linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 259/305] KVM: MTRR: treat memory as writeback if MTRR is disabled in guest CPUID

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:01:13 -0800
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 259/305] KVM: MTRR: treat memory as writeback if MTRR is disabled in guest CPUID

4.2.8-ckt2 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

---8<------------------------------------------------------------

From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>

commit e24dea2afc6a0852983dc741072d8e96155e13f5 upstream.

Virtual machines can be run with CPUID such that there are no MTRRs.
In that case, the firmware will never enable MTRRs and it is obviously
undesirable to run the guest entirely with UC memory.  Check out guest
CPUID, and use WB memory if MTRR do not exist.

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107561
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h |  8 ++++++++
 arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c  | 14 +++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
index dd05b9c..aea5b04 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ static inline bool guest_cpuid_has_xsave(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return best && (best->ecx & bit(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE));
 }
 
+static inline bool guest_cpuid_has_mtrr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *best;
+
+	best = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, 1, 0);
+	return best && (best->edx & bit(X86_FEATURE_MTRR));
+}
+
 static inline bool guest_cpuid_has_tsc_adjust(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *best;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c
index 7747b6d..3f8c732 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c
@@ -120,14 +120,22 @@ static u8 mtrr_default_type(struct kvm_mtrr *mtrr_state)
 	return mtrr_state->deftype & IA32_MTRR_DEF_TYPE_TYPE_MASK;
 }
 
-static u8 mtrr_disabled_type(void)
+static u8 mtrr_disabled_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Intel SDM 11.11.2.2: all MTRRs are disabled when
 	 * IA32_MTRR_DEF_TYPE.E bit is cleared, and the UC
 	 * memory type is applied to all of physical memory.
+	 *
+	 * However, virtual machines can be run with CPUID such that
+	 * there are no MTRRs.  In that case, the firmware will never
+	 * enable MTRRs and it is obviously undesirable to run the
+	 * guest entirely with UC memory and we use WB.
 	 */
-	return MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
+	if (guest_cpuid_has_mtrr(vcpu))
+		return MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
+	else
+		return MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -675,7 +683,7 @@ u8 kvm_mtrr_get_guest_memory_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn)
 	}
 
 	if (iter.mtrr_disabled)
-		return mtrr_disabled_type();
+		return mtrr_disabled_type(vcpu);
 
 	/* not contained in any MTRRs. */
 	if (type == -1)
-- 
1.9.1