On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 03:37:15PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 03:01:10AM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopher...@intel.com>
> > 
> > CPUID_12_EAX is an Intel-defined feature bits leaf dedicated for SGX
> > that enumerates the SGX instruction sets that are supported by the
> > CPU, e.g. SGX1, SGX2, etc...  Because Linux currently only cares about
> > two bits (SGX1 and SGX2) and there are currently only four documented
> > bits in total, relocate the bits to Linux-defined word 8 to conserve
> > space.
> > 
> > But, keep the bit positions identical between the Intel-defined value
> > and the Linux-defined value, e.g. keep SGX1 at bit 0.  This allows KVM
> > to use its existing code for probing guest CPUID bits using Linux's
> > X86_FEATURE_* definitions.  To do so, shift around some existing bits
> > to effectively reserve bits 0-7 of word 8 for SGX sub-features.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopher...@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakki...@linux.intel.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h       | 21 +++++++++++++++------
> >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c          |  2 ++
> >  tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 21 +++++++++++++++------
> >  3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h 
> > b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> > index da7fed4939a3..afdf5f2e13b5 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> > @@ -222,12 +222,21 @@
> >  #define X86_FEATURE_L1TF_PTEINV            ( 7*32+29) /* "" L1TF 
> > workaround PTE inversion */
> >  #define X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ENHANCED  ( 7*32+30) /* Enhanced IBRS */
> >  
> > -/* Virtualization flags: Linux defined, word 8 */
> > -#define X86_FEATURE_TPR_SHADOW             ( 8*32+ 0) /* Intel TPR Shadow 
> > */
> > -#define X86_FEATURE_VNMI           ( 8*32+ 1) /* Intel Virtual NMI */
> > -#define X86_FEATURE_FLEXPRIORITY   ( 8*32+ 2) /* Intel FlexPriority */
> > -#define X86_FEATURE_EPT                    ( 8*32+ 3) /* Intel Extended 
> > Page Table */
> > -#define X86_FEATURE_VPID           ( 8*32+ 4) /* Intel Virtual Processor 
> > ID */
> > +/*
> > + * Scattered Intel features: Linux defined, word 8.
> > + *
> > + * Note that the bit location of the SGX features is meaningful as KVM 
> > expects
> > + * the Linux defined bit to match the Intel defined bit, e.g. 
> > X86_FEATURE_SGX1
> > + * must remain at bit 0, SGX2 at bit 1, etc...
> > + */
> > +#define X86_FEATURE_SGX1           ( 8*32+ 0) /* SGX1 leaf functions */
> > +#define X86_FEATURE_SGX2           ( 8*32+ 1) /* SGX2 leaf functions */
> > +
> 
> Yeah, add here        ^^^^
> 
> /* Bits [0:7] are reserved for SGX */
> 
> or so, so that people don't use those. Once CPUID(12) gets more bits
> added to it, I don't see anything wrong with allocating a separate leaf
> for that.
> 
> BUT(!), the question then is whether kvm would still be ok with that?
> I'm thinking yes, as it will simply use the new definitions, or?

Yep, wouldn't be a problem for KVM.

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