[PATCH v3 04/15] KVM: VMX: Check KVM CPU caps, not just VMX MSR support, for XSAVE enabling

Sean Christopherson posted 15 patches 2 years ago
[PATCH v3 04/15] KVM: VMX: Check KVM CPU caps, not just VMX MSR support, for XSAVE enabling
Posted by Sean Christopherson 2 years ago
Check KVM CPU capabilities instead of raw VMX support for XSAVES when
determining whether or not XSAVER can/should be exposed to the guest.
Practically speaking, it's nonsensical/impossible for a CPU to support
"enable XSAVES" without XSAVES being supported natively.  The real
motivation for checking kvm_cpu_cap_has() is to allow using the governed
feature's standard check-and-set logic.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 1bf85bd53416..78f292b7e2c5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -7745,7 +7745,7 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	 * to the guest.  XSAVES depends on CR4.OSXSAVE, and CR4.OSXSAVE can be
 	 * set if and only if XSAVE is supported.
 	 */
-	vcpu->arch.xsaves_enabled = cpu_has_vmx_xsaves() &&
+	vcpu->arch.xsaves_enabled = kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES) &&
 				    boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE) &&
 				    guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVE) &&
 				    guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVES);
-- 
2.41.0.694.ge786442a9b-goog
Re: [PATCH v3 04/15] KVM: VMX: Check KVM CPU caps, not just VMX MSR support, for XSAVE enabling
Posted by Yuan Yao 2 years ago
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 01:36:42PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Check KVM CPU capabilities instead of raw VMX support for XSAVES when
> determining whether or not XSAVER can/should be exposed to the guest.
> Practically speaking, it's nonsensical/impossible for a CPU to support
> "enable XSAVES" without XSAVES being supported natively.  The real
> motivation for checking kvm_cpu_cap_has() is to allow using the governed
> feature's standard check-and-set logic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Yuan Yao <yuan.yao@intel.com>

> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 1bf85bd53416..78f292b7e2c5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -7745,7 +7745,7 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	 * to the guest.  XSAVES depends on CR4.OSXSAVE, and CR4.OSXSAVE can be
>  	 * set if and only if XSAVE is supported.
>  	 */
> -	vcpu->arch.xsaves_enabled = cpu_has_vmx_xsaves() &&
> +	vcpu->arch.xsaves_enabled = kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES) &&
>  				    boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE) &&
>  				    guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVE) &&
>  				    guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVES);
> --
> 2.41.0.694.ge786442a9b-goog
>