linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 1/2] KVM: nVMX: Fix EPT switching advertising

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Message-Id: <1508367635-19365-1-git-send-email-wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2017 07:00:34 +0800
From:   Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/2] KVM: nVMX: Fix EPT switching advertising

From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>

I can use vmxcap tool to observe "EPTP Switching   yes" even if EPT is not
exposed to L1.

EPT switching is advertised unconditionally since it is emulated, however,
it can be treated as an extended feature for EPT and it should not be
advertised if EPT itself is not exposed. This patch fixes it.

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>
---
v2 -> v3:
 * it is legal for the IA32_VMX_VMFUNC MSR to report all-zero
v1 -> v2:
 * don't advertise "EPT VM Functions" in secondary processor-based VM-execution 
   controls if we don't actually support any VM Functions.

 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index c460b0b..3644540 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -2842,8 +2842,9 @@ static void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 		 * Advertise EPTP switching unconditionally
 		 * since we emulate it
 		 */
-		vmx->nested.nested_vmx_vmfunc_controls =
-			VMX_VMFUNC_EPTP_SWITCHING;
+		if (enable_ept)
+			vmx->nested.nested_vmx_vmfunc_controls =
+				VMX_VMFUNC_EPTP_SWITCHING;
 	}
 
 	/*
-- 
2.7.4