[PATCH] KVM: x86/pmu: Return correct value of IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES for userspace after vCPU has run

From: Mingwei Zhang
Date: Tue Mar 12 2024 - 20:38:03 EST


Return correct value of IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES when userspace tries to read
it after vCPU has already run. Previously, KVM will always return the guest
cached value on get_msr() even if guest CPUID lacks X86_FEATURE_PDCM. The
guest cached value on default is kvm_caps.supported_perf_cap. However, when
userspace sets the value during live migration, the call fails because of
the check on X86_FEATURE_PDCM.

Initially, it sounds like a pure userspace issue. It is not. After vCPU has
run, KVM should faithfully return correct value to satisify legitimate
requests from userspace such as VM suspend/resume and live migrartion. In
this case, KVM should return 0 when guest cpuid lacks X86_FEATURE_PDCM. So
fix the problem by adding an additional check in vmx_set_msr().

Note that IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES is emulated on AMD side, which is fine
because it set_msr() is guarded by kvm_caps.supported_perf_cap which is
always 0.

Cc: Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 40e3780d73ae..6d8667b56091 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -2049,6 +2049,17 @@ static int vmx_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
msr_info->data = to_vmx(vcpu)->msr_ia32_sgxlepubkeyhash
[msr_info->index - MSR_IA32_SGXLEPUBKEYHASH0];
break;
+ case MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES:
+ /*
+ * Host VMM should not get potentially invalid MSR value if vCPU
+ * has already run but guest cpuid lacks the support for the
+ * MSR.
+ */
+ if (msr_info->host_initiated &&
+ kvm_vcpu_has_run(vcpu) &&
+ !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_PDCM))
+ return 1;
+ break;
case KVM_FIRST_EMULATED_VMX_MSR ... KVM_LAST_EMULATED_VMX_MSR:
if (!guest_can_use(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_VMX))
return 1;

base-commit: fd89499a5151d197ba30f7b801f6d8f4646cf446
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2.44.0.291.gc1ea87d7ee-goog