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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h8
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c14
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
index 06332cb7e7d1..3f5c48ddba45 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ static inline bool guest_cpuid_has_xsave(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
return best && (best->ecx & bit(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE));
}
+static inline bool guest_cpuid_has_mtrr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *best;
+
+ best = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, 1, 0);
+ return best && (best->edx & bit(X86_FEATURE_MTRR));
+}
+
static inline bool guest_cpuid_has_tsc_adjust(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *best;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c
index 7747b6d716fa..3f8c732117ec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c
@@ -120,14 +120,22 @@ static u8 mtrr_default_type(struct kvm_mtrr *mtrr_state)
return mtrr_state->deftype & IA32_MTRR_DEF_TYPE_TYPE_MASK;
}
-static u8 mtrr_disabled_type(void)
+static u8 mtrr_disabled_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
/*
* Intel SDM 11.11.2.2: all MTRRs are disabled when
* IA32_MTRR_DEF_TYPE.E bit is cleared, and the UC
* memory type is applied to all of physical memory.
+ *
+ * However, virtual machines can be run with CPUID such that
+ * there are no MTRRs. In that case, the firmware will never
+ * enable MTRRs and it is obviously undesirable to run the
+ * guest entirely with UC memory and we use WB.
*/
- return MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
+ if (guest_cpuid_has_mtrr(vcpu))
+ return MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
+ else
+ return MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK;
}
/*
@@ -675,7 +683,7 @@ u8 kvm_mtrr_get_guest_memory_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn)
}
if (iter.mtrr_disabled)
- return mtrr_disabled_type();
+ return mtrr_disabled_type(vcpu);
/* not contained in any MTRRs. */
if (type == -1)