On 2021/3/4 1:26, Sean Christopherson wrote:
On Wed, Mar 03, 2021, Like Xu wrote:
New VMX controls bits for Arch LBR are added. When bit 21 in vmentry_ctrl
is set, VM entry will write the value from the "Guest IA32_LBR_CTL" guest
state field to IA32_LBR_CTL. When bit 26 in vmexit_ctrl is set, VM exit
will clear IA32_LBR_CTL after the value has been saved to the "Guest
IA32_LBR_CTL" guest state field.
...
@@ -2529,7 +2532,8 @@ static __init int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config
*vmcs_conf,
VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_EFER |
VM_EXIT_CLEAR_BNDCFGS |
VM_EXIT_PT_CONCEAL_PIP |
- VM_EXIT_CLEAR_IA32_RTIT_CTL;
+ VM_EXIT_CLEAR_IA32_RTIT_CTL |
+ VM_EXIT_CLEAR_IA32_LBR_CTL;
So, how does MSR_ARCH_LBR_CTL get restored on the host? What if the host wants
to keep _its_ LBR recording active while the guest is running?
Thank you!
I will add "host_lbrctlmsr" field to "struct vcpu_vmx" and
repeat the update/get_debugctlmsr() stuff.
if (adjust_vmx_controls(min, opt, MSR_IA32_VMX_EXIT_CTLS,
&_vmexit_control) < 0)
return -EIO;
@@ -2553,7 +2557,8 @@ static __init int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config
*vmcs_conf,
VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_EFER |
VM_ENTRY_LOAD_BNDCFGS |
VM_ENTRY_PT_CONCEAL_PIP |
- VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_RTIT_CTL;
+ VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_RTIT_CTL |
+ VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_LBR_CTL;
if (adjust_vmx_controls(min, opt, MSR_IA32_VMX_ENTRY_CTLS,
&_vmentry_control) < 0)
return -EIO;
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2.29.2
