Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On 1/3/22 13:56, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>>> 'allowlist' of things which can change (and put
>>> *APICids there) and only fail KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} when we see something
>>> else changing.
>>
>> We could also go the other way and only deny changes that result in
>> changed CPU caps. That should be easier to implement since we have
>> already a mapping from CPU capability words to CPUID leaves and registers.
>>
>
> Good idea, I'll look into it (if noone beats me to it).
(just getting to it)
On the other hand, e.g. MAXPHYADDR (CPUID 0x80000008.EAX) is not a CPU
cap but it's one of the main reasons why we want to forbid
KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} after KVM_RUN in the first place. I'm also not sure
about allowing PV feature bits changes (KVM, Hyper-V, Xen) and I don't
think there's a need for that.
I'm again leaning towards an allowlist and currently I see only two
candidates:
CPUID.01H.EBX bits 31:24 (initial LAPIC id)
CPUID.0BH.EDX (x2APIC id)
Anything else I'm missing?
--
Vitaly
