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SubjectRe: [PATCH v14 111/113] RFC: KVM: x86, TDX: Add check for setting CPUID
On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 11:57:35PM +0000,
"Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@intel.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2023-05-28 at 21:20 -0700, isaku.yamahata@intel.com wrote:
> > From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>
> >
> > Add a hook to setting CPUID for additional consistency check of
> > KVM_SET_CPUID2.
> >
> > Because intel TDX or AMD SNP has restriction on the value of cpuid. Some
> > value can't be changed after boot. Some can be only set at the VM
> > creation time and can't be changed later. Check if the new values are
> > consistent with the old values.
>
> You might want to use some grammar tool to check against the changelog.
>
> Also, personally I think it's better to briefly mention why we choose this
> design but not another (e.g., why we just don't make KVM remember all CPUIDs in
> TDH.MNG.INIT and simply ignores/rejects further KVM_SET_CPUID2). It would be
> helpful for the reviewer, or some git blamer in the future.
>

> And why this patch is placed at the very bottom of this series? This logic
> should belong to TD creation part which should be at a relative earlier position
> in this series.

Because this is nice-to-have, not necessary for this patch series to work.


> > @@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ struct kvm_tdx {
> > atomic_t tdh_mem_track;
> >
> > u64 tsc_offset;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * For KVM_SET_CPUID to check consistency. Remember the one passed to
> > + * TDH.MNG_INIT
> > + */
> > + int cpuid_nent;
> > + struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *cpuid;
>
> Since these CPUIDs may only be part of the vcpu's CPUIDs, you may want a more
> specific name, for instance, consistent_cpuid?
>
> Also if you want this be common to AMD, then perhaps the comment should be
> improved too to be more generic.

Because I don't see apparent constraint on cpuid for SEV case in the spec, I
doubt they want it. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Given tdx_vcpu_check_cpuid() doesn't do much meaningful check, let's postpone
this patch for now.
--
Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@gmail.com>

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