linux-kernel - [PATCH v15 08/41] KVM: x86: Initialize kvm_caps.supported

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Message-ID: <20250912232319.429659-9-seanjc@google.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:22:46 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>, Mathias Krause <minipli@...ecurity.net>, 
	John Allen <john.allen@....com>, Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>, 
	Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>, Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>, 
	Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>, Zhang Yi Z <yi.z.zhang@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v15 08/41] KVM: x86: Initialize kvm_caps.supported_xss

From: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>

Set original kvm_caps.supported_xss to (host_xss & KVM_SUPPORTED_XSS) if
XSAVES is supported. host_xss contains the host supported xstate feature
bits for thread FPU context switch, KVM_SUPPORTED_XSS includes all KVM
enabled XSS feature bits, the resulting value represents the supervisor
xstates that are available to guest and are backed by host FPU framework
for swapping {guest,host} XSAVE-managed registers/MSRs.

Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>
Tested-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@...ecurity.net>
Tested-by: John Allen <john.allen@....com>
Tested-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>
[sean: relocate and enhance comment about PT / XSS[8] ]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 519d58b82f7f..c5e38d6943fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -217,6 +217,14 @@ static struct kvm_user_return_msrs __percpu *user_return_msrs;
 				| XFEATURE_MASK_BNDCSR | XFEATURE_MASK_AVX512 \
 				| XFEATURE_MASK_PKRU | XFEATURE_MASK_XTILE)
 
+/*
+ * Note, KVM supports exposing PT to the guest, but does not support context
+ * switching PT via XSTATE (KVM's PT virtualization relies on perf; swapping
+ * PT via guest XSTATE would clobber perf state), i.e. KVM doesn't support
+ * IA32_XSS[bit 8] (guests can/must use RDMSR/WRMSR to save/restore PT MSRs).
+ */
+#define KVM_SUPPORTED_XSS     0
+
 bool __read_mostly allow_smaller_maxphyaddr = 0;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(allow_smaller_maxphyaddr);
 
@@ -3986,11 +3994,7 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 	case MSR_IA32_XSS:
 		if (!guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVES))
 			return KVM_MSR_RET_UNSUPPORTED;
-		/*
-		 * KVM supports exposing PT to the guest, but does not support
-		 * IA32_XSS[bit 8]. Guests have to use RDMSR/WRMSR rather than
-		 * XSAVES/XRSTORS to save/restore PT MSRs.
-		 */
+
 		if (data & ~vcpu->arch.guest_supported_xss)
 			return 1;
 		if (vcpu->arch.ia32_xss == data)
@@ -9818,14 +9822,17 @@ int kvm_x86_vendor_init(struct kvm_x86_init_ops *ops)
 		kvm_host.xcr0 = xgetbv(XCR_XFEATURE_ENABLED_MASK);
 		kvm_caps.supported_xcr0 = kvm_host.xcr0 & KVM_SUPPORTED_XCR0;
 	}
+
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES)) {
+		rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_XSS, kvm_host.xss);
+		kvm_caps.supported_xss = kvm_host.xss & KVM_SUPPORTED_XSS;
+	}
+
 	kvm_caps.supported_quirks = KVM_X86_VALID_QUIRKS;
 	kvm_caps.inapplicable_quirks = KVM_X86_CONDITIONAL_QUIRKS;
 
 	rdmsrq_safe(MSR_EFER, &kvm_host.efer);
 
-	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES))
-		rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_XSS, kvm_host.xss);
-
 	kvm_init_pmu_capability(ops->pmu_ops);
 
 	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPABILITIES))
-- 
2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog