linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86: Forbid KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} after KVM

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Message-ID: <87ee5amrmh.fsf@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:25:10 +0100
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86: Forbid KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} after KVM_RUN

Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com> writes:

> On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:31:50 +0100
> Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com> wrote:
>
>> Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com> writes:
>> 
>> 
>> > However, a problem of failing KVM_SET_CPUID2 during VCPU re-plug
>> > is still there and re-plug will fail if KVM rejects repeated KVM_SET_CPUID2
>> > even if ioctl called with exactly the same CPUID leafs as the 1st call.
>> >  
>> 
>> Assuming APIC id change doesn not need to be supported, I can send v2
>> here with an empty allowlist.
> As you mentioned in another thread black list would be better
> to address Sean's concerns or just revert problematic commit.
>

Personally, I'm leaning towards the blocklist approach even if just for
'documenting' the fact that KVM doesn't correctly handle the
change. Compared to a comment in the code, such approach could help
someone save tons of debugging time (if anyone ever decides do something
weird, like changing MAXPHYADDR on the fly).

-- 
Vitaly