Re: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: x86: always expose VIRT_SSBD to guests

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Sun Oct 06 2019 - 12:08:25 EST


On 02/10/19 00:16, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> Wasn't the old code at arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c:__do_cpuid_func()
> supposed to be deleted?
>
> /*
> * The preference is to use SPEC CTRL MSR instead of the
> * VIRT_SPEC MSR.
> */
> if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_LS_CFG_SSBD) &&
> !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AMD_SSBD))
> entry->ebx |= F(VIRT_SSBD);

Yeah, it's harmless but also useless.

Paolo