Re: [PATCH v6 56/60] i386/tdx: Don't treat SYSCALL as unavailable

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 01:24:04AM -0500, Xiaoyao Li wrote:

Preferrably explain the rationale for why this is needed in
the commit message.

> Signed-off-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
> ---
>  target/i386/kvm/tdx.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/target/i386/kvm/tdx.c b/target/i386/kvm/tdx.c
> index 9cb099e160e4..05475edf72bd 100644
> --- a/target/i386/kvm/tdx.c
> +++ b/target/i386/kvm/tdx.c
> @@ -734,6 +734,13 @@ static int tdx_check_features(X86ConfidentialGuest *cg, 
> CPUState *cs)
>  
>          requested = env->features[w];
>          unavailable = requested & ~actual;
> +        /*
> +         * Intel enumerates SYSCALL bit as 1 only when processor in 64-bit
> +         * mode and before vcpu running it's not in 64-bit mode.
> +         */
> +        if (w == FEAT_8000_0001_EDX && unavailable & CPUID_EXT2_SYSCALL) {
> +            unavailable &= ~CPUID_EXT2_SYSCALL;
> +        }
>          mark_unavailable_features(cpu, w, unavailable, unav_prefix);
>          if (unavailable) {
>              mismatch = true;
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 

With regards,
Daniel
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