linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] KVM: VMX: validate individual bits of guest MSR_IA32_FEATURE

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Message-ID: <defae6b9-f9d7-7702-b7ad-25b8784c1702@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:55:53 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Haozhong Zhang <haozhong.zhang@...el.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	rkrcmar@...hat.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Gleb Natapov <gleb@...nel.org>,
	Boris Petkov <bp@...e.de>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi.kleen@...el.com>,
	Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] KVM: VMX: validate individual bits of guest
 MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL



On 16/06/2016 08:05, Haozhong Zhang wrote:
> +	/*
> +	 * Only bits masked by msr_ia32_feature_control_valid_bits can be set in
> +	 * msr_ia32_feature_control.
> +	 *
> +	 * msr_ia32_feature_control_valid_bits should be modified by
> +	 * feature_control_valid_bits_add/del(), and only bits masked by
> +	 * FEATURE_CONTROL_MAX_VALID_BITS can be modified.
> +	 */
>  	u64 msr_ia32_feature_control;
> +	u64 msr_ia32_feature_control_valid_bits;

I noticed that the fw_cfg patch used an uint32_t.  It probably should
use uint64_t; what you did here is correct.

Paolo

>  };