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From:   Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Date:   Fri, 1 Nov 2019 12:42:55 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] kvm: x86: Dont set UMIP feature bit unconditionally
To:     "Moger, Babu" <Babu.Moger@amd.com>
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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.