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+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -4498,11 +4498,14 @@ Currently, the following list of CPUID leaves are returned:
- HYPERV_CPUID_ENLIGHTMENT_INFO
- HYPERV_CPUID_IMPLEMENT_LIMITS
- HYPERV_CPUID_NESTED_FEATURES
+ - HYPERV_CPUID_SYNDBG_VENDOR_AND_MAX_FUNCTIONS
+ - HYPERV_CPUID_SYNDBG_INTERFACE
+ - HYPERV_CPUID_SYNDBG_PLATFORM_CAPABILITIES
HYPERV_CPUID_NESTED_FEATURES leaf is only exposed when Enlightened VMCS was
enabled on the corresponding vCPU (KVM_CAP_HYPERV_ENLIGHTENED_VMCS).
-Userspace invokes KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID by passing a kvm_cpuid2 structure
+Userspace invokes KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID by passing a kvm_cpuid2 structure
with the 'nent' field indicating the number of entries in the variable-size
array 'entries'. If the number of entries is too low to describe all Hyper-V
feature leaves, an error (E2BIG) is returned. If the number is more or equal
@@ -4704,6 +4707,106 @@ KVM_PV_VM_VERIFY
Verify the integrity of the unpacked image. Only if this succeeds,
KVM is allowed to start protected VCPUs.
+4.126 KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
+----------------------------
+
+:Capability: KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
+:Architectures: x86
+:Type: vm ioctl
+:Parameters: struct kvm_msr_filter
+:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
+
+::
+
+ struct kvm_msr_filter_range {
+ #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ (1 << 0)
+ #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE (1 << 1)
+ __u32 flags;
+ __u32 nmsrs; /* number of msrs in bitmap */
+ __u32 base; /* MSR index the bitmap starts at */
+ __u8 *bitmap; /* a 1 bit allows the operations in flags, 0 denies */
+ };
+
+ #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES 16
+ struct kvm_msr_filter {
+ #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW (0 << 0)
+ #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY (1 << 0)
+ __u32 flags;
+ struct kvm_msr_filter_range ranges[KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES];
+ };
+
+flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range``:
+
+``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ``
+
+ Filter read accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap
+ indicates that a read should immediately fail, while a 1 indicates that
+ a read for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
+ filter action.
+
+``KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
+
+ Filter write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap
+ indicates that a write should immediately fail, while a 1 indicates that
+ a write for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
+ filter action.
+
+``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ | KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
+
+ Filter both read and write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0
+ in the bitmap indicates that both reads and writes should immediately fail,
+ while a 1 indicates that reads and writes for a particular MSR are not
+ filtered by this range.
+
+flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter``:
+
+``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
+
+ If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will
+ fall back to allowing access to the MSR.
+
+``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY``
+
+ If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will
+ fall back to rejecting access to the MSR. In this mode, all MSRs that should
+ be processed by KVM need to explicitly be marked as allowed in the bitmaps.
+
+This ioctl allows user space to define up to 16 bitmaps of MSR ranges to
+specify whether a certain MSR access should be explicitly filtered for or not.
+
+If this ioctl has never been invoked, MSR accesses are not guarded and the
+default KVM in-kernel emulation behavior is fully preserved.
+
+Calling this ioctl with an empty set of ranges (all nmsrs == 0) disables MSR
+filtering. In that mode, ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY`` is invalid and causes
+an error.
+
+As soon as the filtering is in place, every MSR access is processed through
+the filtering except for accesses to the x2APIC MSRs (from 0x800 to 0x8ff);
+x2APIC MSRs are always allowed, independent of the ``default_allow`` setting,
+and their behavior depends on the ``X2APIC_ENABLE`` bit of the APIC base
+register.
+
+If a bit is within one of the defined ranges, read and write accesses are
+guarded by the bitmap's value for the MSR index if the kind of access
+is included in the ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range`` flags. If no range
+cover this particular access, the behavior is determined by the flags
+field in the kvm_msr_filter struct: ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
+and ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY``.
+
+Each bitmap range specifies a range of MSRs to potentially allow access on.
+The range goes from MSR index [base .. base+nmsrs]. The flags field
+indicates whether reads, writes or both reads and writes are filtered
+by setting a 1 bit in the bitmap for the corresponding MSR index.
+
+If an MSR access is not permitted through the filtering, it generates a
+#GP inside the guest. When combined with KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR, that
+allows user space to deflect and potentially handle various MSR accesses
+into user space.
+
+If a vCPU is in running state while this ioctl is invoked, the vCPU may
+experience inconsistent filtering behavior on MSR accesses.
+
5. The kvm_run structure
========================
@@ -4869,14 +4972,13 @@ to the byte array.
.. note::
- For KVM_EXIT_IO, KVM_EXIT_MMIO, KVM_EXIT_OSI, KVM_EXIT_PAPR and
- KVM_EXIT_EPR the corresponding
-
-operations are complete (and guest state is consistent) only after userspace
-has re-entered the kernel with KVM_RUN. The kernel side will first finish
-incomplete operations and then check for pending signals. Userspace
-can re-enter the guest with an unmasked signal pending to complete
-pending operations.
+ For KVM_EXIT_IO, KVM_EXIT_MMIO, KVM_EXIT_OSI, KVM_EXIT_PAPR,
+ KVM_EXIT_EPR, KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR the corresponding
+ operations are complete (and guest state is consistent) only after userspace
+ has re-entered the kernel with KVM_RUN. The kernel side will first finish
+ incomplete operations and then check for pending signals. Userspace
+ can re-enter the guest with an unmasked signal pending to complete
+ pending operations.
::
@@ -5165,6 +5267,44 @@ if it decides to decode and emulate the instruction.
::
+ /* KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR / KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR */
+ struct {
+ __u8 error; /* user -> kernel */
+ __u8 pad[7];
+ __u32 reason; /* kernel -> user */
+ __u32 index; /* kernel -> user */
+ __u64 data; /* kernel <-> user */
+ } msr;
+
+Used on x86 systems. When the VM capability KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR is
+enabled, MSR accesses to registers that would invoke a #GP by KVM kernel code
+will instead trigger a KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR exit for reads and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR
+exit for writes.
+
+The "reason" field specifies why the MSR trap occurred. User space will only
+receive MSR exit traps when a particular reason was requested during through
+ENABLE_CAP. Currently valid exit reasons are:
+
+ KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_UNKNOWN - access to MSR that is unknown to KVM
+ KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_INVAL - access to invalid MSRs or reserved bits
+ KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_FILTER - access blocked by KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
+
+For KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR, the "index" field tells user space which MSR the guest
+wants to read. To respond to this request with a successful read, user space
+writes the respective data into the "data" field and must continue guest
+execution to ensure the read data is transferred into guest register state.
+
+If the RDMSR request was unsuccessful, user space indicates that with a "1" in
+the "error" field. This will inject a #GP into the guest when the VCPU is
+executed again.
+
+For KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR, the "index" field tells user space which MSR the guest
+wants to write. Once finished processing the event, user space must continue
+vCPU execution. If the MSR write was unsuccessful, user space also sets the
+"error" field to "1".
+
+::
+
/* Fix the size of the union. */
char padding[256];
};
@@ -5852,6 +5992,28 @@ controlled by the kvm module parameter halt_poll_ns. This capability allows
the maximum halt time to specified on a per-VM basis, effectively overriding
the module parameter for the target VM.
+7.21 KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR
+-------------------------------
+
+:Architectures: x86
+:Target: VM
+:Parameters: args[0] contains the mask of KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_* events to report
+:Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
+
+This capability enables trapping of #GP invoking RDMSR and WRMSR instructions
+into user space.
+
+When a guest requests to read or write an MSR, KVM may not implement all MSRs
+that are relevant to a respective system. It also does not differentiate by
+CPU type.
+
+To allow more fine grained control over MSR handling, user space may enable
+this capability. With it enabled, MSR accesses that match the mask specified in
+args[0] and trigger a #GP event inside the guest by KVM will instead trigger
+KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR exit notifications which user space
+can then handle to implement model specific MSR handling and/or user notifications
+to inform a user that an MSR was not handled.
+
8. Other capabilities.
======================
@@ -6193,3 +6355,38 @@ distribution...)
If this capability is available, then the CPNC and CPVC can be synchronized
between KVM and userspace via the sync regs mechanism (KVM_SYNC_DIAG318).
+
+8.26 KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR
+-------------------------------
+
+:Architectures: x86
+
+This capability indicates that KVM supports deflection of MSR reads and
+writes to user space. It can be enabled on a VM level. If enabled, MSR
+accesses that would usually trigger a #GP by KVM into the guest will
+instead get bounced to user space through the KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and
+KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR exit notifications.
+
+8.27 KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
+---------------------------
+
+:Architectures: x86
+
+This capability indicates that KVM supports that accesses to user defined MSRs
+may be rejected. With this capability exposed, KVM exports new VM ioctl
+KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER which user space can call to specify bitmaps of MSR
+ranges that KVM should reject access to.
+
+In combination with KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR, this allows user space to
+trap and emulate MSRs that are outside of the scope of KVM as well as
+limit the attack surface on KVM's MSR emulation code.
+
+8.28 KVM_CAP_ENFORCE_PV_CPUID
+-----------------------------
+
+Architectures: x86
+
+When enabled, KVM will disable paravirtual features provided to the
+guest according to the bits in the KVM_CPUID_FEATURES CPUID leaf
+(0x40000001). Otherwise, a guest may use the paravirtual features
+regardless of what has actually been exposed through the CPUID leaf.