On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:37 AM, KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > + > + if (to_vmx(vcpu)->save_spec_ctrl_on_exit) { > + nested_vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr( > + msr_bitmap_l1, msr_bitmap_l0, > + MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, > + MSR_TYPE_R | MSR_TYPE_W); > + } > + As this is written, L2 will never get direct access to this MSR until after L1 writes it. What if L1 never writes it? The condition should really be something that captures, "if L0 is willing to yield this MSR to the guest..."