Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: X86: Move ignore_msrs handling upper the stack

From: Peter Xu
Date: Fri Jun 26 2020 - 14:07:41 EST


On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 09:25:40AM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> index 5eb618dbf211..64322446e590 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> @@ -1013,9 +1013,9 @@ bool kvm_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 *eax, u32 *ebx,
> *ebx = entry->ebx;
> *ecx = entry->ecx;
> *edx = entry->edx;
> - if (function == 7 && index == 0) {
> + if (function == 7 && index == 0 && (*ebx | (F(RTM) | F(HLE))) {
> u64 data;
> - if (!__kvm_get_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL, &data, true) &&
> + if (!kvm_get_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL, &data) &&
> (data & TSX_CTRL_CPUID_CLEAR))
> *ebx &= ~(F(RTM) | F(HLE));
> }
>
>
> On VMX, MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL will be added to the so called shared MSR array
> regardless of whether or not it is being advertised to userspace (this is
> a bug in its own right). Using the host_initiated variant means KVM will
> incorrectly bypass VMX's ARCH_CAP_TSX_CTRL_MSR check, i.e. incorrectly
> clear the bits if userspace is being weird and stuffed MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL
> without advertising it to the guest.

Btw, would it be more staightforward to check "vcpu->arch.arch_capabilities &
ARCH_CAP_TSX_CTRL_MSR" rather than "*ebx | (F(RTM) | F(HLE))" even if we want
to have such a fix?

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Peter Xu