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KVM: x86: Introduce KVM_CAP_DISABLE_QUIRKS2
authorOliver Upton <oupton@google.com>
Tue, 1 Mar 2022 06:03:47 +0000 (06:03 +0000)
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 13:28:41 +0000 (09:28 -0400)
commit6d8491910fcd3324d0f0ece3bd68e85ead3a04d7
treeb5ff91162ae5eb371f8a4c94d9916ba2bf799684
parent5e17b2ee45b941fb7bc46107810d727088be392e
KVM: x86: Introduce KVM_CAP_DISABLE_QUIRKS2

KVM_CAP_DISABLE_QUIRKS is irrevocably broken. The capability does not
advertise the set of quirks which may be disabled to userspace, so it is
impossible to predict the behavior of KVM. Worse yet,
KVM_CAP_DISABLE_QUIRKS will tolerate any value for cap->args[0], meaning
it fails to reject attempts to set invalid quirk bits.

The only valid workaround for the quirky quirks API is to add a new CAP.
Actually advertise the set of quirks that can be disabled to userspace
so it can predict KVM's behavior. Reject values for cap->args[0] that
contain invalid bits.

Finally, add documentation for the new capability and describe the
existing quirks.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com>
Message-Id: <20220301060351.442881-5-oupton@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
include/uapi/linux/kvm.h