Re: [PATCH 0/3] Unify IBRS virtualization

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Apr 25 2025 - 18:37:41 EST


On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:33:49 +0000, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> To properly virtualize IBRS on Intel, an IBPB is executed on emulated
> VM-exits to provide separate predictor modes for L1 and L2.
>
> Similar handling is theoretically needed for AMD, unless IbrsSameMode is
> enumerated by the CPU (which should be the case for most/all CPUs
> anyway). For correctness and clarity, this series generalizes the
> handling to apply for both Intel and AMD as needed.
>
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 misc, thanks!

[1/3] x86/cpufeatures: Define X86_FEATURE_AMD_IBRS_SAME_MODE
commit: 9a7cb00a8ff7380a09fa75287a3f2642c472d562
[2/3] KVM: x86: Propagate AMD's IbrsSameMode to the guest
commit: 65ca2872015c232d6743b497e3c08ff96596b917
[3/3] KVM: x86: Generalize IBRS virtualization on emulated VM-exit
commit: 656d9624bd21d35499eaa5ee97fda6def62901c8

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