RE: [patch 5/6] x86/fpu: Provide fpu_update_guest_xcr0/xfd()

Tian, Kevin
2021-12-16T01:04:08Z

> From: Paolo Bonzini <paolo.bonzini@gmail.com> On Behalf Of Paolo Bonzini
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 6:28 PM
>
> On 12/15/21 11:09, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > Lets assume the restore order is XSTATE, XCR0, XFD:
> >
> > XSTATE has everything in init state, which means the default
> > buffer is good enough
> >
> > XCR0 has everything enabled including AMX, so the buffer is
> > expanded
> >
> > XFD has AMX disable set, which means the buffer expansion was
> > pointless
> >
> > If we go there, then we can just use a full expanded buffer for KVM
> > unconditionally and be done with it. That spares a lot of code.
>
> If we decide to use a full expanded buffer as soon as KVM_SET_CPUID2 is
> done, that would work for me. Basically KVM_SET_CPUID2 would:
>
> - check bits from CPUID[0xD] against the prctl requested with GUEST_PERM
>
> - return with -ENXIO or whatever if any dynamic bits were not requested
>
> - otherwise call fpstate_realloc if there are any dynamic bits requested
>
> Considering that in practice all Linux guests with AMX would have XFD
> passthrough (because if there's no prctl, Linux keeps AMX disabled in
> XFD), this removes the need to do all the #NM handling too. Just make

#NM trap is for XFD_ERR thus still required.

> XFD passthrough if it can ever be set to a nonzero value. This costs an
> RDMSR per vmexit even if neither the host nor the guest ever use AMX.

Well, we can still trap WRMSR(XFD) in the start and then disable interception
after the 1st trap.

Thanks
Kevin