Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86: Emulate MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES on AMD hosts

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On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 9:13 PM Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes, I found your fix patches in the maillist just now.
> I am so sorry about sending the fix patches without checking you have already
> sent out fix serires, and so sorry about the reply yesterday. I might use the
> wrong word, anyway, no offense.

No problem. It's a word I imagine you're hearing a lot at Intel these days. :-)

> And now, as you said, kvm *should* emulate IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES for AMD as
> well as Intel. Sean's this patch fixes the most part. Also we need your patch
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10784297/. to move IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES
> from msrs_to_save[] to emulated_msrs[], while removing the 'case
> MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES' part.
>
> That's enough, right?

At the risk of beating a dead horse, yes, with the caveat that
userspace should not be restricted from setting bits in the virtual
MSR that aren't set in the physical MSR.



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