linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 16/23] KVM: x86: Mark CR4.FRED as not reserved

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Message-ID: <20250723175341.1284463-17-xin@zytor.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:53:34 -0700
From: "Xin Li (Intel)" <xin@...or.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: [PATCH v5 16/23] KVM: x86: Mark CR4.FRED as not reserved

From: Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>

The CR4.FRED bit, i.e., CR4[32], is no longer a reserved bit when
guest cpu cap has FRED, i.e.,
  1) All of FRED KVM support is in place.
  2) Guest enumerates FRED.

Otherwise it is still a reserved bit.

Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@...or.com>
Tested-by: Shan Kang <shan.kang@...el.com>
Tested-by: Xuelian Guo <xuelian.guo@...el.com>
---

Change in v5:
* Add TB from Xuelian Guo.

Change in v4:
* Rebase on top of "guest_cpu_cap".

Change in v3:
* Don't allow CR4.FRED=1 before all of FRED KVM support is in place
  (Sean Christopherson).
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.h              | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 8e8d4ba77afc..0805ad9ccf97 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 			  | X86_CR4_OSXSAVE | X86_CR4_SMEP | X86_CR4_FSGSBASE \
 			  | X86_CR4_OSXMMEXCPT | X86_CR4_LA57 | X86_CR4_VMXE \
 			  | X86_CR4_SMAP | X86_CR4_PKE | X86_CR4_UMIP \
-			  | X86_CR4_LAM_SUP))
+			  | X86_CR4_LAM_SUP | X86_CR4_FRED))
 
 #define CR8_RESERVED_BITS (~(unsigned long)X86_CR8_TPR)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
index a573f6079ba7..aff93c5b2484 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
@@ -672,6 +672,8 @@ static inline bool __kvm_is_valid_cr4(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr4)
 		__reserved_bits |= X86_CR4_PCIDE;       \
 	if (!__cpu_has(__c, X86_FEATURE_LAM))           \
 		__reserved_bits |= X86_CR4_LAM_SUP;     \
+	if (!__cpu_has(__c, X86_FEATURE_FRED))          \
+		__reserved_bits |= X86_CR4_FRED;        \
 	__reserved_bits;                                \
 })
 
-- 
2.50.1