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[2/2] kvm/x86: don't expose MSR_IA32_UMWAIT_CONTROL unconditionally

Message ID 20200523161455.3940-3-mlevitsk@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Fix issue with not starting nesting guests on my system | expand

Commit Message

Maxim Levitsky May 23, 2020, 4:14 p.m. UTC
This msr is only available when the host supports WAITPKG feature.

This breaks a nested guest, if the L1 hypervisor is set to ignore
unknown msrs, because the only other safety check that the
kernel does is that it attempts to read the msr and
rejects it if it gets an exception.

Fixes: 6e3ba4abce KVM: vmx: Emulate MSR IA32_UMWAIT_CONTROL

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Comments

Sean Christopherson May 27, 2020, 1:21 a.m. UTC | #1
On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 07:14:55PM +0300, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> This msr is only available when the host supports WAITPKG feature.
> 
> This breaks a nested guest, if the L1 hypervisor is set to ignore
> unknown msrs, because the only other safety check that the
> kernel does is that it attempts to read the msr and
> rejects it if it gets an exception.
> 
> Fixes: 6e3ba4abce KVM: vmx: Emulate MSR IA32_UMWAIT_CONTROL

Same comments on the line wraps and Fixes tag.

For the code:

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>

> Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index b226fb8abe41b..4752293312947 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -5316,6 +5316,10 @@ static void kvm_init_msr_list(void)
>  			    min(INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC, x86_pmu.num_counters_gp))
>  				continue;
>  			break;
> +		case MSR_IA32_UMWAIT_CONTROL:
> +			if (!kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_WAITPKG))
> +				continue;
> +			break;
>  		default:
>  			break;
>  		}
> -- 
> 2.26.2
>
Maxim Levitsky May 27, 2020, 3:17 p.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, 2020-05-26 at 18:21 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 07:14:55PM +0300, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> > This msr is only available when the host supports WAITPKG feature.
> > 
> > This breaks a nested guest, if the L1 hypervisor is set to ignore
> > unknown msrs, because the only other safety check that the
> > kernel does is that it attempts to read the msr and
> > rejects it if it gets an exception.
> > 
> > Fixes: 6e3ba4abce KVM: vmx: Emulate MSR IA32_UMWAIT_CONTROL
> 
> Same comments on the line wraps and Fixes tag.
I rewrote the commit message and I hope that the new version
is better. I fixed the 'fixes' message as well.

> 
> For the code:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Thank you!

Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky


> 
> > Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > index b226fb8abe41b..4752293312947 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > @@ -5316,6 +5316,10 @@ static void kvm_init_msr_list(void)
> >  			    min(INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC,
> > x86_pmu.num_counters_gp))
> >  				continue;
> >  			break;
> > +		case MSR_IA32_UMWAIT_CONTROL:
> > +			if (!kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_WAITPKG))
> > +				continue;
> > +			break;
> >  		default:
> >  			break;
> >  		}
> > -- 
> > 2.26.2
> >
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Patch

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index b226fb8abe41b..4752293312947 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5316,6 +5316,10 @@  static void kvm_init_msr_list(void)
 			    min(INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC, x86_pmu.num_counters_gp))
 				continue;
 			break;
+		case MSR_IA32_UMWAIT_CONTROL:
+			if (!kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_WAITPKG))
+				continue;
+			break;
 		default:
 			break;
 		}