Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] x86: msr: Don't test bits 63:32 of SYSENTER MSRs on 32-bit builds

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On 29/04/20 01:11, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Squish the "address" stuffed into SYSENTER_EIP/ESP into an unsigned long
> so as to drop bits 63:32 on 32-bit builds.  VMX diverges from bare metal
> in the sense that the associated VMCS fields are natural width fields,
> whereas the actual MSRs hold 64-bit values, even on CPUs that don't
> support 64-bit mode.  This causes the tests to fail if bits 63:32 are
> non-zero and a VM-Exit/VM-Enter occurs on and/or between WRMSR/RDMSR,
> e.g. when running the tests in L1 or deeper.
> 
> Don't bother trying to actually test that bits 63:32 are dropped, the
> behavior depends on the (virtual) CPU capabilities, not the build, and
> the behavior is specific to VMX as both SVM and bare metal preserve the
> full 64-bit values.  And because practically no one cares about 32-bit
> KVM, let alone an obscure architectural quirk that doesn't affect real
> world kernels.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  x86/msr.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/x86/msr.c b/x86/msr.c
> index de2cb6d..f7539c3 100644
> --- a/x86/msr.c
> +++ b/x86/msr.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ struct msr_info {
>  
>  
>  #define addr_64 0x0000123456789abcULL
> +#define addr_ul (unsigned long)addr_64
>  
>  struct msr_info msr_info[] =
>  {
> @@ -23,10 +24,10 @@ struct msr_info msr_info[] =
>        .val_pairs = {{ .valid = 1, .value = 0x1234, .expected = 0x1234}}
>      },
>      { .index = 0x00000175, .name = "MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP",
> -      .val_pairs = {{ .valid = 1, .value = addr_64, .expected = addr_64}}
> +      .val_pairs = {{ .valid = 1, .value = addr_ul, .expected = addr_ul}}
>      },
>      { .index = 0x00000176, .name = "IA32_SYSENTER_EIP",
> -      .val_pairs = {{ .valid = 1, .value = addr_64, .expected = addr_64}}
> +      .val_pairs = {{ .valid = 1, .value = addr_ul, .expected = addr_ul}}
>      },
>      { .index = 0x000001a0, .name = "MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE",
>        // reserved: 1:2, 4:6, 8:10, 13:15, 17, 19:21, 24:33, 35:63
> 

Queued, thanks.

Paolo




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