linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] KVM: vmx: use MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL to hard-disable TSX on guest that lack it

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Date:   Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:17:47 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     jmattson@...gle.com,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] KVM: vmx: use MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL to hard-disable TSX on guest that lack it

If X86_FEATURE_RTM is disabled, the guest should not be able to access
MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL.  We can therefore use it in KVM to force all
transactions from the guest to abort.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index ed25fe7d5234..8cba65eec0d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -639,6 +639,23 @@ struct shared_msr_entry *find_msr_entry(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, u32 msr)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int vmx_set_guest_msr(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, struct shared_msr_entry *msr, u64 data)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	u64 old_msr_data = msr->data;
+	msr->data = data;
+	if (msr - vmx->guest_msrs < vmx->save_nmsrs) {
+		preempt_disable();
+		ret = kvm_set_shared_msr(msr->index, msr->data,
+					 msr->mask);
+		preempt_enable();
+		if (ret)
+			msr->data = old_msr_data;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 void loaded_vmcs_init(struct loaded_vmcs *loaded_vmcs)
 {
 	vmcs_clear(loaded_vmcs->vmcs);
@@ -2174,20 +2191,10 @@ static int vmx_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 	default:
 	find_shared_msr:
 		msr = find_msr_entry(vmx, msr_index);
-		if (msr) {
-			u64 old_msr_data = msr->data;
-			msr->data = data;
-			if (msr - vmx->guest_msrs < vmx->save_nmsrs) {
-				preempt_disable();
-				ret = kvm_set_shared_msr(msr->index, msr->data,
-							 msr->mask);
-				preempt_enable();
-				if (ret)
-					msr->data = old_msr_data;
-			}
-			break;
-		}
-		ret = kvm_set_msr_common(vcpu, msr_info);
+		if (msr)
+			ret = vmx_set_guest_msr(vmx, msr, data);
+		else
+			ret = kvm_set_msr_common(vcpu, msr_info);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -7138,6 +7145,15 @@ static void vmx_cpuid_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_INTEL_PT) &&
 			guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_INTEL_PT))
 		update_intel_pt_cfg(vcpu);
+
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RTM)) {
+		struct shared_msr_entry *msr;
+		msr = find_msr_entry(vmx, MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL);
+		if (msr) {
+			bool enabled = guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_RTM);
+			vmx_set_guest_msr(vmx, msr, enabled ? 0 : TSX_CTRL_RTM_DISABLE);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static void vmx_set_supported_cpuid(u32 func, struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry)
-- 
1.8.3.1