Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: VMX: add MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL into msrs_to_save

From: Mingwei Zhang
Date: Mon May 08 2023 - 23:46:14 EST


On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 8:23 PM Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL into msrs_to_save[] to explicitly tell userspace to
> save/restore the register value during migration. Missing this may cause
> userspace that relies on KVM ioctl(KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST) fail to port the
> value to the target VM.
>
> In addition, there is no need to add MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL when
> ARCH_CAP_TSX_CTRL_MSR is not supported in kvm_get_arch_capabilities(). So
> add the checking in kvm_probe_msr_to_save().
>
> Fixes: c11f83e0626b ("KVM: vmx: implement MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL disable RTM functionality")
> Reported-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Sign... missed the following two Reviewed-by...

Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>

Since this is probably the final version, I hope Sean or Paolo would
help add them up before merging it. Appreciate your help. Thanks.

-Mingwei