Re: [RFC PATCH v2 02/11] KVM: x86: Advertise CPUID.7.2.EDX and RRSBA_CTRL support

From: Chao Gao
Date: Sun Apr 16 2023 - 09:26:12 EST


On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 03:04:59PM +0800, Binbin Wu wrote:
>
>On 4/14/2023 2:25 PM, Chao Gao wrote:
>> From: Zhang Chen <chen.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Add a kvm-only CPUID feature leaf for CPUID.7.2.EDX and RRSBA_CTRL
>> as the first feature in the leaf.
>>
>> RRSBA_CTRL is enumerated by CPUID.7.2.EDX[2]. If supported, RRSBA_DIS_U
>> (bit 5) and RRSBA_DIS_S (bit 6) of IA32_SPEC_CTRL MSR can be used to
>> disable RRSBA behavior for CPL3 and CPL0/1/2 respectively.
>>
>> Note that KVM does not intercept guests' IA32_SPEC_CTRL MSR accesses
>> after a non-zero is written to the MSR. Therefore, guests can already
>> toggle the two bits if the host supports RRSBA_CTRL, and no extra code
>> is needed to allow guests to toggle the two bits.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Chen <chen.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Tested-by: Jiaan Lu <jiaan.lu@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
>> arch/x86/kvm/reverse_cpuid.h | 7 +++++++
>> 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
>> index 9583a110cf5f..f024c3ac2203 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
>> @@ -685,6 +685,10 @@ void kvm_set_cpu_caps(void)
>> SF(SGX1) | SF(SGX2) | SF(SGX_EDECCSSA)
>> );
>> + kvm_cpu_cap_init_kvm_defined(CPUID_7_2_EDX,
>> + SF(RRSBA_CTRL)
>> + );
>> +
>
>Is it slightly better to put the new added one after
>
>    kvm_cpu_cap_init_kvm_defined(CPUID_7_1_EDX, ...
>
>to make it in order?

Yes. Will do.