linux-kernel - ITLB Multihit mitigation status report is confusing.

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Date:   Sun, 7 Nov 2021 19:00:36 +0300
From:   Lucius User <lucius.q.user@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: ITLB Multihit mitigation status report is confusing. 

Hi all. 

On a cpu that is vulnerable to iTLB multihit, with VMX enabled in bios and no vms running, the kernel reports the mitigation status as "KVM: Mitigation: VMX disabled". Once a vm starts running, the report changes to "KVM: Vulnerable". Shouldn't the VMX disabled status refer to a situation when VMX is completely disabled via bios, not merely not in use right now?