linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: Check the corresponding bits according to the intel sdm

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Date:   Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:42:11 +0800
From:   Haiwei Li <lihaiwei.kernel@...il.com>
To:     Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Haiwei Li <lihaiwei@...cent.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: Check the corresponding bits according to the
 intel sdm

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 11:16 AM Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 7:37 PM <lihaiwei.kernel@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Haiwei Li <lihaiwei@...cent.com>
> >
> > According to IA-32 SDM Vol.3D "A.1 BASIC VMX INFORMATION", two inspections
> > are missing.
> > * Bit 31 is always 0. Earlier versions of this manual specified that the
> > VMCS revision identifier was a 32-bit field in bits 31:0 of this MSR. For
> > all processors produced prior to this change, bit 31 of this MSR was read
> > as 0.
>
> For all *Intel* processors produced prior to this change, bit 31 of
> this MSR may have been 0. However, a conforming hypervisor may have
> selected a full 32-bit VMCS revision identifier with the high bit set
> for nested VMX. Furthermore, there are other vendors, such as VIA,
> which have implemented the VMX extensions, and they, too, may have
> selected a full 32-bit VMCS revision identifier with the high bit set.
> Intel should know better than to change the documentation after the
> horse is out of the barn.

Got it, thanks.

>
> What, exactly, is the value you are adding with this check?

I did this just to match the sdm.

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Haiwei Li