linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/8] KVM:CPUID: Add CPUID support for Guest CET

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Message-ID: <20190304185429.GF17120@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 4 Mar 2019 10:54:29 -0800
From:   Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
To:     Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>
Cc:     pbonzini@...hat.com, rkrcmar@...hat.com, jmattson@...gle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com,
        yu-cheng.yu@...el.com, Zhang Yi Z <yi.z.zhang@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/8] KVM:CPUID: Add CPUID support for Guest CET

On Mon, Mar 04, 2019 at 10:47:53AM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 09:27:11PM +0800, Yang Weijiang wrote:
> > Guest CET SHSTK and IBT capability are reported via
> > CPUID.(EAX=7, ECX=0):ECX[bit 7] and EDX[bit 20] respectively.
> > Guest user mode and supervisor mode xsaves component size
> > is reported via CPUID.(EAX=0xD, ECX=1):ECX[bit 11] and ECX[bit 12]
> > respectively.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi Z <yi.z.zhang@...ux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> >  arch/x86/kvm/x86.h   |  4 +++
> >  2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> > index cb1aece25b17..5e05756cc6db 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> > @@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ u64 kvm_supported_xcr0(void)
> >  	return xcr0;
> >  }
> >  
> > +u64 kvm_supported_xss(void)
> > +{
> > +	u64 xss;
> > +
> > +	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_XSS, xss);
> 
> Honest question as I haven't thought through the flows: do we actually
> need to restrict XSS based on what's enabled in the host?  This
> conflicts with your other statements that CET features can be enabled
> independent of host support.

Never mind, just saw Paolo's comment in a previous version about XSAVE
being dependent on host XSS.  The below comment about caching still
applies though.

> And if we do incorporate the host status, the value should be read once
> and cached unless we're expecting the host value to change dynamically,
> e.g. see host_efer.
> 
> > +	xss &= KVM_SUPPORTED_XSS;
> > +	return xss;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(kvm_supported_xss);
> > +
> >  #define F(x) bit(X86_FEATURE_##x)
> >  
> >  /* For scattered features from cpufeatures.h; we currently expose none */