Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH 03/14] x86: msr: Advertise GenuineIntel as vendor to play nice with SYSENTER

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On 22/04/21 05:04, Sean Christopherson wrote:
Run msr.flat as vendor GenuineIntel so that KVM SVM will intercept
SYSENTER_ESP and SYSENTER_EIP in order to preserve bits 63:32.
Alternatively, this could be handled in the test, but fudging the
config is easier and it also adds coverage for KVM's aforementioned
emulation.

Oops, I actually had a patch for this but forgot to send it. I'll queue yours instead.

Paolo

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
  x86/unittests.cfg | 3 +++
  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/x86/unittests.cfg b/x86/unittests.cfg
index 0698d15..c2608bc 100644
--- a/x86/unittests.cfg
+++ b/x86/unittests.cfg
@@ -167,7 +167,10 @@ extra_params = -cpu max
  arch = x86_64
[msr]
+# Use GenuineIntel to ensure SYSENTER MSRs are fully preserved, and to test
+# SVM emulation of Intel CPU behavior.
  file = msr.flat
+extra_params = -cpu qemu64,vendor=GenuineIntel
[pmu]
  file = pmu.flat





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