From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: seanjc@google.com
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86: let it be known that ignore_msrs is a bad idea
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 07:44:26 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241219124426.325747-1-pbonzini@redhat.com> (raw)
When running KVM with ignore_msrs=1 and report_ignored_msrs=0, the user has
no clue that that the guest is being lied to. This may cause bug reports
such as https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2571, where enabling
a CPUID bit in QEMU caused Linux guests to try reading MSR_CU_DEF_ERR; and
being lied about the existence of MSR_CU_DEF_ERR caused the guest to assume
other things about the local APIC which were not true:
Sep 14 12:02:53 kernel: mce: [Firmware Bug]: Your BIOS is not setting up LVT offset 0x2 for deferred error IRQs correctly.
Sep 14 12:02:53 kernel: unchecked MSR access error: RDMSR from 0x852 at rIP: 0xffffffffb548ffa7 (native_read_msr+0x7/0x40)
Sep 14 12:02:53 kernel: Call Trace:
...
Sep 14 12:02:53 kernel: native_apic_msr_read+0x20/0x30
Sep 14 12:02:53 kernel: setup_APIC_eilvt+0x47/0x110
Sep 14 12:02:53 kernel: mce_amd_feature_init+0x485/0x4e0
...
Sep 14 12:02:53 kernel: [Firmware Bug]: cpu 0, try to use APIC520 (LVT offset 2) for vector 0xf4, but the register is already in use for vector 0x0 on this cpu
Without reported_ignored_msrs=0 at least the host kernel log will contain
enough information to avoid going on a wild goose chase. But if reports
about individual MSR accesses are being silenced too, at least complain
loudly the first time a VM is started.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index c8160baf3838..1b7c8db0cf63 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -12724,6 +12724,13 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type)
kvm_hv_init_vm(kvm);
kvm_xen_init_vm(kvm);
+ if (ignore_msrs && !report_ignored_msrs) {
+ pr_warn_once("Running KVM with ignore_msrs=1 and report_ignored_msrs=0 is not a\n");
+ pr_warn_once("a supported configuration. Lying to the guest about the existence of MSRs\n");
+ pr_warn_once("may cause the guest operating system to hang or produce errors. If a guest\n");
+ pr_warn_once("does not run without ignore_msrs=1, please report it to kvm@vger.kernel.org.\n");
+ }
+
return 0;
out_uninit_mmu:
--
2.43.5
next reply other threads:[~2024-12-19 12:44 UTC|newest]
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2024-12-19 12:44 Paolo Bonzini [this message]
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