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Opportunistically initialize IA32_FEAT_CTL to enable VMX when the MSR is left unlocked by BIOS. Configuring feature control at boot time paves the way for similar enabling of other features, e.g. Software Guard Extensions (SGX). Temporarily leave equivalent KVM code in place in order to avoid introducing a regression on Centaur and Zhaoxin CPUs, e.g. removing KVM's code would leave the MSR unlocked on those CPUs and would break existing functionality if people are loading kvm_intel on Centaur and/or Zhaoxin. Defer enablement of the boot-time configuration on Centaur and Zhaoxin to future patches to aid bisection. Note, Local Machine Check Exceptions (LMCE) are also supported by the kernel and enabled via feature control, but the kernel currently uses LMCE if and only if the feature is explicitly enabled by BIOS. Keep the current behavior to avoid introducing bugs, future patches can opt in to opportunistic enabling if it's deemed desirable to do so. Always lock IA32_FEAT_CTL if it exists, even if the CPU doesn't support VMX, so that other existing and future kernel code that queries the MSR can assume it's locked. Start from a clean slate when constructing the value to write to IA32_FEAT_CTL, i.e. ignore whatever value BIOS left in the MSR so as not to enable random features or fault on the WRMSR. Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191221044513.21680-5-sean.j.christopherson@intel.com |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.