From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: aaronlewis@google.com, pbonzini@redhat.com
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: x86: Add KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP to x86" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 12:35:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1645788905115116@kroah.com> (raw)
The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 127770ac0d043435375ab86434f31a93efa88215 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@google.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 21:29:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Add KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP to x86
Follow the precedent set by other architectures that support the VCPU
ioctl, KVM_ENABLE_CAP, and advertise the VM extension, KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP.
This way, userspace can ensure that KVM_ENABLE_CAP is available on a
vcpu before using it.
Fixes: 5c919412fe61 ("kvm/x86: Hyper-V synthetic interrupt controller")
Signed-off-by: Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@google.com>
Message-Id: <20220214212950.1776943-1-aaronlewis@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index a4267104db50..3b4da6c7b25f 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ documentation when it pops into existence).
-------------------
:Capability: KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP
-:Architectures: mips, ppc, s390
+:Architectures: mips, ppc, s390, x86
:Type: vcpu ioctl
:Parameters: struct kvm_enable_cap (in)
:Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 641044db415d..b8bd8da32045 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4233,6 +4233,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
case KVM_CAP_EXIT_ON_EMULATION_FAILURE:
case KVM_CAP_VCPU_ATTRIBUTES:
case KVM_CAP_SYS_ATTRIBUTES:
+ case KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP:
r = 1;
break;
case KVM_CAP_EXIT_HYPERCALL:
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