Re: [PATCH v5 4/5] KVM: VMX: Allow direct access to MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>]

.snip..
> > +/* Is SPEC_CTRL intercepted for the currently running vCPU? */
> > +static bool spec_ctrl_intercepted(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > +{
> > +	unsigned long *msr_bitmap;
> > +	int f = sizeof(unsigned long);
> > +
> > +	if (!cpu_has_vmx_msr_bitmap())
> > +		return true;
> > +
> > +	msr_bitmap = is_guest_mode(vcpu) ?
> > +			to_vmx(vcpu)->nested.vmcs02.msr_bitmap :
> > +			to_vmx(vcpu)->vmcs01.msr_bitmap;
> > +
> > +	return !!test_bit(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, msr_bitmap + 0x800 / f);
> > +}
> > +
..snip..
> > @@ -3359,6 +3393,34 @@ static int vmx_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> >  	case MSR_IA32_TSC:
> >  		kvm_write_tsc(vcpu, msr_info);
> >  		break;
> > +	case MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL:
> > +		if (!msr_info->host_initiated &&
> > +		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_IBRS) &&
> > +		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL))
> > +			return 1;
> > +
> > +		vmx->spec_ctrl_used = true;
> > +
> > +		/* The STIBP bit doesn't fault even if it's not advertised */
> > +		if (data & ~(SPEC_CTRL_IBRS | SPEC_CTRL_STIBP))
> > +			return 1;
> > +
> > +		vmx->spec_ctrl = data;
> > +
> > +		/*
> > +		 * When it's written (to non-zero) for the first time, pass
> > +		 * it through. This means we don't have to take the perf
> 
> .. But only if it is a nested guest (as you have && is_guest_mode).
> 
> Do you want to update the comment a bit?
> 
> > +		 * hit of saving it on vmexit for the common case of guests
> > +		 * that don't use it.
> > +		 */
> > +		if (cpu_has_vmx_msr_bitmap() && data &&
> > +		    spec_ctrl_intercepted(vcpu) &&
> > +		    is_guest_mode(vcpu))
>                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <=== here

Would it be perhaps also good to mention the complexity of how
we ought to be handling L1 and L2 guests in the commit?

We are all stressed and I am sure some of us haven't gotten much
sleep - but it can help in say three months when some unluckly new
soul is trying to understand this and gets utterly confused.

> > +			vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(
> > +					vmx->vmcs01.msr_bitmap,
> > +					MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL,
> > +					MSR_TYPE_RW);
> > +		break;
> >  	case MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD:
> >  		if (!msr_info->host_initiated &&
> >  		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_IBPB) &&