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authorSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>2024-11-27 17:34:04 -0800
committerSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>2024-12-18 14:20:01 -0800
commit9be4ec35d6687a5b5b472f36ffd627aace24f30e (patch)
treedcd6bebed70c00d9f23aa78b21daa557e7309776
parentKVM: x86: Remove all direct usage of cpuid_entry2_find() (diff)
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KVM: x86: Advertise TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER in KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID
Unconditionally advertise TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER via KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID, as KVM always emulates deadline mode, *if* the VM has an in-kernel local APIC. The odds of a VMM emulating the local APIC in userspace, not emulating the TSC deadline timer, _and_ reflecting KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID back into KVM_SET_CPUID2, i.e. the risk of over-advertising and breaking any setups, is extremely low. KVM has _unconditionally_ advertised X2APIC via CPUID since commit 0d1de2d901f4 ("KVM: Always report x2apic as supported feature"), and it is completely impossible for userspace to emulate X2APIC as KVM doesn't support forwarding the MSR accesses to userspace. I.e. KVM has relied on userspace VMMs to not misreport local APIC capabilities for nearly 13 years. Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241128013424.4096668-38-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst9
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c2
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index bbe445e6c113..61bf1f693e2d 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -1825,15 +1825,18 @@ emulate them efficiently. The fields in each entry are defined as follows:
the values returned by the cpuid instruction for
this function/index combination
-The TSC deadline timer feature (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[24]) is always returned
-as false, since the feature depends on KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for local APIC
-support. Instead it is reported via::
+x2APIC (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[21) and TSC deadline timer (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[24])
+may be returned as true, but they depend on KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for in-kernel
+emulation of the local APIC. TSC deadline timer support is also reported via::
ioctl(KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER)
if that returns true and you use KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, or if you emulate the
feature in userspace, then you can enable the feature for KVM_SET_CPUID2.
+Enabling x2APIC in KVM_SET_CPUID2 requires KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP as KVM doesn't
+support forwarding x2APIC MSR accesses to userspace, i.e. KVM does not support
+emulating x2APIC in userspace.
4.47 KVM_PPC_GET_PVINFO
-----------------------
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index 922ad598787a..f0ee773704d5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ void kvm_set_cpu_caps(void)
EMULATED_F(X2APIC) |
F(MOVBE) |
F(POPCNT) |
- 0 /* Reserved*/ |
+ EMULATED_F(TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER) |
F(AES) |
F(XSAVE) |
0 /* OSXSAVE */ |