Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] KVM: SVM: Add Bus Lock Detect support

From: Ravi Bangoria
Date: Wed Aug 21 2024 - 07:31:55 EST


On 21-Aug-24 11:06 AM, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
>>> @@ -3158,6 +3159,10 @@ static int svm_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr)
>>> if (data & DEBUGCTL_RESERVED_BITS)
>>
>> Not your code, but why does DEBUGCTL_RESERVED_BITS = ~0x3f!?!? That means the
>> introduction of the below check, which is architecturally correct, has the
>> potential to break guests. *sigh*
>>
>> I doubt it will cause a problem, but it's something to look out for.
> This dates back to 2008: https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/24e09cbf480a7
>
> The legacy definition[1] of DEBUGCTL MSR is:
>
> 5:2 PB: performance monitor pin control. Read-write. Reset: 0h.
> This field does not control any hardware.
> 1 BTF. Read-write. Reset: 0. 1=Enable branch single step.
> 0 LBR. Read-write. Reset: 0. 1=Enable last branch record.
>
> [1]: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=287389

How about adding cpu_feature_enabled() check:

if (data & DEBUGCTL_RESERVED_BITS)
return 1;

if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_BUS_LOCK_DETECT) &&
(data & DEBUGCTLMSR_BUS_LOCK_DETECT) &&
!guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_BUS_LOCK_DETECT))
return 1;

Thanks,
Ravi