linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: VMX: add MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL into msrs_to

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Message-ID: <CAL715WKeY5=uJdt=TBXs5NCLOfeL9NJp8_yygQmpjaocFazQng@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 8 May 2023 20:15:24 -0700
From:   Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@...gle.com>
To:     Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Cc:     Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: VMX: add MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL into msrs_to_save

On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 10:28 AM Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 6:54 PM Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 5/5/2023 2:18 AM, Mingwei Zhang wrote:
> > > Add MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL into msrs_to_save[] to explicitly tell userspace to
> > > save/restore the register value during migration. Missing this may cause
> > > userspace that relies on KVM ioctl(KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST) fail to port the
> > > value to the target VM.
> > >
> > > In addition, there is no need to add MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL when
> > > ARCH_CAP_TSX_CTRL_MSR is not supported in guest. So add the checking in
> > > kvm_probe_msr_to_save().
> > >
> > > Fixes: b07a5c53d42a ("KVM: vmx: use MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL to hard-disable TSX on guest that lack it")
> >
> > I wonder it's the fix for this commit.
> >
> > Apart from this,
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
>
> I concur.
>
> How about:
>
> Fixes: ea732b38b341 ("KVM: vmx: implement MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL disable
> RTM functionality")
>
> Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>

Will send a v3 with the update of the "Fixes"