From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
To: "Moger, Babu" <Babu.Moger@amd.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] kvm: x86: Dont set UMIP feature bit unconditionally
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 12:42:55 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALMp9eSnB+=0MYBkkyAfw1WK+ZmYFqpd7EDToFRmnbE+g3MEvQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a5466e76-3a7b-2de7-ceb9-3d41bf5e4f4d@amd.com>
On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 12:39 PM Moger, Babu <Babu.Moger@amd.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 11/1/19 1:35 PM, Jim Mattson wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 10:33 AM Moger, Babu <Babu.Moger@amd.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> The UMIP (User-Mode Instruction Prevention) feature bit should be
> >> set if the emulation (kvm_x86_ops->umip_emulated) is supported
> >> which is done already.
> >>
> >> Remove the unconditional setting of this bit.
> >>
> >> Fixes: ae3e61e1c28338d0 ("KVM: x86: add support for UMIP")
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@amd.com>
> >> ---
> >> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 2 +-
> >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> >> index f68c0c753c38..5b81ba5ad428 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> >> @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static inline void do_cpuid_7_mask(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry, int index)
> >> /* cpuid 7.0.ecx*/
> >> const u32 kvm_cpuid_7_0_ecx_x86_features =
> >> F(AVX512VBMI) | F(LA57) | F(PKU) | 0 /*OSPKE*/ | F(RDPID) |
> >> - F(AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ) | F(UMIP) | F(AVX512_VBMI2) | F(GFNI) |
> >> + F(AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ) | F(AVX512_VBMI2) | F(GFNI) |
> >> F(VAES) | F(VPCLMULQDQ) | F(AVX512_VNNI) | F(AVX512_BITALG) |
> >> F(CLDEMOTE) | F(MOVDIRI) | F(MOVDIR64B) | 0 /*WAITPKG*/;
> >>
> >
> > This isn't unconditional. This is masked by the features on the boot
> > CPU. Since UMIP can be virtualized (without emulation) on CPUs that
> > support UMIP, you should leave this alone.
> >
>
> There is some inconstancy here.
>
> static inline int __do_cpuid_ent(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry, u32
>
> unsigned f_umip = kvm_x86_ops->umip_emulated() ? F(UMIP) : 0;
> ...
>
> case 7: {
> ..
> entry->ecx |= f_umip;
> ..
> }
>
> and
> static bool svm_umip_emulated(void)
> {
> return false;
> }
>
> static inline bool vmx_umip_emulated(void)
> {
> return vmcs_config.cpu_based_2nd_exec_ctrl &
> SECONDARY_EXEC_DESC;
> }
>
>
> It appears that intention was to enable the UMIP if SVM or VMX support
> umip emulation. But that is not how it is working now. Now it is enabled
> if boot CPU supports UMIP.
No. The code enumerates UMIP in the guest if *either* it can be
virtualized (i.e. the host supports it natively), *or* it can be
emulated.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-01 19:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-01 17:33 [PATCH 0/4] Emulate and enable UMIP feature on AMD Moger, Babu
2019-11-01 17:33 ` [PATCH 1/4] kvm: x86: Dont set UMIP feature bit unconditionally Moger, Babu
2019-11-01 18:35 ` Jim Mattson
2019-11-01 19:39 ` Moger, Babu
2019-11-01 19:42 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2019-11-01 17:33 ` [PATCH 2/4] kvm: svm: Enable UMIP feature on AMD Moger, Babu
2019-11-01 18:24 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-01 18:38 ` Moger, Babu
2019-11-01 19:09 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-01 18:29 ` Jim Mattson
2019-11-01 19:20 ` Moger, Babu
2019-11-01 19:24 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-01 20:04 ` Moger, Babu
2019-11-01 20:08 ` Jim Mattson
2019-11-02 19:23 ` Moger, Babu
2019-11-03 11:45 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-11-04 18:46 ` Moger, Babu
2019-11-04 11:54 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-11-04 18:45 ` Moger, Babu
2019-11-01 17:33 ` [PATCH 3/4] kvm: svm: Emulate UMIP instructions on non SEV guest Moger, Babu
2019-11-01 17:34 ` [PATCH 4/4] x86/Kconfig: Rename UMIP config parameter Moger, Babu
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