kvm_init_msr_list is currently called before hardware_setup. As a result, vmx_mpx_supported always returns false when kvm_init_msr_list checks whether to save MSR_IA32_BNDCFGS. Move kvm_init_msr_list after vmx_hardware_setup is called to fix this issue. Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Note that this patch was not tested on a system that supports MPX. --- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index b8cb1d0..b7e3b05 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -5800,7 +5800,6 @@ int kvm_arch_init(void *opaque) kvm_set_mmio_spte_mask(); kvm_x86_ops = ops; - kvm_init_msr_list(); kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes(PT_USER_MASK, PT_ACCESSED_MASK, PT_DIRTY_MASK, PT64_NX_MASK, 0); @@ -7254,7 +7253,14 @@ void kvm_arch_hardware_disable(void) int kvm_arch_hardware_setup(void) { - return kvm_x86_ops->hardware_setup(); + int r; + + r = kvm_x86_ops->hardware_setup(); + if (r != 0) + return r; + + kvm_init_msr_list(); + return 0; } void kvm_arch_hardware_unsetup(void) -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html