Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: work around QEMU issue with synthetic CPUID leaves

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 5/1/22 13:16, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
>> +		 * However, only do it if the host has CPUID leaf 0x8000001d.
>> +		 * QEMU thinks that it can query the host blindly for that
>> +		 * CPUID leaf if KVM reports that it supports 0x8000001d or
>> +		 * above.  The processor merrily returns values from the
>> +		 * highest Intel leaf which QEMU tries to use as the guest's
>> +		 * 0x8000001d.  Even worse, this can result in an infinite
>> +		 * loop if said highest leaf has no subleaves indexed by ECX.
>
> Very small nitpick: It might be useful to add a note that qemu does this only for the
> leaf 0x8000001d.

Yes, it's there: "QEMU thinks that it can query the host blindly for 
that CPUID leaf", "that" is 0x8000001d in the previous sentence.

Paolo