Re: [PATCH 01/15] KVM: VMX: Do not adverise RDPID if ENABLE_RDTSCP control is unsupported

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Mon May 10 2021 - 04:03:24 EST


On Tue, 2021-05-04 at 10:17 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Clear KVM's RDPID capability if the ENABLE_RDTSCP secondary exec control is
> unsupported. Despite being enumerated in a separate CPUID flag, RDPID is
> bundled under the same VMCS control as RDTSCP and will #UD in VMX non-root
> if ENABLE_RDTSCP is not enabled.
>
> Fixes: 41cd02c6f7f6 ("kvm: x86: Expose RDPID in KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 10b610fc7bbc..82404ee2520e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -7377,9 +7377,11 @@ static __init void vmx_set_cpu_caps(void)
> if (!cpu_has_vmx_xsaves())
> kvm_cpu_cap_clear(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES);
>
> - /* CPUID 0x80000001 */
> - if (!cpu_has_vmx_rdtscp())
> + /* CPUID 0x80000001 and 0x7 (RDPID) */
> + if (!cpu_has_vmx_rdtscp()) {
> kvm_cpu_cap_clear(X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP);
> + kvm_cpu_cap_clear(X86_FEATURE_RDPID);
> + }
>
> if (cpu_has_vmx_waitpkg())
> kvm_cpu_cap_check_and_set(X86_FEATURE_WAITPKG);

Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky