Re: [PATCH v5 11/19] KVM:VMX: Emulate read and write to CET MSRs

[Yang, Weijiang]

On 8/4/2023 4:28 PM, Chao Gao wrote:
> > +	case MSR_IA32_PL0_SSP ... MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB:
> > +		if (!kvm_cet_is_msr_accessible(vcpu, msr_info))
> > +			return 1;
> > +		if (is_noncanonical_address(data, vcpu))
> > +			return 1;
> > +		if (!IS_ALIGNED(data, 4))
> > +			return 1;
> Why should MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB be 4-byte aligned? I don't see
> this requirement in SDM.
It must be something wrong in my memory, thanks for catching it!
> IA32_INTERRUPT_SSP_TABLE_ADDR:
>
> Linear address of a table of seven shadow
> stack pointers that are selected in IA-32e
> mode using the IST index (when not 0) from
> the interrupt gate descriptor. (R/W)
> This MSR is not present on processors that
> do not support Intel 64 architecture. This
> field cannot represent a non-canonical
> address.