[Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/4] VMX: fix DebugCtl MSR clearing

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

The previous shortcut was wrong, as it bypassed the necessary vmwrite:
All we really want to avoid if the guest writes zero is to add the MSR
to the host-load list.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -2246,8 +2246,6 @@ static int vmx_msr_write_intercept(unsig
         int i, rc = 0;
         uint64_t supported = IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR_LBR | IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF;
 
-        if ( !msr_content )
-            break;
         if ( msr_content & ~supported )
         {
             /* Perhaps some other bits are supported in vpmu. */
@@ -2267,12 +2265,10 @@ static int vmx_msr_write_intercept(unsig
         }
 
         if ( (rc < 0) ||
-             (vmx_add_host_load_msr(msr) < 0) )
+             (msr_content && (vmx_add_host_load_msr(msr) < 0)) )
             hvm_inject_hw_exception(TRAP_machine_check, 0);
         else
-        {
             __vmwrite(GUEST_IA32_DEBUGCTL, msr_content);
-        }
 
         break;
     }

Attachment: VMX-debuctl-clearing.patch
Description: Text document

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