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RE: [PATCH 2/2] x86/vmx: Support for CPUs without model-specific LBR


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  • From: "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
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  • Thread-topic: [PATCH 2/2] x86/vmx: Support for CPUs without model-specific LBR

> From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2023 8:08 PM
> 
> Ice Lake (server at least) has both Arch LBR and model-specific LBR.  Sapphire
> Rapids does not have model-specific LBR at all.  I.e. On SPR and later,
> model_specific_lbr will always be NULL, so we must make changes to avoid
> reliably hitting the domain_crash().
> 
> The Arch LBR spec states that CPUs without model-specific LBR implement
> MSR_DBG_CTL.LBR by discarding writes and always returning 0.
> 
> Do this for any CPU for which we lack model-specific LBR information.
> 
> Adjust the now-stale comment, now that the Arch LBR spec has created a
> way to
> signal "no model specific LBR" to guests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>

 


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