Re: [PATCH v2 05/21] KVM: x86: Disallow writes to immutable feature MSRs after KVM_RUN
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Feb 10 2023 - 11:31:50 EST
On Fri, Feb 10, 2023, Yu Zhang wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 12:31:32AM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > @@ -2168,6 +2187,23 @@ static int do_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned index, u64 *data)
> >
> > static int do_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned index, u64 *data)
> > {
> > + u64 val;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Disallow writes to immutable feature MSRs after KVM_RUN. KVM does
> > + * not support modifying the guest vCPU model on the fly, e.g. changing
> > + * the nVMX capabilities while L2 is running is nonsensical. Ignore
> > + * writes of the same value, e.g. to allow userspace to blindly stuff
> > + * all MSRs when emulating RESET.
> > + */
> > + if (vcpu->arch.last_vmentry_cpu != -1 &&
>
> Use kvm_vcpu_has_run(vcpu) here?
/facepalm
Yes, that was the entire point of adding the helper.
Thanks!