kvm/fpu: Enable eager restore kvm FPU for MPX
The MPX feature requires eager KVM FPU restore support. We have verified
that MPX cannot work correctly with the current lazy KVM FPU restore
mechanism. Eager KVM FPU restore should be enabled if the MPX feature is
exposed to VM.
Signed-off-by: Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Liang Li <liang.z.li@intel.com>
[Also activate the FPU on AMD processors. - Paolo]
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 5f38188..ea306ad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7060,7 +7060,9 @@
fpu_save_init(&vcpu->arch.guest_fpu);
__kernel_fpu_end();
++vcpu->stat.fpu_reload;
- kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_DEACTIVATE_FPU, vcpu);
+ if (!vcpu->arch.eager_fpu)
+ kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_DEACTIVATE_FPU, vcpu);
+
trace_kvm_fpu(0);
}
@@ -7076,11 +7078,21 @@
struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm,
unsigned int id)
{
+ struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
+
if (check_tsc_unstable() && atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus) != 0)
printk_once(KERN_WARNING
"kvm: SMP vm created on host with unstable TSC; "
"guest TSC will not be reliable\n");
- return kvm_x86_ops->vcpu_create(kvm, id);
+
+ vcpu = kvm_x86_ops->vcpu_create(kvm, id);
+
+ /*
+ * Activate fpu unconditionally in case the guest needs eager FPU. It will be
+ * deactivated soon if it doesn't.
+ */
+ kvm_x86_ops->fpu_activate(vcpu);
+ return vcpu;
}
int kvm_arch_vcpu_setup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
