linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] KVM: SVM: Add MSR feature support for serializing LFENCE

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Date:   Tue, 13 Feb 2018 22:39:05 -0600
From:   Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] KVM: SVM: Add MSR feature support for serializing
 LFENCE

On 2/13/2018 10:22 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 08/02/2018 23:58, Tom Lendacky wrote:
>> Create an entry in the new MSR as a feature framework to allow a guest to
>> recognize LFENCE as a serializing instruction on AMD processors.  The MSR
>> can only be set by the host, any write by the guest will be ignored.  A
>> read by the guest will return the value as set by the host.  In this way,
>> the support to expose the feature to the guest is controlled by the
>> hypervisor.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kvm/svm.c |   16 ++++++++++++++++
>>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |    6 ++++++
>>  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
>>
>> @@ -4047,6 +4052,17 @@ static int svm_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr)
>>  	case MSR_VM_IGNNE:
>>  		vcpu_unimpl(vcpu, "unimplemented wrmsr: 0x%x data 0x%llx\n", ecx, data);
>>  		break;
>> +	case MSR_F10H_DECFG:
>> +		/* Only the host can set this MSR, silently ignore */
>> +		if (!msr->host_initiated)
>> +			break;
> 
> Just one thing I'm wondering, should we #GP if the guest attempts to
> clear MSR_F10H_DECFG_LFENCE_SERIALIZE?

It would be more consistent with other entries to do "return 1" here
instead.  The current kernel code that writes this bit is using
msr_set_bit(), so a #GP is caught and handled.

Thanks,
Tom

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paolo
> 
>> +
>> +		/* Check the supported bits */
>> +		if (!kvm_valid_msr_feature(MSR_F10H_DECFG, data))
>> +			return 1;
>> +
>> +		svm->msr_decfg = data;
>> +		break;
>>  	case MSR_IA32_APICBASE:
>>  		if (kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(vcpu))
>>  			avic_update_vapic_bar(to_svm(vcpu), data);
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> index 4251c34..21ec73b 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> @@ -1060,7 +1060,13 @@ struct kvm_msr_based_features {
>>  	u64 value;			/* MSR value */
>>  };
>>  
>> +static const struct x86_cpu_id msr_decfg_match[] = {
>> +	{ X86_VENDOR_AMD, X86_FAMILY_ANY, X86_MODEL_ANY, X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC },
>> +	{}
>> +};
>> +
>>  static struct kvm_msr_based_features msr_based_features[] = {
>> +	{ MSR_F10H_DECFG, MSR_F10H_DECFG_LFENCE_SERIALIZE, msr_decfg_match },
>>  	{}
>>  };
>>  
>>
>