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x86/cpufeatures: Add flag to track whether MSR IA32_FEAT_CTL is configured

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Add a new feature flag, X86_FEATURE_MSR_IA32_FEAT_CTL, to track whether
IA32_FEAT_CTL has been initialized.  This will allow KVM, and any future
subsystems that depend on IA32_FEAT_CTL, to rely purely on cpufeatures
to query platform support, e.g. allows a future patch to remove KVM's
manual IA32_FEAT_CTL MSR checks.

Various features (on platforms that support IA32_FEAT_CTL) are dependent
on IA32_FEAT_CTL being configured and locked, e.g. VMX and LMCE.  The
MSR is always configured during boot, but only if the CPU vendor is
recognized by the kernel.  Because CPUID doesn't incorporate the current
IA32_FEAT_CTL value in its reporting of relevant features, it's possible
for a feature to be reported as supported in cpufeatures but not truly
enabled, e.g. if the CPU supports VMX but the kernel doesn't recognize
the CPU.

As a result, without the flag, KVM would see VMX as supported even if
IA32_FEAT_CTL hasn't been initialized, and so would need to manually
read the MSR and check the various enabling bits to avoid taking an
unexpected #GP on VMXON.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191221044513.21680-14-sean.j.christopherson@intel.com
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Sean Christopherson 2019-12-20 20:45:07 -08:00 committed by Borislav Petkov
parent 167a4894c1
commit 85c17291e2
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arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
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@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
#define X86_FEATURE_ZEN ( 7*32+28) /* "" CPU is AMD family 0x17 (Zen) */
#define X86_FEATURE_L1TF_PTEINV ( 7*32+29) /* "" L1TF workaround PTE inversion */
#define X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ENHANCED ( 7*32+30) /* Enhanced IBRS */
#define X86_FEATURE_MSR_IA32_FEAT_CTL ( 7*32+31) /* "" MSR IA32_FEAT_CTL configured */
/* Virtualization flags: Linux defined, word 8 */
#define X86_FEATURE_TPR_SHADOW ( 8*32+ 0) /* Intel TPR Shadow */

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arch/x86/kernel/cpu/feat_ctl.c
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@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ void init_ia32_feat_ctl(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_FEAT_CTL, msr);
update_caps:
set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_MSR_IA32_FEAT_CTL);
if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_VMX))
return;