Re: [PATCH v2 21/21] KVM:x86: Support CET supervisor shadow stack MSR access
From: Edgecombe, Rick P
Date: Wed May 03 2023 - 13:10:35 EST
On Fri, 2023-04-21 at 09:46 -0400, Yang Weijiang wrote:
> +
> + incpt = !is_cet_state_supported(vcpu,
> XFEATURE_MASK_CET_KERNEL);
> + incpt |= !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK);
> +
> + vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB,
> MSR_TYPE_RW, incpt);
> + vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PL0_SSP,
> MSR_TYPE_RW, incpt);
> + vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PL1_SSP,
> MSR_TYPE_RW, incpt);
> + vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PL2_SSP,
> MSR_TYPE_RW, incpt);
> }
Why is this tied to XFEATURE_MASK_CET_KERNEL? I don't know how the SVM
side works, but the host kernel doesn't use this xfeature. Just not
clear on what the intention is. Why not use
kvm_cet_kernel_shstk_supported() again?