Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] KVM: VMX: Emulate MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Fri Feb 02 2018 - 12:51:53 EST


On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 10:59:44PM +0100, KarimAllah Ahmed wrote:
> Intel processors 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>
> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>