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SubjectRe: [patch 6/6] x86/fpu: Provide kvm_sync_guest_vmexit_xfd_state()
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Hi Thomas,
On 12/14/2021 10:50 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> KVM can disable the write emulation for the XFD MSR when the vCPU's fpstate
> is already correctly sized to reduce the overhead.
>
> When write emulation is disabled the XFD MSR state after a VMEXIT is
> unknown and therefore not in sync with the software states in fpstate and
> the per CPU XFD cache.
>
> Provide kvm_sync_guest_vmexit_xfd_state() which has to be invoked after a
> VMEXIT before enabling interrupts when write emulation is disabled for the
> XFD MSR.
Thanks for this function.

s/kvm_sync_guest_vmexit_xfd_state/fpu_sync_guest_vmexit_xfd_state
in subject and changelog.


Thanks,
Jing
>
> It could be invoked unconditionally even when write emulation is enabled
> for the price of a pointless MSR read.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h | 6 ++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
>
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h
> @@ -194,6 +194,12 @@ static inline int fpu_update_guest_xfd(s
> return __fpu_update_guest_features(guest_fpu, xcr0, xfd);
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> +extern void fpu_sync_guest_vmexit_xfd_state(void);
> +#else
> +static inline void fpu_sync_guest_vmexit_xfd_state(void) { }
> +#endif
> +
> extern void fpu_copy_guest_fpstate_to_uabi(struct fpu_guest *gfpu, void *buf, unsigned int size, u32 pkru);
> extern int fpu_copy_uabi_to_guest_fpstate(struct fpu_guest *gfpu, const void *buf, u64 xcr0, u32 *vpkru);
>
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
> @@ -318,6 +318,32 @@ int __fpu_update_guest_features(struct f
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__fpu_update_guest_features);
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> +/**
> + * fpu_sync_guest_vmexit_xfd_state - Synchronize XFD MSR and software state
> + *
> + * Must be invoked from KVM after a VMEXIT before enabling interrupts when
> + * XFD write emulation is disabled. This is required because the guest can
> + * freely modify XFD and the state at VMEXIT is not guaranteed to be the
> + * same as the state on VMENTER. So software state has to be udpated before
> + * any operation which depends on it can take place.
> + *
> + * Note: It can be invoked unconditionally even when write emulation is
> + * enabled for the price of a then pointless MSR read.
> + */
> +void fpu_sync_guest_vmexit_xfd_state(void)
> +{
> + struct fpstate *fps = current->thread.fpu.fpstate;
> +
> + lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
> + if (fpu_state_size_dynamic()) {
> + rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_XFD, fps->xfd);
> + __this_cpu_write(xfd_state, fps->xfd);
> + }
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpu_sync_guest_vmexit_xfd_state);
> +#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
> +
> int fpu_swap_kvm_fpstate(struct fpu_guest *guest_fpu, bool enter_guest)
> {
> struct fpstate *guest_fps = guest_fpu->fpstate;
>

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