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Re: [PATCH 4/3] x86/vPMU: Drop supported parameter from the wrmsr path


  • To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 08:49:28 +0100
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On 30.11.2021 23:01, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> The supported parameter was added in 2d9b91f1aeaa ("VMX/vPMU: fix DebugCtl MSR
> handling"), it laid the groundwork for XSA-269, and in the meantime
> 2a8a8e99feb9 ("x86/vtx: Fix the checking for unknown/invalid MSR_DEBUGCTL
> bits") totally rewrote MSR_DEBUGCTL handling.
> 
> Strip out the parameter again.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
albeit please with ...

> @@ -113,14 +111,13 @@ void vpmu_save(struct vcpu *v);
>  int vpmu_load(struct vcpu *v, bool_t from_guest);
>  void vpmu_dump(struct vcpu *v);
>  
> -static inline int vpmu_do_wrmsr(unsigned int msr, uint64_t msr_content,
> -                                uint64_t supported)
> +static inline int vpmu_do_wrmsr(unsigned int msr, uint64_t msr_content)
>  {
> -    return vpmu_do_msr(msr, &msr_content, supported, 1);
> +    return vpmu_do_msr(msr, &msr_content, 1);

... "true" and ...

>  }
>  static inline int vpmu_do_rdmsr(unsigned int msr, uint64_t *msr_content)
>  {
> -    return vpmu_do_msr(msr, msr_content, 0, 0);
> +    return vpmu_do_msr(msr, msr_content, 0);

... "false" used respectively, as you're touching this anyway.

Jan




 


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