Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Advertise SUCCOR and OVERFLOW_RECOV cpuid bits

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Tue Jul 30 2024 - 16:25:05 EST


On Tue, Jul 30, 2024, John Allen wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 11:00:57AM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2024, John Allen wrote:
> > > Handling deferred, uncorrected MCEs on AMD guests is now possible with
> > > additional support in qemu. Ensure that the SUCCOR and OVERFLOW_RECOV
> > > bits are advertised to the guest in KVM.
> > >
> > > Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: John Allen <john.allen@xxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 2 +-
> > > arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 7 +++++++
> > > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> > > index 2617be544480..4745098416c3 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> > > @@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_func(struct kvm_cpuid_array *array, u32 function)
> > >
> > > /* mask against host */
> > > entry->edx &= boot_cpu_data.x86_power;
> > > - entry->eax = entry->ebx = entry->ecx = 0;
> > > + entry->eax = entry->ecx = 0;
> >
> > Needs an override to prevent reporting all of EBX to userspace.
> >
> > cpuid_entry_override(entry, CPUID_8000_0007_EBX);
>
> Right, I see what you mean. We just want to expose these specific bits
> and not all of EBX. I think with the patch as it is along with the
> change you suggest below, this should resolve this as the above case
> already has the cpuid_entry_override just above where it cuts off.

Heh, nope, it doesn't. The existing override is for EDX, this needs one for EBX.