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

From: Vitaly Kuznetsov
Date: Wed Sep 21 2022 - 04:19:01 EST


Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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);
> +

Ah, missed that part! Will add.

> /* mask against host */
> entry->edx &= boot_cpu_data.x86_power;
> entry->eax = entry->ebx = entry->ecx = 0;
>

--
Vitaly