On 09/01/2018 17:48, Liran Alon wrote:
>>>
>>> + if (have_spec_ctrl) {
>>> + rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, vmx->spec_ctrl);
>>> + if (vmx->spec_ctrl != 0)
>>> + wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, 0);
>
> As I said also on the AMD patch, I think this is a bug.
> Intel specify that we should set IBRS bit even if it was already set on every
> #VMExit.
That's correct (though I'd like to understand _why_---I'm not inclined
to blindly trust a spec), but for now it's saving a wrmsr of 0. That is
quite obviously okay, and will be also okay after the bare-metal IBRS
patches.
Of course the code will become something like
if (using_ibrs || vmx->spec_ctrl != 0)
wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, host_ibrs);
optimizing the case where the host is using retpolines.
Paolo
