[PATCH v15 05/41] KVM: x86: Report XSS as to-be-saved if there are supported features

Sean Christopherson posted 41 patches 2 weeks, 5 days ago
[PATCH v15 05/41] KVM: x86: Report XSS as to-be-saved if there are supported features
Posted by Sean Christopherson 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Add MSR_IA32_XSS to list of MSRs reported to userspace if supported_xss
is non-zero, i.e. KVM supports at least one XSS based feature.

Before enabling CET virtualization series, guest IA32_MSR_XSS is
guaranteed to be 0, i.e., XSAVES/XRSTORS is executed in non-root mode
with XSS == 0, which equals to the effect of XSAVE/XRSTOR.

Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
Tested-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@grsecurity.net>
Tested-by: John Allen <john.allen@amd.com>
Tested-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 771b7c883c66..3b4258b38ad8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static const u32 msrs_to_save_base[] = {
 	MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR3_A, MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR3_B,
 	MSR_IA32_UMWAIT_CONTROL,
 
-	MSR_IA32_XFD, MSR_IA32_XFD_ERR,
+	MSR_IA32_XFD, MSR_IA32_XFD_ERR, MSR_IA32_XSS,
 };
 
 static const u32 msrs_to_save_pmu[] = {
@@ -7499,6 +7499,10 @@ static void kvm_probe_msr_to_save(u32 msr_index)
 		if (!(kvm_get_arch_capabilities() & ARCH_CAP_TSX_CTRL_MSR))
 			return;
 		break;
+	case MSR_IA32_XSS:
+		if (!kvm_caps.supported_xss)
+			return;
+		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
-- 
2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog
Re: [PATCH v15 05/41] KVM: x86: Report XSS as to-be-saved if there are supported features
Posted by Binbin Wu 2 weeks, 2 days ago

On 9/13/2025 7:22 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Add MSR_IA32_XSS to list of MSRs reported to userspace if supported_xss
> is non-zero, i.e. KVM supports at least one XSS based feature.
>
> Before enabling CET virtualization series, guest IA32_MSR_XSS is
> guaranteed to be 0, i.e., XSAVES/XRSTORS is executed in non-root mode
> with XSS == 0, which equals to the effect of XSAVE/XRSTOR.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
> Tested-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@grsecurity.net>
> Tested-by: John Allen <john.allen@amd.com>
> Tested-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>

> ---
>   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 6 +++++-
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 771b7c883c66..3b4258b38ad8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static const u32 msrs_to_save_base[] = {
>   	MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR3_A, MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR3_B,
>   	MSR_IA32_UMWAIT_CONTROL,
>   
> -	MSR_IA32_XFD, MSR_IA32_XFD_ERR,
> +	MSR_IA32_XFD, MSR_IA32_XFD_ERR, MSR_IA32_XSS,
>   };
>   
>   static const u32 msrs_to_save_pmu[] = {
> @@ -7499,6 +7499,10 @@ static void kvm_probe_msr_to_save(u32 msr_index)
>   		if (!(kvm_get_arch_capabilities() & ARCH_CAP_TSX_CTRL_MSR))
>   			return;
>   		break;
> +	case MSR_IA32_XSS:
> +		if (!kvm_caps.supported_xss)
> +			return;
> +		break;
>   	default:
>   		break;
>   	}