linux-kernel - [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Update VMCS12_REVISION comment to state it should never change

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:01:03 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Update VMCS12_REVISION comment to state it should
 never change

Rewrite the comment above VMCS12_REVISION to unequivocally state that the
ID must never change.  KVM_{G,S}ET_NESTED_STATE have been officially
supported for some time now, i.e. changing VMCS12_REVISION would break
userspace.

Opportunistically add a blurb to the CHECK_OFFSET() comment to make it
explicitly clear that new fields are allowed, i.e. that the restriction
on the layout is all about backwards compatibility.

No functional change intended.

Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs12.h | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs12.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs12.h
index 01936013428b..56fd150a6f24 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs12.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs12.h
@@ -188,12 +188,13 @@ struct __packed vmcs12 {
 };
 
 /*
- * VMCS12_REVISION is an arbitrary id that should be changed if the content or
- * layout of struct vmcs12 is changed. MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC returns this id, and
- * VMPTRLD verifies that the VMCS region that L1 is loading contains this id.
+ * VMCS12_REVISION is KVM's arbitrary ID for the layout of struct vmcs12.  KVM
+ * enumerates this value to L1 via MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC, and checks the revision
+ * ID during nested VMPTRLD to verify that L1 is loading a VMCS that adhere's
+ * to KVM's virtual CPU definition.
  *
- * IMPORTANT: Changing this value will break save/restore compatibility with
- * older kvm releases.
+ * DO NOT change this value, as it will break save/restore compatibility with
+ * older KVM releases.
  */
 #define VMCS12_REVISION 0x11e57ed0
 
@@ -206,7 +207,8 @@ struct __packed vmcs12 {
 #define VMCS12_SIZE		KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_VMCS_SIZE
 
 /*
- * For save/restore compatibility, the vmcs12 field offsets must not change.
+ * For save/restore compatibility, the vmcs12 field offsets must not change,
+ * although appending fields and/or filling gaps is obviously allowed.
  */
 #define CHECK_OFFSET(field, loc) \
 	ASSERT_STRUCT_OFFSET(struct vmcs12, field, loc)

base-commit: e4e9e1067138e5620cf0500c3e5f6ebfb9d322c8
-- 
2.45.2.627.g7a2c4fd464-goog