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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@intel.com>
Cc: seanjc@google.com, x86@kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/19] Refresh queued CET virtualization series
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:21:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <62d4f7f0-e7b2-83ad-a2c7-a90153129da2@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YqsB9upUystxvl+d@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>

On 6/16/22 12:12, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Do I understand this right in that a host without X86_KERNEL_IBT cannot
> run a guest with X86_KERNEL_IBT on? That seems unfortunate, since that
> was exactly what I did while developing the X86_KERNEL_IBT patches.
> 
> I'm thinking that if the hardware supports it, KVM should expose it,
> irrespective of the host kernel using it.

For IBT in particular, I think all processor state is only loaded and 
stored at vmentry/vmexit (does not need XSAVES), so it should be feasible.

Paolo


  reply	other threads:[~2022-06-16 10:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-16  8:46 [PATCH 00/19] Refresh queued CET virtualization series Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 01/19] x86/cet/shstk: Add Kconfig option for Shadow Stack Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 02/19] x86/cpufeatures: Add CPU feature flags for shadow stacks Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 03/19] x86/cpufeatures: Enable CET CR4 bit for shadow stack Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16 10:24   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-06-16 17:12     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2022-06-17 11:38       ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-06-17 21:18         ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2022-06-16 10:25   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-06-16 17:36     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 04/19] x86/fpu/xstate: Introduce CET MSR and XSAVES supervisor states Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16 10:27   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-06-16 17:12     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 05/19] x86/fpu: Add helper for modifying xstate Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 06/19] KVM: x86: Report XSS as an MSR to be saved if there are supported features Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 07/19] KVM: x86: Refresh CPUID on writes to MSR_IA32_XSS Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 08/19] KVM: x86: Load guest fpu state when accessing MSRs managed by XSAVES Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 09/19] KVM: x86: Add #CP support in guest exception classification Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 10/19] KVM: VMX: Introduce CET VMCS fields and flags Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 11/19] KVM: x86: Add fault checks for CR4.CET Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 12/19] KVM: VMX: Emulate reads and writes to CET MSRs Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 13/19] KVM: VMX: Add a synthetic MSR to allow userspace VMM to access GUEST_SSP Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 14/19] KVM: x86: Report CET MSRs as to-be-saved if CET is supported Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 15/19] KVM: x86: Save/Restore GUEST_SSP to/from SMM state save area Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 16/19] KVM: x86: Enable CET virtualization for VMX and advertise CET to userspace Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16 10:59   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-06-16 15:27     ` Yang, Weijiang
2022-06-25  6:55     ` Yang, Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 17/19] KVM: VMX: Pass through CET MSRs to the guest when supported Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 18/19] KVM: nVMX: Enable CET support for nested VMX Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16  8:46 ` [PATCH 19/19] KVM: x86: Enable supervisor IBT support for guest Yang Weijiang
2022-06-16 11:05   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-06-16 11:19   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-06-16 15:56     ` Yang, Weijiang
2022-06-16  9:10 ` [PATCH 00/19] Refresh queued CET virtualization series Christoph Hellwig
2022-06-16 11:25   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-06-16 10:12 ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-06-16 10:21   ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2022-06-16 14:18     ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-06-16 15:06       ` Yang, Weijiang
2022-06-16 15:28       ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-06-18  6:43         ` Yang, Weijiang
2022-07-14 19:36           ` Sean Christopherson
2022-07-15 15:04             ` Yang, Weijiang
2022-07-15 15:58               ` Sean Christopherson

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