RE: [PATCH v3 7/8] KVM:X86: Add XSS bit 11 and 12 support for CET xsaves/xrstors.

From: Kang, Luwei
Date: Sun Mar 10 2019 - 21:29:45 EST


> > For Guest XSS, right now, only bit 11(user states) and bit 12
> > (supervisor states) are supported, if other bits are being set, need
> > to modify KVM_SUPPORTED_XSS macro to have support.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi Z <yi.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 8 +++++---
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c index
> > d32cee9ee079..68908ed7b151 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> > @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
> > #include <asm/virtext.h>
> > #include <asm/mce.h>
> > #include <asm/fpu/internal.h>
> > +#include <asm/fpu/types.h>
> > #include <asm/perf_event.h>
> > #include <asm/debugreg.h>
> > #include <asm/kexec.h>
> > @@ -4336,12 +4337,13 @@ static int vmx_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> > case MSR_IA32_XSS:
> > if (!vmx_xsaves_supported())
> > return 1;
> > +
> > /*
> > - * The only supported bit as of Skylake is bit 8, but
> > - * it is not supported on KVM.
> > + * Check bits being set are supported in KVM.
> > */
> > - if (data != 0)
> > + if (data & ~kvm_supported_xss())
> > return 1;
> > +
> > vcpu->arch.ia32_xss = data;
> > if (vcpu->arch.ia32_xss != host_xss)
> > add_atomic_switch_msr(vmx, MSR_IA32_XSS,
> >
>
> Luwei, can you work with Weijiang to add XSAVES support for Processor Tracing?

Hi Paolo,
As we talk long time before. I will do that.

Thanks,
Luwei Kang

>
> Paolo