Re: [PATCH 6/7] KVM: nVMX: Implement support for EFER saving on VM-exit

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On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 1:49 AM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Implement and advertise VM_EXIT_SAVE_IA32_EFER. L0 traps EFER writes
> unconditionally, so we always find the current L2 value in the
> architectural state.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c |    4 +++-
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index 84a05b4..7208d0b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -2203,7 +2203,7 @@ static __init void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(void)
>         nested_vmx_exit_ctls_high = 0;
>  #endif
>         nested_vmx_exit_ctls_high |= (VM_EXIT_ALWAYSON_WITHOUT_TRUE_MSR |
> -                                     VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_EFER);
> +               VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_EFER | VM_EXIT_SAVE_IA32_EFER);
Here you may need to access MSR_IA32_VMX_EXIT_CTLS first to check if
host support these two features. The codes for "entry controls"
following it can achieve goals like this.

Arthur
>
>         /* entry controls */
>         rdmsr(MSR_IA32_VMX_ENTRY_CTLS,
> @@ -8113,6 +8113,8 @@ static void prepare_vmcs12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12)
>         vmcs12->guest_ia32_debugctl = vmcs_read64(GUEST_IA32_DEBUGCTL);
>         if (vmcs12->vm_exit_controls & VM_EXIT_SAVE_IA32_PAT)
>                 vmcs12->guest_ia32_pat = vmcs_read64(GUEST_IA32_PAT);
> +       if (vmcs12->vm_exit_controls & VM_EXIT_SAVE_IA32_EFER)
> +               vmcs12->guest_ia32_efer = vcpu->arch.efer;
>         vmcs12->guest_sysenter_cs = vmcs_read32(GUEST_SYSENTER_CS);
>         vmcs12->guest_sysenter_esp = vmcs_readl(GUEST_SYSENTER_ESP);
>         vmcs12->guest_sysenter_eip = vmcs_readl(GUEST_SYSENTER_EIP);
> --
> 1.7.3.4
>
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