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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [xen stable-4.16] x86/vmx: Drop spec_ctrl load in VMEntry path
commit e253d0a65cca3770f404241f2435791b61159cd6
Author: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue Feb 1 13:34:49 2022 +0000
Commit: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri Feb 4 15:45:24 2022 +0000
x86/vmx: Drop spec_ctrl load in VMEntry path
This is not needed now that the VMEntry path is not responsible for loading
the guest's MSR_SPEC_CTRL value.
Fixes: 81f0eaadf84d ("x86/spec-ctrl: Fix NMI race condition with VT-x
MSR_SPEC_CTRL handling")
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
(cherry picked from commit 9ce3ef20b4f085a7dc8ee41b0fec6fdeced3773e)
---
xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/entry.S | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/entry.S b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/entry.S
index 7ee3382fd0..49651f3c43 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/entry.S
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/entry.S
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ UNLIKELY_END(realmode)
test %al, %al
jz .Lvmx_vmentry_restart
- mov VCPU_arch_msrs(%rbx), %rax
- mov VCPUMSR_spec_ctrl_raw(%rax), %eax
-
/* WARNING! `ret`, `call *`, `jmp *` not safe beyond this point. */
/* SPEC_CTRL_EXIT_TO_VMX Req: %rsp=regs/cpuinfo Clob:
*/
ALTERNATIVE "", __stringify(verw CPUINFO_verw_sel(%rsp)),
X86_FEATURE_SC_VERW_HVM
--
generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#stable-4.16
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