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Date:	Tue, 3 Nov 2015 19:27:09 +0100
From:	Laszlo Ersek <lersek@...hat.com>
To:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: allow RSM from 64-bit mode

On 11/03/15 15:04, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> 
> On 03/11/2015 15:02, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>> On 11/03/15 14:46, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03/11/2015 14:40, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>>>> On 11/03/15 14:29, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>>>> The SDM says that exiting system management mode from 64-bit mode
>>>>> is invalid, but that would be too good to be true.  But actually,
>>>>> most of the code is already there to support exiting from compat
>>>>> mode (EFER.LME=1, EFER.LMA=0).  Getting all the way from 64-bit
>>>>> mode to real mode only requires clearing CS.L and CR4.PCIDE.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
>>>>> Fixes: 660a5d517aaab9187f93854425c4c63f4a09195c
>>>>> Cc: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@...hat.com>
>>>>> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>>>>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
>>>>> index b60fed56671b..1505587d06e9 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
>>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
>>>>> @@ -2484,16 +2484,36 @@ static int em_rsm(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
>>>>>  
>>>>>  	/*
>>>>>  	 * Get back to real mode, to prepare a safe state in which to load
>>>>> -	 * CR0/CR3/CR4/EFER.
>>>>> -	 *
>>>>> -	 * CR4.PCIDE must be zero, because it is a 64-bit mode only feature.
>>>>> +	 * CR0/CR3/CR4/EFER.  It's all a bit more complicated if the vCPU
>>>>> +	 * supports long mode.
>>>>>  	 */
>>>>> +	cr4 = ctxt->ops->get_cr(ctxt, 4);
>>>>> +	if (emulator_has_longmode(ctxt)) {
>>>>> +		struct desc_struct cs_desc;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +		/* Zero CR4.PCIDE before CR0.PG.  */
>>>>> +		if (cr4 & X86_CR4_PCIDE) {
>>>>> +			ctxt->ops->set_cr(ctxt, 4, cr4 & ~X86_CR4_PCIDE);
>>>>> +			cr4 &= ~X86_CR4_PCIDE;
>>>>> +		}
>>>>> +
>>>>> +		/* A 32-bit code segment is required to clear EFER.LMA.  */
>>>>> +		memset(&cs_desc, 0, sizeof(cs_desc));
>>>>> +		cs_desc.type = 0xb;
>>>>> +		cs_desc.s = cs_desc.g = cs_desc.p = 1;
>>>>> +		ctxt->ops->set_segment(ctxt, 0, &cs_desc, 0, VCPU_SREG_CS);
>>>>> +	}
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	/* For the 64-bit case, this will clear EFER.LMA.  */
>>>>>  	cr0 = ctxt->ops->get_cr(ctxt, 0);
>>>>>  	if (cr0 & X86_CR0_PE)
>>>>>  		ctxt->ops->set_cr(ctxt, 0, cr0 & ~(X86_CR0_PG | X86_CR0_PE));
>>>>> -	cr4 = ctxt->ops->get_cr(ctxt, 4);
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	/* Now clear CR4.PAE (which must be done before clearing EFER.LME).  */
>>>>>  	if (cr4 & X86_CR4_PAE)
>>>>>  		ctxt->ops->set_cr(ctxt, 4, cr4 & ~X86_CR4_PAE);
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	/* And finally go back to 32-bit mode.  */
>>>>>  	efer = 0;
>>>>>  	ctxt->ops->set_msr(ctxt, MSR_EFER, efer);
>>>>>  
>>>>> @@ -4454,7 +4474,7 @@ static const struct opcode twobyte_table[256] = {
>>>>>  	F(DstMem | SrcReg | Src2CL | ModRM, em_shld), N, N,
>>>>>  	/* 0xA8 - 0xAF */
>>>>>  	I(Stack | Src2GS, em_push_sreg), I(Stack | Src2GS, em_pop_sreg),
>>>>> -	II(No64 | EmulateOnUD | ImplicitOps, em_rsm, rsm),
>>>>> +	II(EmulateOnUD | ImplicitOps, em_rsm, rsm),
>>>>>  	F(DstMem | SrcReg | ModRM | BitOp | Lock | PageTable, em_bts),
>>>>>  	F(DstMem | SrcReg | Src2ImmByte | ModRM, em_shrd),
>>>>>  	F(DstMem | SrcReg | Src2CL | ModRM, em_shrd),
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What branch should I test this on top of?
>>>
>>> Just use whatever you were using before, and revert commit c9db607
>>> ("UefiCpuPkg: PiSmmCpuDxeSmm: do not execute RSM from 64-bit mode",
>>> 2015-10-14) from your OVMF branch.
>>
>> Right, I planned to do that OVMF-side revert; I just wasn't sure if e.g.
>> kvm/queue had some prerequisite patches for this.
> 
> Indeed, you can use either your "part 2" series or Radim's patches from
> kvm/queue, it's the same.

I noticed that you applied this patch to kvm/queue, at
9f64d2c75fa6a5aac0a5657400f3473f8144c3be. So I simply tested kvm/queue
in that state. (I did not forget to drop the workaround OVMF patch first.)

Tested-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@...hat.com>

Thank you!
Laszlo
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