = data;
-
preempt_disable();
- kvm_set_user_return_msr(TSC_AUX_URET_SLOT, data, -1ull);
+ r = kvm_set_user_return_msr(TSC_AUX_URET_SLOT, data, -1ull);
preempt_enable();
+ if (r)
+ return 1;
+
+ /*
+ * Bits 63:32 are dropped by AMD CPUs, but are reserved on
+ * Intel CPUs. AMD's APM has incomplete and conflicting info
+ * on the architectural behavior; emulate current hardware as
+ * doing so ensures migrating from AMD to Intel won't explode.
+ */
+ svm->tsc_aux = (u32)data;
break;
case MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR:
if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_LBRV)) {

Paolo