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Date:   Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:59:59 -0700
From:   Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@...hat.com>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Ben Serebrin <serebrin@...gle.com>,
        Peter Shier <pshier@...gle.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] kvm: vmx: Add IA32_FLUSH_CMD guest support

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 04:14:01PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 03:53:45PM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 12:04:32PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > > Hi Emanuele,
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 08:29:03AM -0500, Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito wrote:
> > > > Expose IA32_FLUSH_CMD to the guest if the guest CPUID enumerates
> > > > support for this MSR. As with IA32_PRED_CMD, permission for
> > > > unintercepted writes to this MSR will be granted to the guest after
> > > > the first non-zero write.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@...hat.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c |  3 ++
> > > >  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c    | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
> > > >  2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> > > > index 557b9c468734..075b5ade7c80 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> > > > @@ -654,6 +654,9 @@ static inline bool nested_vmx_prepare_msr_bitmap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> > > >  	nested_vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vmx, msr_bitmap_l1, msr_bitmap_l0,
> > > >  					 MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD, MSR_TYPE_W);
> > > >  
> > > > +	nested_vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vmx, msr_bitmap_l1, msr_bitmap_l0,
> > > > +					 MSR_IA32_FLUSH_CMD, MSR_TYPE_W);
> > > > +
> > > >  	kvm_vcpu_unmap(vcpu, &vmx->nested.msr_bitmap_map, false);
> > > >  
> > > >  	vmx->nested.force_msr_bitmap_recalc = false;
> > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > > > index c788aa382611..9a78ea96a6d7 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > > > @@ -2133,6 +2133,39 @@ static u64 vmx_get_supported_debugctl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool host_initiated
> > > >  	return debugctl;
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > > +static int vmx_set_msr_ia32_cmd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> > > > +				struct msr_data *msr_info,
> > > > +				bool guest_has_feat, u64 cmd,
> > > > +				int x86_feature_bit)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	if (!msr_info->host_initiated && !guest_has_feat)
> > > > +		return 1;
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (!(msr_info->data & ~cmd))
> > 
> > Looks like this is doing a reverse check. Shouldn't this be as below:
> 
> That diff on top of next-20230317 appears to resolve the issue for me
> and my L1 guest can spawn an L2 guest without any issues (which is the
> extent of my KVM testing).

Great!

> Is this a problem for the SVM version? It has the same check it seems,
> although I did not have any issues on my AMD test platform (but I guess
> that means that the system has the support?).

IIUC, SVM version also needs to be fixed.

> I assume this will just be squashed into the original change but if not:

Thats what I think, and if its too late to be squashed I will send a
formal patch. Maintainers?

> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> > ---
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > index f88578407494..e8d9033559c4 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > @@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@ static int vmx_set_msr_ia32_cmd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> >  	if (!msr_info->host_initiated && !guest_has_feat)
> >  		return 1;
> >  
> > -	if (!(msr_info->data & ~cmd))
> > +	if (msr_info->data & ~cmd)
> >  		return 1;
> >  	if (!boot_cpu_has(x86_feature_bit))
> >  		return 1;