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Message-Id: <20091217035647.215895711@mini.kroah.org>
Date:	Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:55:30 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Glauber Costa <glommer@...hat.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
Subject: [033/151] KVM: x86: include pvclock MSRs in msrs_to_save

2.6.32-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Glauber Costa <glommer@...hat.com>

commit e3267cbbbfbcbe9c18833e89b10beabb1117cb55 upstream.

For a while now, we are issuing a rdmsr instruction to find out which
msrs in our save list are really supported by the underlying machine.
However, it fails to account for kvm-specific msrs, such as the pvclock
ones.

This patch moves then to the beginning of the list, and skip testing them.

Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |   12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -484,16 +484,19 @@ static inline u32 bit(int bitno)
  * and KVM_SET_MSRS, and KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST.
  *
  * This list is modified at module load time to reflect the
- * capabilities of the host cpu.
+ * capabilities of the host cpu. This capabilities test skips MSRs that are
+ * kvm-specific. Those are put in the beginning of the list.
  */
+
+#define KVM_SAVE_MSRS_BEGIN	2
 static u32 msrs_to_save[] = {
+	MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME, MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK,
 	MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP,
 	MSR_K6_STAR,
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	MSR_CSTAR, MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE, MSR_SYSCALL_MASK, MSR_LSTAR,
 #endif
-	MSR_IA32_TSC, MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME, MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK,
-	MSR_IA32_PERF_STATUS, MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, MSR_VM_HSAVE_PA
+	MSR_IA32_TSC, MSR_IA32_PERF_STATUS, MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, MSR_VM_HSAVE_PA
 };
 
 static unsigned num_msrs_to_save;
@@ -2433,7 +2436,8 @@ static void kvm_init_msr_list(void)
 	u32 dummy[2];
 	unsigned i, j;
 
-	for (i = j = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(msrs_to_save); i++) {
+	/* skip the first msrs in the list. KVM-specific */
+	for (i = j = KVM_SAVE_MSRS_BEGIN; i < ARRAY_SIZE(msrs_to_save); i++) {
 		if (rdmsr_safe(msrs_to_save[i], &dummy[0], &dummy[1]) < 0)
 			continue;
 		if (j < i)


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