Re: [PATCH v2 14/28] KVM: VMX: Check VM_ENTRY_IA32E_MODE in setup_vmcs_config()

From: Jim Mattson
Date: Wed Jun 29 2022 - 16:28:41 EST


On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 8:07 AM Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> VM_ENTRY_IA32E_MODE control is toggled dynamically by vmx_set_efer()
> and setup_vmcs_config() doesn't check its existence. On the contrary,
> nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs() doesn set it on x86_64. Add the missing
> check and filter the bit out in vmx_vmentry_ctrl().
>
> No (real) functional change intended as all existing CPUs supporting
> long mode and VMX are supposed to have it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 83feb70d44a9..da8bbba38d0e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -2610,6 +2610,9 @@ static __init int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf,
> _pin_based_exec_control &= ~PIN_BASED_POSTED_INTR;
>
> min = VM_ENTRY_LOAD_DEBUG_CONTROLS;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> + min |= VM_ENTRY_IA32E_MODE;
> +#endif
> opt = VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL |
> VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PAT |
> VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_EFER |
> @@ -4242,9 +4245,15 @@ static u32 vmx_vmentry_ctrl(void)
> if (vmx_pt_mode_is_system())
> vmentry_ctrl &= ~(VM_ENTRY_PT_CONCEAL_PIP |
> VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_RTIT_CTL);
> - /* Loading of EFER and PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL are toggled dynamically */
> - return vmentry_ctrl &
> - ~(VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL | VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_EFER);
> + /*
> + * Loading of EFER, VM_ENTRY_IA32E_MODE, and PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL
> + * are toggled dynamically.
> + */
Nit: Previously, this could be read as "loading of (EFER and
PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL)." Since "loading" doesn't apply to IA32e mode,
you've lost "loading" of PERF_GLOBAL_CONTROL. Also, why drop the
VM_ENTRY prefix from the MSRs and not from IA32e mode?
Perhaps:

/*
* IA32e mode, and loading of EFER and PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL are toggled dynamically.
*/

> + vmentry_ctrl &= ~(VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL |
> + VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_EFER |
> + VM_ENTRY_IA32E_MODE);
> +
> + return vmentry_ctrl;
> }
>
> static u32 vmx_vmexit_ctrl(void)
> --
> 2.35.3
>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>