Re: [PATCH v14 11/13] KVM: VMX: Pass through CET MSRs to the guest when supported

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 06/11/20 02:16, Yang Weijiang wrote:
> Pass through all CET MSRs when the associated CET component (kernel vs.
> user) is enabled to improve guest performance.  All CET MSRs are context
> switched, either via dedicated VMCS fields or XSAVES.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Zhang Yi Z <yi.z.zhang@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi Z <yi.z.zhang@linux.intel.com>
> Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@intel.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index c88a6e1721b1..6ba2027a3d44 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -7366,6 +7366,32 @@ static void update_intel_pt_cfg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>   		vmx->pt_desc.ctl_bitmask &= ~(0xfULL << (32 + i * 4));
>   }
>   
> +static bool is_cet_state_supported(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 xss_state)
> +{
> +	return (vcpu->arch.guest_supported_xss & xss_state) &&
> +	       (guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK) ||
> +		guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_IBT));
> +}
> +
> +static void vmx_update_intercept_for_cet_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +{
> +	bool incpt = !is_cet_state_supported(vcpu, XFEATURE_MASK_CET_USER);
> +
> +	vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_U_CET, MSR_TYPE_RW, incpt);
> +
> +	incpt |= !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK);
> +	vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PL3_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW, incpt);
> +
> +	incpt = !is_cet_state_supported(vcpu, XFEATURE_MASK_CET_KERNEL);
> +	vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_S_CET, MSR_TYPE_RW, incpt);
> +
> +	incpt |= !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK);
> +	vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB, MSR_TYPE_RW, incpt);
> +	vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PL0_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW, incpt);
> +	vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PL1_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW, incpt);
> +	vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PL2_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW, incpt);
> +}
> +
>   static void vmx_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>   {
>   	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
> @@ -7409,6 +7435,9 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>   
>   	/* Refresh #PF interception to account for MAXPHYADDR changes. */
>   	update_exception_bitmap(vcpu);
> +
> +	if (kvm_cet_supported())
> +		vmx_update_intercept_for_cet_msr(vcpu);
>   }
>   
>   static __init void vmx_set_cpu_caps(void)
> 

Can you do this only if CR4.CET=1?

Paolo