Re: [PATCH 0/5] KVM: x86: Fix breakage in KVM_SET_XSAVE's ABI

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Wed Oct 04 2023 - 21:30:08 EST


On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:19:51 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Rework how KVM limits guest-unsupported xfeatures to effectively hide
> only when saving state for userspace (KVM_GET_XSAVE), i.e. to let userspace
> load all host-supported xfeatures (via KVM_SET_XSAVE) irrespective of
> what features have been exposed to the guest.
>
> The effect on KVM_SET_XSAVE was knowingly done by commit ad856280ddea
> ("x86/kvm/fpu: Limit guest user_xfeatures to supported bits of XCR0"):
>
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 fpu, even though there is still ongoing discussion. I want
to get this exposure in -next sooner than later. I'll keep this in its own
branch so it'll be easier to rewrite/discard if necessary.

[1/5] x86/fpu: Allow caller to constrain xfeatures when copying to uabi buffer
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/2d287ec65e79
[2/5] KVM: x86: Constrain guest-supported xfeatures only at KVM_GET_XSAVE{2}
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/27526efb5cff
[3/5] KVM: selftests: Touch relevant XSAVE state in guest for state test
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/ff0654c71fb6
[4/5] KVM: selftests: Load XSAVE state into untouched vCPU during state test
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/d7b8762ec4a3
[5/5] KVM: selftests: Force load all supported XSAVE state in state test
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/afb2c7e27a7f

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