Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] i386: publish advised value of MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL via fw_cfg

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On 06/16/16 11:52, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> 
> On 16/06/2016 08:06, Haozhong Zhang wrote:
> > It's a prerequisite that certain bits of MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL should
> > be set before some features (e.g. VMX and LMCE) can be used, which is
> > usually done by the firmware. This patch adds a fw_cfg file
> > "etc/msr_feature_control" which contains the advised value of
> > MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL and can be used by guest firmware (e.g. SeaBIOS).
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Haozhong Zhang <haozhong.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  hw/i386/pc.c      | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  target-i386/cpu.h |  4 ++++
> >  2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
> > index 7198ed5..d8178a5 100644
> > --- a/hw/i386/pc.c
> > +++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
> > @@ -1147,6 +1147,33 @@ void pc_cpus_init(PCMachineState *pcms)
> >      smbios_set_cpuid(cpu->env.cpuid_version, cpu->env.features[FEAT_1_EDX]);
> >  }
> >  
> > +static void pc_build_feature_control_file(PCMachineState *pcms)
> > +{
> > +    X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(pcms->possible_cpus->cpus[0].cpu);
> > +    CPUX86State *env = &cpu->env;
> > +    uint32_t unused, ecx, edx, feature_control_bits = 0;
> > +    uint32_t *val;
> > +
> > +    cpu_x86_cpuid(env, 1, 0, &unused, &unused, &ecx, &edx);
> > +    if (ecx & CPUID_EXT_VMX) {
> > +        feature_control_bits |= FEATURE_CONTROL_VMXON_ENABLED_OUTSIDE_SMX;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    if ((edx & (CPUID_EXT2_MCE | CPUID_EXT2_MCA)) ==
> > +        (CPUID_EXT2_MCE | CPUID_EXT2_MCA) &&
> > +        (env->mcg_cap & MCG_LMCE_P)) {
> > +        feature_control_bits |= FEATURE_CONTROL_LMCE;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    if (!feature_control_bits) {
> > +        return;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    val = g_malloc(sizeof(*val));
> > +    *val = feature_control_bits | FEATURE_CONTROL_LOCKED;
> > +    fw_cfg_add_file(pcms->fw_cfg, "etc/msr_feature_control", val, sizeof(*val));
> > +}
> > +
> >  static
> >  void pc_machine_done(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
> >  {
> > @@ -1174,6 +1201,7 @@ void pc_machine_done(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
> >      acpi_setup();
> >      if (pcms->fw_cfg) {
> >          pc_build_smbios(pcms->fw_cfg);
> > +        pc_build_feature_control_file(pcms);
> >      }
> >  }
> >  
> > diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.h b/target-i386/cpu.h
> > index f0cb04f..5e07c7a 100644
> > --- a/target-i386/cpu.h
> > +++ b/target-i386/cpu.h
> > @@ -332,6 +332,10 @@
> >  #define MSR_TSC_ADJUST                  0x0000003b
> >  #define MSR_IA32_TSCDEADLINE            0x6e0
> >  
> > +#define FEATURE_CONTROL_LOCKED                    (1<<0)
> > +#define FEATURE_CONTROL_VMXON_ENABLED_OUTSIDE_SMX (1<<2)
> > +#define FEATURE_CONTROL_LMCE                      (1<<20)
> > +
> >  #define MSR_P6_PERFCTR0                 0xc1
> >  
> >  #define MSR_IA32_SMBASE                 0x9e
> > 
> 
> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Have you prepared a patch for SeaBIOS already?

Yes, I'll send it after I fix the type error (uint32_t => uint64_t) in
next version.

Thanks,
Haozhong
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