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File 65e2371b-x86-CP-allow-levelling-of-VERW-side-effects.patch of Package xen.33142

# Commit de17162cafd27f2865a3102a2ec0f386a02ed03d
# Date 2024-03-01 20:14:19 +0000
# Author Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
# Committer Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
x86/cpu-policy: Allow for levelling of VERW side effects

MD_CLEAR and FB_CLEAR need OR-ing across a migrate pool.  Allow this, by
having them unconditinally set in max, with the host values reflected in
default.  Annotate the bits as having special properies.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>

--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu-policy.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu-policy.c
@@ -436,6 +436,16 @@ static void __init guest_common_max_feat
         __set_bit(X86_FEATURE_RRSBA, fs);
 
         /*
+         * These bits indicate that the VERW instruction may have gained
+         * scrubbing side effects.  With pooling, they mean "you might migrate
+         * somewhere where scrubbing is necessary", and may need exposing on
+         * unaffected hardware.  This is fine, because the VERW instruction
+         * has been around since the 286.
+         */
+        __set_bit(X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR, fs);
+        __set_bit(X86_FEATURE_FB_CLEAR, fs);
+
+        /*
          * The Gather Data Sampling microcode mitigation (August 2023) has an
          * adverse performance impact on the CLWB instruction on SKX/CLX/CPX.
          *
@@ -470,6 +480,20 @@ static void __init guest_common_default_
             __clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_RDRAND, fs);
 
         /*
+         * These bits indicate that the VERW instruction may have gained
+         * scrubbing side effects.  The max policy has them set for migration
+         * reasons, so reset the default policy back to the host values in
+         * case we're unaffected.
+         */
+        __clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR, fs);
+        if ( cpu_has_md_clear )
+            __set_bit(X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR, fs);
+
+        __clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_FB_CLEAR, fs);
+        if ( cpu_has_fb_clear )
+            __set_bit(X86_FEATURE_FB_CLEAR, fs);
+
+        /*
          * The Gather Data Sampling microcode mitigation (August 2023) has an
          * adverse performance impact on the CLWB instruction on SKX/CLX/CPX.
          *
--- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
 #define cpu_has_avx512_4fmaps   boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVX512_4FMAPS)
 #define cpu_has_avx512_vp2intersect boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVX512_VP2INTERSECT)
 #define cpu_has_srbds_ctrl      boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SRBDS_CTRL)
+#define cpu_has_md_clear        boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR)
 #define cpu_has_rtm_always_abort boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT)
 #define cpu_has_tsx_force_abort boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSX_FORCE_ABORT)
 #define cpu_has_serialize       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SERIALIZE)
--- a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ XEN_CPUFEATURE(AVX512_4FMAPS, 9*32+ 3) /
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(FSRM,          9*32+ 4) /*A  Fast Short REP MOVS */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(AVX512_VP2INTERSECT, 9*32+8) /*a  VP2INTERSECT{D,Q} insns */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(SRBDS_CTRL,    9*32+ 9) /*   MSR_MCU_OPT_CTRL and RNGDS_MITG_DIS. */
-XEN_CPUFEATURE(MD_CLEAR,      9*32+10) /*A  VERW clears microarchitectural buffers */
+XEN_CPUFEATURE(MD_CLEAR,      9*32+10) /*!A VERW clears microarchitectural buffers */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT, 9*32+11) /*! June 2021 TSX defeaturing in microcode. */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(TSX_FORCE_ABORT, 9*32+13) /* MSR_TSX_FORCE_ABORT.RTM_ABORT */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(SERIALIZE,     9*32+14) /*A  SERIALIZE insn */
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ XEN_CPUFEATURE(DOITM,              16*32
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(SBDR_SSDP_NO,       16*32+13) /*A  No Shared Buffer Data Read or Sideband Stale Data Propagation */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(FBSDP_NO,           16*32+14) /*A  No Fill Buffer Stale Data Propagation */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(PSDP_NO,            16*32+15) /*A  No Primary Stale Data Propagation */
-XEN_CPUFEATURE(FB_CLEAR,           16*32+17) /*A  Fill Buffers cleared by VERW */
+XEN_CPUFEATURE(FB_CLEAR,           16*32+17) /*!A Fill Buffers cleared by VERW */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(FB_CLEAR_CTRL,      16*32+18) /*   MSR_OPT_CPU_CTRL.FB_CLEAR_DIS */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(RRSBA,              16*32+19) /*!  Restricted RSB Alternative */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(BHI_NO,             16*32+20) /*A  No Branch History Injection  */

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