Re: [PATCH 5/8][KVM nVMX]: Check "load IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL" VM-entry control on vmentry of nested guests

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On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 4:43 PM Krish Sadhukhan
<krish.sadhukhan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> According to section "CHECKING AND LOADING GUEST STATE" in Intel SDM vol 3C,
> the following checks are performed on vmentry of nested guests:
>
>     "If the "load IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL" VM-entry control is 1, bits reserved
>     in the IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL MSR must be 0 in the field for that
>     register."
>
> Signed-off-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Karl Heubaum <karl.heubaum@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> index d2067370e288..a7bf19eaa70b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> @@ -2691,6 +2691,10 @@ static int nested_vmx_check_vmentry_postreqs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>                 return 1;
>         }
>
> +       if (vmcs12->vm_entry_controls & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL &&
> +           !kvm_valid_perf_global_ctrl(vmcs12->guest_ia32_perf_global_ctrl))
> +               return 1;
> +

I'd rather see this built on an interface like:

bool kvm_valid_msr_value(u32 msr_index, u64 value);

But as long as we don't end up with a plethora of
kvm_valid_MSR_NAME(u64 value) functions, this looks fine.

Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>



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