Re: [PATCH v3 2/6] KVM: x86: Introduce CPUID_8000_0007_EDX 'scattered' leaf

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Tue Sep 20 2022 - 18:53:04 EST


On Fri, Sep 16, 2022, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> CPUID_8000_0007_EDX may come handy when X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC
> needs to be checked.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 4 ++++
> arch/x86/kvm/reverse_cpuid.h | 9 ++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> index 75dcf7a72605..f68b14053c9b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> @@ -669,6 +669,10 @@ void kvm_set_cpu_caps(void)
> if (!tdp_enabled && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64))
> kvm_cpu_cap_set(X86_FEATURE_GBPAGES);
>
> + kvm_cpu_cap_init_scattered(CPUID_8000_0007_EDX,
> + SF(CONSTANT_TSC)
> + );

The scattered leaf needs to be used in __do_cpuid_func(), e.g.

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index ffdc28684cb7..c91f23bb3605 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -1137,8 +1137,8 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_func(struct kvm_cpuid_array *array, u32 function)
/* L2 cache and TLB: pass through host info. */
break;
case 0x80000007: /* Advanced power management */
- /* invariant TSC is CPUID.80000007H:EDX[8] */
- entry->edx &= (1 << 8);
+ cpuid_entry_override(entry, CPUID_8000_0007_EDX);
+
/* mask against host */
entry->edx &= boot_cpu_data.x86_power;
entry->eax = entry->ebx = entry->ecx = 0;