Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] kvm: add support for guest physical bits

[Tao Su <tao1.su@linux.intel.com>]

On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 02:27:18PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Query kvm for supported guest physical address bits, in cpuid
> function 80000008, eax[23:16].  Usually this is identical to host
> physical address bits.  With NPT or EPT being used this might be
> restricted to 48 (max 4-level paging address space size) even if
> the host cpu supports more physical address bits.
> 
> When set pass this to the guest, using cpuid too.  Guest firmware
> can use this to figure how big the usable guest physical address
> space is, so PCI bar mapping are actually reachable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
> ---
>  target/i386/cpu.h         |  1 +
>  target/i386/cpu.c         |  1 +
>  target/i386/kvm/kvm-cpu.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.h b/target/i386/cpu.h
> index 952174bb6f52..d427218827f6 100644
> --- a/target/i386/cpu.h
> +++ b/target/i386/cpu.h
> @@ -2026,6 +2026,7 @@ struct ArchCPU {
>  
>      /* Number of physical address bits supported */
>      uint32_t phys_bits;
> +    uint32_t guest_phys_bits;
>  
>      /* in order to simplify APIC support, we leave this pointer to the
>         user */
> diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
> index 9a210d8d9290..c88c895a5b3e 100644
> --- a/target/i386/cpu.c
> +++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
> @@ -6570,6 +6570,7 @@ void cpu_x86_cpuid(CPUX86State *env, uint32_t index, uint32_t count,
>          if (env->features[FEAT_8000_0001_EDX] & CPUID_EXT2_LM) {
>              /* 64 bit processor */
>               *eax |= (cpu_x86_virtual_addr_width(env) << 8);
> +             *eax |= (cpu->guest_phys_bits << 16);
>          }
>          *ebx = env->features[FEAT_8000_0008_EBX];
>          if (cs->nr_cores * cs->nr_threads > 1) {
> diff --git a/target/i386/kvm/kvm-cpu.c b/target/i386/kvm/kvm-cpu.c
> index 9c791b7b0520..a2b7bfaeadf8 100644
> --- a/target/i386/kvm/kvm-cpu.c
> +++ b/target/i386/kvm/kvm-cpu.c
> @@ -18,10 +18,36 @@
>  #include "kvm_i386.h"
>  #include "hw/core/accel-cpu.h"
>  
> +static void kvm_set_guest_phys_bits(CPUState *cs)
> +{
> +    X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(cs);
> +    uint32_t eax, guest_phys_bits;
> +
> +    if (!cpu->host_phys_bits) {
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    eax = kvm_arch_get_supported_cpuid(cs->kvm_state, 0x80000008, 0, R_EAX);
> +    guest_phys_bits = (eax >> 16) & 0xff;
> +    if (!guest_phys_bits) {
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (cpu->guest_phys_bits == 0 ||
> +        cpu->guest_phys_bits > guest_phys_bits) {
> +        cpu->guest_phys_bits = guest_phys_bits;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (cpu->guest_phys_bits > cpu->host_phys_bits_limit) {
> +        cpu->guest_phys_bits = cpu->host_phys_bits_limit;

host_phys_bits_limit is zero by default, so I think it is better to be
like:

        if (cpu->host_phys_bits_limit &&
            cpu->guest_phys_bits > cpu->host_phys_bits_limit) {
            cpu->guest_phys_bits = cpu->host_phys_bits_limit;
        }

> +    }
> +}
> +
>  static bool kvm_cpu_realizefn(CPUState *cs, Error **errp)
>  {
>      X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(cs);
>      CPUX86State *env = &cpu->env;
> +    bool ret;
>  
>      /*
>       * The realize order is important, since x86_cpu_realize() checks if
> @@ -50,7 +76,11 @@ static bool kvm_cpu_realizefn(CPUState *cs, Error **errp)
>                                                     MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV);
>          }
>      }
> -    return host_cpu_realizefn(cs, errp);
> +    ret = host_cpu_realizefn(cs, errp);
> +
> +    kvm_set_guest_phys_bits(cs);
> +
> +    return ret;
>  }
>  
>  static bool lmce_supported(void)
> -- 
> 2.44.0
> 
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