linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 294/305] kvm: x86: Add AMD's EX

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Date:   Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:45:08 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>,
        "Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        "Eduardo Habkost" <ehabkost@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 294/305] kvm: x86: Add AMD's EX_CFG to the list of
 ignored MSRs

3.16.63-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@...hat.com>

commit 0e1b869fff60c81b510c2d00602d778f8f59dd9a upstream.

Some guests OSes (including Windows 10) write to MSR 0xc001102c
on some cases (possibly while trying to apply a CPU errata).
Make KVM ignore reads and writes to that MSR, so the guest won't
crash.

The MSR is documented as "Execution Unit Configuration (EX_CFG)",
at AMD's "BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) for AMD Family
15h Models 00h-0Fh Processors".

Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msr-index.h | 1 +
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                    | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@
 #define MSR_F15H_PERF_CTR		0xc0010201
 #define MSR_F15H_NB_PERF_CTL		0xc0010240
 #define MSR_F15H_NB_PERF_CTR		0xc0010241
+#define MSR_F15H_EX_CFG			0xc001102c
 
 /* Fam 10h MSRs */
 #define MSR_FAM10H_MMIO_CONF_BASE	0xc0010058
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2086,6 +2086,7 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *
 	case MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LOADER:
 	case MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2:
 	case MSR_AMD64_DC_CFG:
+	case MSR_F15H_EX_CFG:
 		break;
 
 	case MSR_EFER:
@@ -2464,6 +2465,7 @@ int kvm_get_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *
 	case MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2:
 	case MSR_IA32_PERF_CTL:
 	case MSR_AMD64_DC_CFG:
+	case MSR_F15H_EX_CFG:
 		msr_info->data = 0;
 		break;
 	case MSR_P6_PERFCTR0: