Re: [Qemu-devel] XSAVES in GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID (was Re: [PATCH] target-i386: add Skylake-Client cpu mode)

[Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com>]

On 05/04/2016 12:11 AM, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> (CCing KVM mailing list)
>
> On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 02:38:44PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>> On 04/29/2016 01:34 AM, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
>>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 04:13:06PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> [...]
>>>> 1. As XSAVES is disabled in upstream linux kernel by commit e88221c50
>>>> (x86/fpu: Disable XSAVES* support for now), QEMU will complain about
>>>> "warning: host doesn't support requested feature: CPUID.0DH:EAX.xsaves [bit 3]"
>>>
>>> I have been looking at the GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID code and I am not
>>> sure if commit e88221c50 is supposed to be affecting
>>> GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID, or not. It looks like it shouldn't, so I
>>> don't know why QEMU is reporting xsaves as unsupported.
>>>
>>> For reference, GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID code for function == 0xd &&
>>> idx == 1 will run:
>>>
>>>    unsigned f_xsaves = kvm_x86_ops->xsaves_supported() ? F(XSAVES) : 0;
>>>    const u32 kvm_cpuid_D_1_eax_x86_features =
>>>            F(XSAVEOPT) | F(XSAVEC) | F(XGETBV1) | f_xsaves;
>>>    /* [...] */
>>>    do_cpuid_1_ent(&entry[i], function, idx);
>>>    entry[i].eax &= kvm_cpuid_D_1_eax_x86_features;
>>>
>>> do_cpuid_1_ent() just executes the CPUID instruction.
>>>
>>> kvm_x86_ops->xsaves_supported is:
>>>
>>>    static bool vmx_xsaves_supported(void)
>>>    {
>>>            return vmcs_config.cpu_based_2nd_exec_ctrl &
>>>                    SECONDARY_EXEC_XSAVES;
>>>    }
>>>
>>> Is GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID returning XSAVES as unsupported in the
>>> system where you are running tests?
>>
>> No, it returns that XSAVES is supported.
>
> You mean it returns it as unsupported, right?

Sorry for the typo. GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID returns XSAVES is not supported if the feature
is cleared by host.

>
>>
>> Actually F(SAVES) bit is cleared later, in __do_cpuid_ent():
>> 536                                 entry[i].eax &= kvm_cpuid_D_1_eax_x86_features;
>> 537                                 cpuid_mask(&entry[i].eax, CPUID_D_1_EAX);
>>
>> The bits unsupported by boot_cpu_data.x86_capability[CPUID_D_1_EAX] will be cleared.
>
> Oh, I didn't notice the cpuid_mask() call. You're right.
>
>>
>> During boot, the capability is adjusted by cpu_caps_cleared, in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:
>>   971         /* Clear/Set all flags overriden by options, after probe */
>>   972         for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS; i++) {
>>   973                 c->x86_capability[i] &= ~cpu_caps_cleared[i];
>>   974                 c->x86_capability[i] |= cpu_caps_set[i];
>>   975         }
>>
>> Actually, setup_clear_cpu_cap() exactly acts on cpu_caps_cleared():
>> 112 #define setup_clear_cpu_cap(bit) do { \
>> 113         clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, bit);     \
>> 114         set_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)cpu_caps_cleared); \
>> 115 } while (0)
>>
>> This is the reason why setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES) introduced by commit e88221c50
>> caused XSAVES unreported by KVM.
>
> So, is this the right behavior, or KVM can support exposing
> XSAVES to guests even if the cpu_cap bit is cleared? I don't know
> if exposing XSAVES to KVM guests depend on reworking kernel xsave
> code or not.
>

I think current behavior is right. KVM uses kernel's APIs to save/restore FPU context that may
cause XSAVE not properly switched if XSAVES is used in VM but host does not see it.