Newer AMD processors have a feature to virtualize the use of the SPEC_CTRL MSR. This feature is identified via CPUID 0x8000000A_EDX[20]. When present, the SPEC_CTRL MSR is automatically virtualized and no longer requires hypervisor intervention.
Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.mo...@amd.com> --- arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h index dad350d42ecf..d649ac5ed7c7 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h @@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ #define X86_FEATURE_AVIC (15*32+13) /* Virtual Interrupt Controller */ #define X86_FEATURE_V_VMSAVE_VMLOAD (15*32+15) /* Virtual VMSAVE VMLOAD */ #define X86_FEATURE_VGIF (15*32+16) /* Virtual GIF */ +#define X86_FEATURE_V_SPEC_CTRL (15*32+20) /* Virtual SPEC_CTRL */ /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:0 (ECX), word 16 */ #define X86_FEATURE_AVX512VBMI (16*32+ 1) /* AVX512 Vector Bit Manipulation instructions*/
