[Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/8] x86/cpuid: Switch to using XEN_DOMCTL_set_cpumsr_policy

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is the next part of the Xen/Toolstack CPUID/MSR work.  With most of the
pieces in place, implement XEN_DOMCTL_set_cpumsr_policy to obsolete the
problematic XEN_DOMCTL_set_cpuid.

Key improvements:

  1) The API supports configuring static MSR settings for the domain, a
     capbility which Xen has never had before.
  2) The hypercall supports saying no when the toolstack tries to pass
     problematic data.
  3) The domain builder no longer uses native CPUID instructions for
     constructing guest policies, which is and has always been erroneous
     behaviour.
  4) Vastily reduce the number of hypercalls for typicaly guest construction,
     by not issuing a hypercall per CPUID leaf.

Patch 3 has been posted before, but a long time ago and it has changed
substantially, so I've decided to start the version numbering from fresh.

This series can be found in git from from:
  
http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=people/andrewcoop/xen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/xen-cpuid

Andrew Cooper (8):
  libx86: Introduce x86_cpu_policies_are_compatible()
  x86/cpuid: Split update_domain_cpuid_info() in half
  x86/domctl: Implement XEN_DOMCTL_set_cpumsr_policy
  tools/libxc: Pre-cleanup for xc_cpuid_{set,apply_policy}()
  tools/libxc: Rework xc_cpuid_set() to use {get,set}_cpu_policy()
  tools/libxc: Rework xc_cpuid_apply_policy() to use {get,set}_cpu_policy()
  x86/domctl: Drop XEN_DOMCTL_set_cpuid
  x86/cpuid: Enable CPUID Faulting for the control domain

 tools/flask/policy/modules/dom0.te       |   2 +-
 tools/flask/policy/modules/xen.if        |   2 +-
 tools/libxc/include/xenctrl.h            |   7 +-
 tools/libxc/xc_cpuid_x86.c               | 931 +++++++++++--------------------
 tools/tests/cpu-policy/Makefile          |   2 +-
 tools/tests/cpu-policy/test-cpu-policy.c | 111 +++-
 xen/arch/x86/cpu/common.c                |  19 +-
 xen/arch/x86/domctl.c                    | 258 ++++-----
 xen/include/public/domctl.h              |  26 +-
 xen/include/xen/lib/x86/cpu-policy.h     |  19 +
 xen/include/xen/lib/x86/cpuid.h          |  11 +-
 xen/lib/x86/Makefile                     |   1 +
 xen/lib/x86/policy.c                     |  53 ++
 xen/xsm/flask/hooks.c                    |   4 +-
 xen/xsm/flask/policy/access_vectors      |   4 +-
 15 files changed, 632 insertions(+), 818 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 xen/lib/x86/policy.c

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2.11.0


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