Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86: Allow userspace to define what's the microcode version

["Sironi, Filippo" <sironi@amazon.de>]

> On 26. Nov 2017, at 17:02, Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 2017-11-27 0:41 GMT+08:00 Filippo Sironi <sironi@amazon.de>:
>> ... that the guest should see.
>> Guest operating systems may check the microcode version to decide whether
>> to disable certain features that are known to be buggy up to certain
>> microcode versions.  Address the issue by making the microcode version
>> that the guest should see settable.
>> The rationale for having userspace specifying the microcode version, rather
>> than having the kernel picking it, is to ensure consistency for live-migrated
>> instances; we don't want them to see a microcode version increase without a
>> reset.
> 
> Is there a scenario which needs to refresh the microcode in the guest
> instead of on the host?
> 
> Regards,
> Wanpeng Li

Not that I can think of.
Today, we're picking up the host microcode version when launching an instance
and making sure that the same version is exposed for the life time of the
instance (i.e., across migrations that don't result in a reset).

Filippo

>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Filippo Sironi <sironi@amazon.de>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c       | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>> include/uapi/linux/kvm.h |  3 +++
>> 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> index 925c3e29cad3..741588f27ebc 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> @@ -4033,6 +4033,29 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
>>        } u;
>> 
>>        switch (ioctl) {
>> +       case KVM_GET_MICROCODE_VERSION: {
>> +               r = -EFAULT;
>> +               if (copy_to_user(argp,
>> +                                &kvm->arch.microcode_version,
>> +                                sizeof(kvm->arch.microcode_version)))
>> +                       goto out;
>> +               break;
>> +       }
>> +       case KVM_SET_MICROCODE_VERSION: {
>> +               u32 microcode_version;
>> +
>> +               r = -EFAULT;
>> +               if (copy_from_user(&microcode_version,
>> +                                  argp,
>> +                                  sizeof(microcode_version)))
>> +                       goto out;
>> +               r = -EINVAL;
>> +               if (!microcode_version)
>> +                       goto out;
>> +               kvm->arch.microcode_version = microcode_version;
>> +               r = 0;
>> +               break;
>> +       }
>>        case KVM_SET_TSS_ADDR:
>>                r = kvm_vm_ioctl_set_tss_addr(kvm, arg);
>>                break;
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> index 282d7613fce8..e11887758e29 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> @@ -1192,6 +1192,9 @@ struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping {
>> #define KVM_S390_UCAS_UNMAP      _IOW(KVMIO, 0x51, struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping)
>> #define KVM_S390_VCPU_FAULT     _IOW(KVMIO, 0x52, unsigned long)
>> 
>> +#define KVM_GET_MICROCODE_VERSION _IOR(KVMIO, 0x5e, __u32)
>> +#define KVM_SET_MICROCODE_VERSION _IOW(KVMIO, 0x5f, __u32)
>> +
>> /* Device model IOC */
>> #define KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP        _IO(KVMIO,   0x60)
>> #define KVM_IRQ_LINE              _IOW(KVMIO,  0x61, struct kvm_irq_level)
>> --
>> 2.7.4
>> 
> 

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