[PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: x86: use native MSR ops for SPEC_CTRL

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Thu Feb 22 2018 - 10:43:35 EST


Having a paravirt indirect call in the IBRS restore path is not a
good idea, since we are trying to protect from speculative execution
of bogus indirect branch targets. It is also slower, so use
native_wrmsrl on the vmentry path too.

Fixes: d28b387fb74da95d69d2615732f50cceb38e9a4d
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 7 ++++---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 7 ++++---
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index b3e488a74828..1598beeda11c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
#include <asm/debugreg.h>
#include <asm/kvm_para.h>
#include <asm/irq_remapping.h>
+#include <asm/microcode.h>
#include <asm/nospec-branch.h>

#include <asm/virtext.h>
@@ -5355,7 +5356,7 @@ static void svm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* being speculatively taken.
*/
if (svm->spec_ctrl)
- wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, svm->spec_ctrl);
+ native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, svm->spec_ctrl);

asm volatile (
"push %%" _ASM_BP "; \n\t"
@@ -5465,10 +5466,10 @@ static void svm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* save it.
*/
if (!msr_write_intercepted(vcpu, MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL))
- rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, svm->spec_ctrl);
+ svm->spec_ctrl = native_read_msr(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL);

if (svm->spec_ctrl)
- wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, 0);
+ native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, 0);

/* Eliminate branch target predictions from guest mode */
vmexit_fill_RSB();
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 67b028d8e726..5caeb8dc5bda 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
#include <asm/apic.h>
#include <asm/irq_remapping.h>
#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
+#include <asm/microcode.h>
#include <asm/nospec-branch.h>

#include "trace.h"
@@ -9453,7 +9454,7 @@ static void __noclone vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* being speculatively taken.
*/
if (vmx->spec_ctrl)
- wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, vmx->spec_ctrl);
+ native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, vmx->spec_ctrl);

vmx->__launched = vmx->loaded_vmcs->launched;
asm(
@@ -9589,10 +9590,10 @@ static void __noclone vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* save it.
*/
if (!msr_write_intercepted(vcpu, MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL))
- rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, vmx->spec_ctrl);
+ vmx->spec_ctrl = native_read_msr(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL);

if (vmx->spec_ctrl)
- wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, 0);
+ native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, 0);

/* Eliminate branch target predictions from guest mode */
vmexit_fill_RSB();
--
1.8.3.1