Re: [RFC PATCH v3 3/7] KVM: x86: Reject disabling of MWAIT interception when not allowed

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Wed Jul 20 2022 - 13:13:54 EST


On Tue, Jun 14, 2022, Kechen Lu wrote:
> From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reject KVM_CAP_X86_DISABLE_EXITS if userspace attempts to disable MWAIT
> exits and KVM previously reported (via KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION) that MWAIT is
> not allowed in guest, e.g. because it's not supported or the CPU doesn't
> have an aways-running APIC timer.
>
> Fixes: 4d5422cea3b6 ("KVM: X86: Provide a capability to disable MWAIT intercepts")
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index b419b258ed90..f31ebbb1b94f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -4199,6 +4199,17 @@ static inline bool kvm_can_mwait_in_guest(void)
> boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARAT);
> }
>
> +static u64 kvm_get_allowed_disable_exits(void)
> +{
> + u64 r = KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_HLT | KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_PAUSE |
> + KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_CSTATE;
> +
> + if(kvm_can_mwait_in_guest())

Probably my fault for not fixing this during copy+paste, but add a space after the if, i.e.

if (kvm_can_mwait_in_guest())

> + r |= KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_MWAIT;
> +
> + return r;
> +}