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Diffstat (limited to 'xen/arch/x86/spec_ctrl.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | xen/arch/x86/spec_ctrl.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/spec_ctrl.c b/xen/arch/x86/spec_ctrl.c index c18cc8aa49..8a550d0a09 100644 --- a/xen/arch/x86/spec_ctrl.c +++ b/xen/arch/x86/spec_ctrl.c @@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ static __init void mds_calculations(uint64_t caps) void __init init_speculation_mitigations(void) { enum ind_thunk thunk = THUNK_DEFAULT; - bool use_spec_ctrl = false, ibrs = false, hw_smt_enabled; + bool ibrs = false, hw_smt_enabled; bool cpu_has_bug_taa; uint64_t caps = 0; @@ -1016,19 +1016,21 @@ void __init init_speculation_mitigations(void) { if ( opt_msr_sc_pv ) { - use_spec_ctrl = true; + default_spec_ctrl_flags |= SCF_ist_wrmsr; setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SC_MSR_PV); } if ( opt_msr_sc_hvm ) { - use_spec_ctrl = true; + /* + * While the guest MSR_SPEC_CTRL value is loaded/saved atomically, + * Xen's value is not restored atomically. An early NMI hitting + * the VMExit path needs to restore Xen's value for safety. + */ + default_spec_ctrl_flags |= SCF_ist_wrmsr; setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SC_MSR_HVM); } - if ( use_spec_ctrl ) - default_spec_ctrl_flags |= SCF_ist_wrmsr; - if ( ibrs ) default_xen_spec_ctrl |= SPEC_CTRL_IBRS; } |