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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/8] kvm: vmx: pass MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL and MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD down to the guest
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On 13/01/2018 11:16, Longpeng (Mike) wrote:
>> + /*
>> + * FIXME: this is only needed until SPEC_CTRL is supported
>> + * by upstream Linux in cpufeatures, then it can be replaced
>> + * with static_cpu_has.
>> + */
>> + have_spec_ctrl = cpu_has_spec_ctrl();
>> + if (have_spec_ctrl)
>> + pr_info("kvm: SPEC_CTRL available\n");
>> + else
>> + pr_info("kvm: SPEC_CTRL not available\n");
>> +
>
> In this approach, we must reload these modules if we update the microcode later ?

I strongly suggest using early microcode update anyway.

Paolo

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