Re: [Qemu-devel] 3.1.0-rc{0,1} doesn't start

[balducci@units.it]

> Sorry Gabriele, Eduardo and Paolo pointed out that the patch was incomplete.
> I am not sure however how you are getting non zero data with the rdmsr on an 
> AMD.
> Can you please try this instead ?
>
> diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
> index f524e7d929..cfec559aa3 100644
> --- a/target/i386/kvm.c
> +++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
> @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ static bool has_msr_xss;
>  static bool has_msr_spec_ctrl;
>  static bool has_msr_virt_ssbd;
>  static bool has_msr_smi_count;
> +static bool has_msr_arch_capabs;
>  
>  static uint32_t has_architectural_pmu_version;
>  static uint32_t num_architectural_pmu_gp_counters;
> @@ -1481,6 +1482,9 @@ static int kvm_get_supported_msrs(KVMState *s)
>                  case MSR_VIRT_SSBD:
>                      has_msr_virt_ssbd = true;
>                      break;
> +                case MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES:
> +                    has_msr_arch_capabs = true;
> +                    break;
>                  }
>              }
>          }
> @@ -2002,14 +2006,10 @@ static int kvm_put_msrs(X86CPU *cpu, int level)
>  #endif
>  
>      /* If host supports feature MSR, write down. */
> -    if (kvm_feature_msrs) {
> -        int i;
> -        for (i = 0; i < kvm_feature_msrs->nmsrs; i++)
> -            if (kvm_feature_msrs->indices[i] == MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES) 
> {
> +    if (kvm_arch_get_supported_msr_feature(kvm_state, MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILI
> TIES)
> +        && has_msr_arch_capabs) {
>                  kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES,
>                                env->features[FEAT_ARCH_CAPABILITIES]);
> -                break;
> -            }
>      }
>  
>      /*

this one works: qemu starts without any complaint and behaves as usual
(AFAICS)

thank you very much for working on this

ciao
gabriele