[PATCH] kvm: Handle reads of SandyBridge RAPL PMU MSRs rather than injecting #GP

From: Jon Cargille
Date: Thu Apr 16 2020 - 14:43:19 EST


From: Venkatesh Srinivas <venkateshs@xxxxxxxxxx>

Linux 3.14 unconditionally reads the RAPL PMU MSRs on boot, without handling
General Protection Faults on reading those MSRs. Rather than injecting a #GP,
which prevents boot, handle the MSRs by returning 0 for their data. Zero was
checked to be safe by code review of the RAPL PMU driver and in discussion
with the original driver author (eranian@xxxxxxxxxx).

Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Srinivas <venkateshs@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jon Cargille <jcargill@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 3cc3f673785c8..4f9b7dd687e3c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3060,6 +3060,17 @@ int kvm_get_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
case MSR_IA32_PERF_CTL:
case MSR_AMD64_DC_CFG:
case MSR_F15H_EX_CFG:
+ /*
+ * Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs must support the RAPL (running average power
+ * limit) MSRs. Just return 0, as we do not want to expose the host
+ * data here. Do not conditionalize this on CPUID, as KVM does not do
+ * so for existing CPU-specific MSRs.
+ */
+ case MSR_RAPL_POWER_UNIT:
+ case MSR_PP0_ENERGY_STATUS: /* Power plane 0 (core) */
+ case MSR_PP1_ENERGY_STATUS: /* Power plane 1 (graphics uncore) */
+ case MSR_PKG_ENERGY_STATUS: /* Total package */
+ case MSR_DRAM_ENERGY_STATUS: /* DRAM controller */
msr_info->data = 0;
break;
case MSR_F15H_PERF_CTL0 ... MSR_F15H_PERF_CTR5:
--
2.26.0.110.g2183baf09c-goog