[PATCH] cpu_map: Add more -noTSX x86 CPU models (Sapphire and Granite rapids)

2025-06-01 Thread Hector Cao
Several Intel CPU models with TSX technology (HLE & RTM features) are affected by the vulnerability TAA[1]. One of the mitigation methods for TAA is to disable TSX support on the host system. For that purpose, in 2021, Intel published a microcode update to disable TSX. Linux kernel also disables TS

Re: [PATCH 0/1] cpu_map: fix vmx-* features wrong bitmaps

2025-06-01 Thread Hector Cao
I just realized that I should not modify the x86_features.xml file directly. I have to fix this issue elsewhere, probably in the sync_qemu_features_i386.py script or in the libvirt code that reads the MSRs registers. QEMU specifies vmx-apicv-xapic as 1st bit of the register 0x48B (IA32_VMX_PROC