On 05/11/19 10:20, Chenyi Qiang wrote: > The three msr number lists(msrs_to_save[], emulated_msrs[] and > msr_based_features[]) are global arrays of kvm.ko, which are > initialized/adjusted (copy supported MSRs forward to override the > unsupported MSRs) when installing kvm-{intel,amd}.ko, but it doesn't > reset these three arrays to their initial value when uninstalling > kvm-{intel,amd}.ko. Thus, at the next installation, kvm-{intel,amd}.ko > will initialize the modified arrays with some MSRs lost and some MSRs > duplicated. > > So allocate and initialize these three MSR number lists dynamically when > installing kvm-{intel,amd}.ko and free them when uninstalling. > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Chenyi Qiang <chenyi.qiang@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- > 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > index ff395f812719..08efcf6351cc 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > @@ -1132,13 +1132,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_rdpmc); > * List of msr numbers which we expose to userspace through KVM_GET_MSRS > * and KVM_SET_MSRS, and KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST. > * > - * This list is modified at module load time to reflect the > + * The three msr number lists(msrs_to_save, emulated_msrs, msr_based_features) > + * are allocated and initialized at module load time and freed at unload time. > + * msrs_to_save is selected from the msrs_to_save_all to reflect the > * capabilities of the host cpu. This capabilities test skips MSRs that are > - * kvm-specific. Those are put in emulated_msrs; filtering of emulated_msrs > + * kvm-specific. Those are put in emulated_msrs_all; filtering of emulated_msrs > * may depend on host virtualization features rather than host cpu features. > */ > > -static u32 msrs_to_save[] = { > +const u32 msrs_to_save_all[] = { This can remain static. > MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP, > MSR_STAR, > #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 > @@ -1179,9 +1181,10 @@ static u32 msrs_to_save[] = { > MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0 + 16, MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0 + 17, > }; > > +static u32 *msrs_to_save; You can use ARRAY_SIZE to allocate the destination arrays statically. Paolo