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SubjectR: Re: [PATCH 8/8] KVM: x86: add SPEC_CTRL and IBPB_SUPPORT to MSR and CPUID lists

----- Eric Wheeler <kvm@lists.ewheeler.net> ha scritto:
> On Sat, 13 Jan 2018, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>
> > Just add the new MSR at the end of the array.
>
> I'm assuming you meant emulated_msrs[], correct?

No, msrs_to_save. It's just above emulated_msrs.

Paolo
>
>
> --
> Eric Wheeler
>
>
>
> >
> > Paolo
> >
> > ----- Eric Wheeler <kvm@lists.ewheeler.net> ha scritto:
> > > On Tue, 9 Jan 2018, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > >
> > > > Expose them to userspace, now that guests can use them.
> > > > I am not adding cpufeatures here to avoid having a kernel
> > > > that shows spec_ctrl in /proc/cpuinfo and actually has no
> > > > support whatsoever for IBRS/IBPB. Keep the ugly special-casing
> > > > for now, and clean it up once the generic arch/x86/ code
> > > > learns about them.
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > > > index daa1918031df..4abb37d9f4d8 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > > > @@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@ unsigned int kvm_get_pt_addr_cnt(void)
> > > > MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR1_A, MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR1_B,
> > > > MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR2_A, MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR2_B,
> > > > MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR3_A, MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR3_B,
> > > > + MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL,
> > > > };
> > >
> > > Hi Paolo,
> > >
> > > Thank you for posting this!
> > >
> > > I am trying to merge this into 4.14 which does not have
> > > kvm_get_pt_addr_cnt. The rest of the patch commits, but this gets
> > > rejected. Is this a necessary part of the commit?
> > >
> > > patching file arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> > > Hunk #1 succeeded at 389 (offset -8 lines).
> > > Hunk #2 succeeded at 479 (offset -9 lines).
> > > Hunk #3 succeeded at 636 (offset -27 lines).
> > > patching file arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > > Hunk #1 FAILED at 1032.
> > > 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file arch/x86/kvm/x86.c.rej
> > >
> > > ]# cat arch/x86/kvm/x86.c.rej
> > > --- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > > +++ arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > > @@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@
> > > MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR1_A, MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR1_B,
> > > MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR2_A, MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR2_B,
> > > MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR3_A, MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR3_B,
> > > + MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL,
> > > };
> > >
> > > static unsigned num_msrs_to_save;
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you for your help!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Eric Wheeler
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > static unsigned num_msrs_to_save;
> > > > --
> > > > 1.8.3.1
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >

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