Re: [PATCH 9/9] KVM: x86: Restrict XSAVE in cpu_caps based on KVM capabilities

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Sun Nov 19 2023 - 12:36:51 EST


On Fri, 2023-11-10 at 15:55 -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Restrict XSAVE in guest cpu_caps so that XSAVES dependencies on XSAVE are
> automatically handled instead of manually checking for host and guest
> XSAVE support. Aside from modifying XSAVE in cpu_caps, this should be a
> glorified nop as KVM doesn't query guest XSAVE support (which is also why
> it wasn't/isn't a bug to leave XSAVE set in guest CPUID).
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> index 9e3a9191dac1..6fe2d7bf4959 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> @@ -4315,8 +4315,8 @@ static void svm_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> * XSS on VM-Enter/VM-Exit. Failure to do so would effectively give
> * the guest read/write access to the host's XSS.
> */
> + guest_cpu_cap_restrict(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVE);
> guest_cpu_cap_change(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVES,
> - boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE) &&
> boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES) &&
> guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVE));
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 815692dc0aff..7645945af5c5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -7752,8 +7752,8 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> * to the guest. XSAVES depends on CR4.OSXSAVE, and CR4.OSXSAVE can be
> * set if and only if XSAVE is supported.
> */
> - if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE) &&
> - guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVE))
> + guest_cpu_cap_restrict(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVE);
> + if (guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVE))
> guest_cpu_cap_restrict(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVES);
> else
> guest_cpu_cap_clear(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVES);

Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky