Re: [6.5.0-rc1] unchecked MSR access error: RDMSR from 0xe2 at rIP: 0xffffffff87090227 (native_read_msr+0x7/0x40) (intel_idle_init_cstates_icpu)

[Wysocki, Rafael J]

On 7/11/2023 3:25 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 02:55:57PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> > Oohh, this vm-guest mode is new :/ But it doesn't make sense, that
> > commit babbles something about waking CPUs from idle to do TLB
> > invalidate, but that shouldn't be the case, that's what we have
> > kvm_flush_tlb_multi() for, it should avoid the IPI and flush on
> > vcpu-enter.
> >
> > Arjan, what is the actual problem you're trying to solve any why hide
> > this in intel_idle ?
>
> static __always_inline int __intel_idle_hlt(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
> 					struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int index)
> {
> 	raw_safe_halt();
> 	raw_local_irq_disable();
> 	return index;
> }
>
> Which does:
>
> 	STI
> 	HLT
> 	CLI
>
> static __cpuidle int intel_idle_hlt_irq_on(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
>                                     struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int index)
> {
>         int ret;
>
>         raw_local_irq_enable();
>         ret = __intel_idle_hlt(dev, drv, index);
>         raw_local_irq_disable();
>
>         return ret;
> }
>
> That is nonsensical code; because now you have:
>
> 	STI
> 	STI
> 	HLT
> 	CLI
> 	CLI
>
> And that makes sense how?
>
> Rafael, can we please just pull these patches and try again later?

I think you mean "revert"?

That can be done, but maybe it can be fixed instead?