linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC 2/3] x86/kvm/vmx: read MSR_KERNEL_GS

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Date:   Fri,  2 Mar 2018 11:55:02 +0100
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 2/3] x86/kvm/vmx: read MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE from current->thread

vmx_save_host_state() is only called from kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run() so
the context is pretty well defined and as we're past 'swapgs'
MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE should be current->thread.gsbase.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index ddefb7aeb96d..5be34d13d88f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -2165,7 +2165,7 @@ static void vmx_save_host_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	rdmsrl(MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE, vmx->msr_host_kernel_gs_base);
+	vmx->msr_host_kernel_gs_base = current->thread.gsbase;
 	if (is_long_mode(&vmx->vcpu))
 		wrmsrl(MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE, vmx->msr_guest_kernel_gs_base);
 #endif
-- 
2.14.3