Re: [PATCH v1 4/8] kvm:vmx Pass through host CET related MSRs to Guest.

Sean Christopherson
2019-01-02T18:18:45Z

On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 04:15:28PM +0800, Yang Weijiang wrote:
> During Guest OS execution, it accesses these MSRs to
> configure CET runtime settings.

The changelog needs to explain why it's ok to expose these MSRS to the
guest, e.g. call out which are saved/loaded through the VMCS and which
are saved/loaded via XSAVES/XRSTORS. And maybe expand "runtime settings"
to elaborate on when most guest kernels will access the MSRs, i.e. to
justify exposing them to the guest.

It should also clarify why IA32_PL1_SSP and IA32_PL2_SSP are NOT exposed
to the guest.

>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi Z <yi.z.zhang@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@intel.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index 25fa6bd2fb95..fa2db6248404 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -11550,6 +11550,13 @@ static struct kvm_vcpu *vmx_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
> vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> +
> + vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_U_CET, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> + vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_S_CET, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> + vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> + vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_PL0_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> + vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_PL3_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> +
> vmx->msr_bitmap_mode = 0;
>
> vmx->loaded_vmcs = &vmx->vmcs01;
> --
> 2.17.1
>