Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] x86/traps: Move DR7_RESET_VALUE to <uapi/asm/debugreg.h>

[Xin Li]

On 6/13/2025 7:18 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2025, Xin Li (Intel) wrote:
> > Move DR7_RESET_VALUE to <uapi/asm/debugreg.h> to prepare to write DR7
> > with DR7_RESET_VALUE at boot time.
>
> Alternatively, what about dropping DR7_RESET_VALUE,  moving KVM's DR6 and DR7
> #defines out of arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h, and then using DR7_FIXED_1?

We definitely should do it, I see quite a few architectural definitions
are in KVM only headers (the native FRED patches needed to reuse the 
event types that were previously VMX-specific and moved them out of KVM
headers).

Because there is an UAPI header, we probably don't want to remove
definitions from it?  Ofc there is a non-UAPI header we can move into.

> Arguably, that'd be an improvement for 2 of the 3 uses of DR7_RESET_VALUE in SEV
> code:
>
> 	/* Early non-zero writes to DR7 are not supported */
> 	if (!data && (val & ~DR7_RESET_VALUE))
> 		return ES_UNSUPPORTED;
>
> vs.
>
> 	/* Early non-zero writes to DR7 are not supported */
> 	if (!data && (val & ~DR7_FIXED_1))
> 		return ES_UNSUPPORTED;
>
> And in vc_handle_dr7_read():
>
> 	if (data)
> 		*reg = data->dr7;
> 	else
> 		*reg = DR7_RESET_VALUE;
>
> vs.
>
> 	if (data)
> 		*reg = data->dr7;
> 	else
> 		*reg = DR7_FIXED_1;
>
> In both of those cases, it isn't the RESET value that's interesting, it's that
> architecturally bit 10 is fixed to '1'.
>
> I haven't looked at the kernel code, but I suspect DR6_ACTIVE_LOW, DR6_VOLATILE,
> and/or DR6_FIXED_1 could also come in handy.

I can find time to take a look after the bug-fixing patches.

Thanks!
    Xin