Re: [PATCH v10 03/38] x86/msr: Add the WRMSRNS instruction support

[Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>]

On 14.09.23 06:47, Xin Li wrote:
> Add an always inline API __wrmsrns() to embed the WRMSRNS instruction
> into the code.
>
> Tested-by: Shan Kang <shan.kang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@xxxxxxxxx>
In order to avoid having to add paravirt support for WRMSRNS I think
xen_init_capabilities() should gain:

+       setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_WRMSRNS);


Juergen

> ---
>   arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
> index 65ec1965cd28..c284ff9ebe67 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
> @@ -97,6 +97,19 @@ static __always_inline void __wrmsr(unsigned int msr, u32 
> low, u32 high)
>                      : : "c" (msr), "a"(low), "d" (high) : "memory");
>   }
>   
> +/*
> + * WRMSRNS behaves exactly like WRMSR with the only difference being
> + * that it is not a serializing instruction by default.
> + */
> +static __always_inline void __wrmsrns(u32 msr, u32 low, u32 high)
> +{
> +       /* Instruction opcode for WRMSRNS; supported in binutils >= 2.40. */
> +       asm volatile("1: .byte 0x0f,0x01,0xc6\n"
> +                    "2:\n"
> +                    _ASM_EXTABLE_TYPE(1b, 2b, EX_TYPE_WRMSR)
> +                    : : "c" (msr), "a"(low), "d" (high));
> +}
> +
>   #define native_rdmsr(msr, val1, val2)                 \
>   do {                                                  \
>         u64 __val = __rdmsr((msr));                     \
> @@ -297,6 +310,11 @@ do {                                                       
> \
>   
>   #endif	/* !CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL */
>   
> +static __always_inline void wrmsrns(u32 msr, u64 val)
> +{
> +       __wrmsrns(msr, val, val >> 32);
> +}
> +
>   /*
>    * 64-bit version of wrmsr_safe():
>    */

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