Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: nSVM: improve SYSENTER emulation on AMD

[Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>]

On Tue, 2021-03-16 at 09:16 +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 15/03/21 19:19, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> > On Mon, 2021-03-15 at 18:56 +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > > On 15/03/21 18:43, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> > > > +	if (!guest_cpuid_is_intel(vcpu)) {
> > > > +		/*
> > > > +		 * If hardware supports Virtual VMLOAD VMSAVE then enable it
> > > > +		 * in VMCB and clear intercepts to avoid #VMEXIT.
> > > > +		 */
> > > > +		if (vls) {
> > > > +			svm_clr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_VMLOAD);
> > > > +			svm_clr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_VMSAVE);
> > > > +			svm->vmcb->control.virt_ext |= VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK;
> > > > +		}
> > > > +		/* No need to intercept these msrs either */
> > > > +		set_msr_interception(vcpu, svm->msrpm, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP, 1, 1);
> > > > +		set_msr_interception(vcpu, svm->msrpm, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, 1, 1);
> > > > +	}
> > > 
> > > An "else" is needed here to do the opposite setup (removing the "if
> > > (vls)" from init_vmcb).
> > 
> > init_vmcb currently set the INTERCEPT_VMLOAD and INTERCEPT_VMSAVE and it doesn't enable vls
> 
> There's also this towards the end of the function:
> 
>          /*
>           * If hardware supports Virtual VMLOAD VMSAVE then enable it
>           * in VMCB and clear intercepts to avoid #VMEXIT.
>           */
>          if (vls) {
>                  svm_clr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_VMLOAD);
>                  svm_clr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_VMSAVE);
>                  svm->vmcb->control.virt_ext |= 
> VIRTUAL_VMLOAD_VMSAVE_ENABLE_MASK;
>          }
> 
> > thus there is nothing to do if I don't want to enable vls.
> > It seems reasonable to me.
> > 
> > Both msrs I marked as '.always = false' in the
> > 'direct_access_msrs', which makes them be intercepted by the default.
> > If I were to use '.always = true' it would feel a bit wrong as the intercept is not always
> > enabled.
> 
> I agree that .always = false is correct.
> 
> > What do you think?
> 
> You can set the CPUID multiple times, so you could go from AMD to Intel 
> and back.

I understand now, I will send V2 with that. Thanks for the review!

Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paolo
>