Add a comment explaining why MSR_STAR must be included in
vmx_msr_index[] even for i386 builds.
The elided comment has not been relevant since move_msr_up() was
introduced in commit a75beee6e4f5d ("KVM: VMX: Avoid saving and
restoring msrs on lightweight vmexit").
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Peter Shier <pshier@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 120fc97a63fc..ee460a21d369 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -1388,8 +1388,11 @@ static u64 host_efer;
static void ept_save_pdptrs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
/*
- * Keep MSR_STAR at the end, as setup_msrs() will try to optimize it
- * away by decrementing the array size.
+ * Though SYSCALL is only supported in 64-bit mode on Intel CPUs, kvm
+ * will emulate SYSCALL in legacy mode if the vendor string in guest
+ * CPUID.0:{EBX,ECX,EDX} is "AuthenticAMD" or "AMDisbetter!" To
+ * support this emulation, IA32_STAR must always be included in
+ * vmx_msr_index[], even in i386 builds.
*/
static const u32 vmx_msr_index[] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
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